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The Expendables 2 (2012)

Directed by Simon West

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Most recently watched by sensoria, lolareels, noahphex, seanCduregger, elisabethwithns, schofizzy

Overview

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Rated R | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Sylvester Stallone | Jason Statham | Jet Li | Dolph Lundgren | Chuck Norris | Bruce Willis | Arnold Schwarzenegger | Terry Crews | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Randy Couture | Liam Hemsworth | Scott Adkins | Nan Yu | Amanda Ooms | Charisma Carpenter | Nikolette Noel | George Zlatarev | Alexander Moskov | Nikola Dodov | Wenbo Li | Borislav Zahariev | Penka Kodova | Arkanay Boonsong | Dimo Alexiev | Velislav Pavlov | Anton Trendafilov | Marii Rosen | Julian Stanishkov | Velimir Velev | Irina Sophia Krichely | Lyudmila Slaneva | Silvia Petkova | Alexandra Spasova | Juliana Saiska | Sanya Borisova | Biliana Petrinska | Diana Dobreva | Liubomir Simeonov | Velizar Peev

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Viewing Notes

Makes sense why Jet Li exits the movie early. This is a step down from the previous movie and in most cases a waste of nearly everyone involved. The script isn’t good with clunky dialogue and dumb one liners. Wedging Willis and Schwarzenegger into the action isn’t good but it was nice seeing those two with Stallone at the end.

The Maggie character is fine and it’s cool to have a woman merc on the team but she’s no Jet Li and all the interactions are awkward. Both big finale fights are severe letdowns. Hire a HK director to second unit that shit bc that Statham / Adkins showdown should’ve been an all timer. Instead it’s just a murky chopped up nothing. None of this is surprising with Simon West at the helm.

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