The Expendables 2 has opened and here are some quotes with links to the full review…
- VeryAware: THE EXPENDABLES 2 is a ridiculous amount of fun… Quite possibly the best action film of the Summer, THE EXPENDABLES 2 is a rip roaring good time. When you’re ready to get away from the capes, come see the crusaders.
- Slant Magazine: Even more so than its 2010 predecessor, The Expendables 2 feels like a juiced-up wish-fulfillment fantasy… a perfectly menacing Jean-Claude Van Damme … The Expendables 2 plays out like a series of wet-dream scenarios (especially the climactic macho-a-macho showdown between Stallone and Van Damme)…
- Access Atlanta: “The Expendables 2” offers the send-off that adrenaline junkies are seeking…
- CBR.com: The Expendables 2 learns from the mistakes of the past and serves up the movie audiences should have gotten the first time… This is a simple revenge flick with no message other than “Don’t kill a member of Stallone’s team,” and the movie is better for it.
- Crave Online: Stallone is a genius. He gets this in a way that maybe even his ‘80s action brethren don’t. He creates a world that has fun with excess, but he never winks at it and actually commits to sincerity, even when people are bound to laugh at the clichés.
- Toronto.com: It’s rare that a sequel trumps the original, but The Expendables 2 manages to do just that…
- Kansas City Star: “Expendables 2” has one rule: Go astronomically big or go home… Grade B
- Film.com: …this ultra-violent follow-up (directed by Simon West of “Con Air” fame) gives the audience what it wants in full force…
- Hollywood Reporter: Taut, humorous and attractively packaged, the sequel is both fleet footed and engaging enough to captivate audiences with more than just nonstop action.
- AM New York: The gang is truly all here in “The Expendables 2,” a cinematic old-timers’ day that one-ups its star-studded predecessor… 3 Stars
- Daily Star: Simply sit back, adjust your bulletproof vest and savour seeing the muscle-bound mob expend more bullets than World War Two (and that’s just the first scene!) in this year’s best action movie. 10/10
- Los Angeles Times: The Expendables 2 arrives jam-packed and fully loaded with main man Sly Stallone still leading the charge, followed by that wild bunch of aging brawn… somehow all that testosterone-infused blow-‘-em-up craziness turns out to be kind of a kick…
Of course the reviews keep rolling and in. Be advised your mileage may vary. – Craig
