{"id":4983,"date":"2012-08-19T10:20:12","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T14:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2012-08-19T14:14:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T18:14:42","slug":"expendables-2-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stallonezone.com\/wordpress\/2012\/08\/19\/expendables-2-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Expendables 2 Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2012\/jun\/061512exp2final.png?resize=475%2C732\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"732\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">The <strong>Expendables 2<\/strong> has opened and here are some quotes with links to the full review&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/veryaware.com\/2012\/08\/review-%E2%80%93-the-expendables-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">VeryAware<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0<\/strong>THE EXPENDABLES 2 is a ridiculous amount of fun&#8230;\u00a0Quite possibly the best action film of the Summer, THE EXPENDABLES 2 is a rip roaring good time. When you\u2019re ready to get away from the capes, come see the crusaders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slantmagazine.com\/film\/review\/the-expendables-2\/6451\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Slant Magazine<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/strong>Even more so than its 2010 predecessor, <em>The Expendables 2<\/em> feels like a juiced-up wish-fulfillment fantasy&#8230; a perfectly menacing Jean-Claude Van Damme &#8230; <em>The Expendables 2<\/em> plays out like a series of wet-dream scenarios (especially the climactic macho-a-macho showdown between Stallone and Van Damme)&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accessatlanta.com\/atlanta-movies\/review-expendables-2-fleet-1499253.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Access Atlanta<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong>&#8220;The Expendables 2&#8221; offers the send-off that adrenaline junkies are seeking&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spinoff.comicbookresources.com\/2012\/08\/15\/review-the-expendables-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CBR.com<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong><em>T<\/em><em>he Expendables 2<\/em> learns from the mistakes of the past and serves up the movie audiences should have gotten the first time&#8230; This is a simple revenge flick with no message other than \u201cDon\u2019t kill a member of Stallone\u2019s team,\u201d and the movie is better for it.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.craveonline.com\/film\/articles\/194055-review-the-expendables-2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Crave Online<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong>Stallone is a genius. He gets this in a way that maybe even his \u201880s action brethren don\u2019t. 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 clich\u00e9s.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.com\/article\/742239--the-expendables-2-movie-review\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Toronto.com<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong>It&#8217;s rare that a sequel trumps the original, but The Expendables 2 manages to do just that&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kansascity.com\/2012\/08\/16\/3765070\/expendables-2-provides-more-bang.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Kansas City Star<\/span><\/a>:<\/strong> &#8220;Expendables 2&#8221; has one rule: Go astronomically big or go home&#8230; Grade B<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.film.com\/movies\/review-the-expendables-2-2012\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Film.com<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong>&#8230;this ultra-violent follow-up (directed by Simon West of \u201cCon Air\u201d fame) gives the audience what it wants in full force&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/\/review\/expendables-2-sylvester-stallone-bruce-willis-schwarzenegger-361161\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Hollywood Reporter<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong>Taut, humorous and attractively packaged, the sequel is both fleet footed and engaging enough to captivate audiences with more than just nonstop action.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amny.com\/urbanite-1.812039\/movie-review-the-expendables-2-3-stars-1.3908950\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">AM New York<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong>The gang is truly all here in &#8220;The Expendables 2,&#8221; a cinematic old-timers&#8217; day that one-ups its star-studded predecessor&#8230; 3 Stars<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/film\/view\/267388\/The-Expendables-2-15-review-and-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Daily Star<\/span><\/a>: <\/strong>Simply sit back, adjust your bulletproof vest and savour seeing the muscle-bound mob expend more bullets than World War Two (and that\u2019s just the first scene!) in this year\u2019s best action movie.\u00a0 10\/10<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/moviesnow\/la-et-mn-the-expendables-2-20120817,0,7593892.story\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Los Angeles Times<\/span><\/a>:\u00a0 <\/strong>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&#8230; somehow all that testosterone-infused blow-&#8216;-em-up craziness turns out to be kind of a kick&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Of course the reviews keep rolling and in.\u00a0 Be advised your mileage may vary. <strong>&#8211; Craig<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Expendables 2 has opened and here are some quotes with links to the full review&#8230; VeryAware:\u00a0THE EXPENDABLES 2 is a ridiculous amount of fun&#8230;\u00a0Quite possibly the best action film of the Summer, THE EXPENDABLES 2 is a rip roaring good time. 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