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Movie Reviews - The Expendables 
 
Movie Reviews this week looks at the all action drama The Expendables.

The Expendables is billed as the greatest action stars ever assembled in one 
movie, and you can see why. Fans have been salivating from the expendables 
movie trailers alone, with Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo), Dolph Lundgren 
(Universal Soldier), Jet Li (Hero), Arnold Schwarzeneggar (Terminator), Bruce 
Willis (Die Hard), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Jason Statham (Lock, Stock and 
Two Smoking Barrels) not to mention Terry Crews (Everybody Hates Chris) and 
Randy Couture (Red Belt), a MMF (Mixed Martial Arts) superstar in his own 
right, this is a feast for action fans of the last 20 years.

We join the movie as Barney Ross and his men intercept a boat load of pirates 
holding some Americans hostage, the inevitable shoot out goes in favour of our 
heroes, except that Gunner Jensen played by Dolph Lundgren is a little too 
eager to hang one of the pirates, Ying Yang played by Jet Li attempts to stop 
him, but it takes Barney Ross played by Stallone to place a gun to his head to 
make him stop. This sets the stage for Jensen being the loose canon of the 
group.

The plot is that a rogue CIA operative James Munroe played by Eric Robers, is 
distributing drugs via Bolivia into the U.S. after getting a certain General 
Garza played by David Zayas (Dexter) to do his bidding. One of the CIA heads 
Mr. Church played by Bruce Willis has hired Ross to get rid of him, albeit off 
the books, he also sent the same mission to Trench played by Arnold 
Schwarzeneggar, and the two superstars have a little on screen feud that is 
reminiscent of their movie feuds for the last 20 - 30 years, as Trench walks 
away after declining the mission Church asks Ross what his problem his, to 
which Ross replies sarcastically "He wants to be president". Ross agrees with 
his band of men to take the mission, and he must now convince his men to also 
accept the mission regardless of the danger.

Ross and Lee Christmas played by Jason Statham go on an initial exploration to 
Bolivia, pretending to be wild life naturalists, they meet their contact Sandra 
played by the gorgeous Giselle ItiƩ, who happens to be the general's daughter, 
and inevitably the soldiers arrive for an encounter (I believe in this 
particular fight scene Stallone mentioned he needed surgery for damage to his 
neck, and you can see why), as always the action scenes are brutal, and fans of 
Jason Statham's movies won't be disappointed.

Ross and Christmas escape via the plane they brought in, but Sandra is taken 
hostage, and Munroe intends to find out from her who were these men that killed 
most of his men, and why she has gone against him. Despite the fact that she is 
the general's daughter the signs are looking ominous for her, unless Ross and 
his gang are willing to return to Bolivia, rescue her and put and end to 
Munroe's drugs campaign.

The Expendables as all action movies go is a treat for the fans, not so much 
for the plot but the assembly of casts many wouldn't think their demands or 
egos would allow them to share the screen with their contemporaries. Much of 
the melancholy of their lifestyle is envisaged by the stalwart Mickey Rourke 
who plays Tool, a tattoo artist and former member of Ross's gang, who has a 
lifetime of regret for some of the things he had to do. Already there is talk 
of a sequel, with Stallone asking fans what they would like to see in it.

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