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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The Expendables 2 (2012, Simon West)

The Expendables 2

The story begins somewhere in Nepal where the guy’s mission is to rescue a Chinese billionaire abducted by mercenaries. When a misterious safecase containing sensitive information went missing, CIA Official Church (Willis) reunited them to find it and bring it back before it falls into the wrong hands. Barney (Stallone) took the job but when one of his guys got killed on the job, he’s got one thing in mind: payback.  
 
Empty story, endless gunshot scenes and ass kicking grandpas. The film is still successful. How come? Everything lies in the main actors’ presence and most importantly, the word ‘nostalgy’ comes to mind so let's have fun. As I grew up watching these guys (their names are Stallone, Norris, Lundgren, Van Damme, Schwarzenegger and Li), I say Expendables 2 is awesome and even surpasses the first one. 
Chuck Norris, what else?
Memorable quotes
  • Dolph Lundgren facts
Barney: Believe it or not, before he got here, he was at MIT and had master’s degree in Chemical Engineering.
Toll Road: He quit to be a bouncer.
  • Chuck Norris facts
Barney: I heard another rumour that you were bitten by a king cobra.
Booker: Yeah I was. But after five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died.
From left to right: Terminator, Rambo, John McClane

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