Expendables 2 Reviews

Craig / / 2012, Expendables 2

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

Sly, Jen, the Girls & Frank @ Expendables 2 Premiere

Craig / / 2012, Expendables 2, Family, Frank Stallone, Jennifer Flavin-Stallone

Cast member Sylvester Stallone arrives with his wife Jennifer Flavin and their daughters Sophia (L), Sistine (2nd L), Scarlet and his brother Frank (R) at the premiere of “The Expendables 2” at the Grauman’s Chinese theatre in Hollywood, California August 15, 2012. The movie opens in the U.S. on August 17. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni