*This is my first review so try to be nice =)*
The Expendables is a movie about a group of mercenaries whose given a task to overthrow a Latin American dictator. Directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Satham and Jet Li with a special appearance by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
With a cast like this, the movie is bound to have a lot of action scenes from car chase scenes, gun wars to full contact combat. It's definitely worth watching twice in my opinion. The storyline was written well and starting from the beginning there were already action sequences. There wasn't any point in the movie that was boring and not related to the movie as a whole. There were also a few comedic scenes which helped lighten the overall mood.
However, some would feel that not all the actors got enough screentime. The story mainly had Stallone as the center and other actors such as Statham and Li were made into minor characters. Me, being a little bit biased wanted to see more screentime for Jet Li. Although he did get a fight scene, the camera moved too fast to see what was actually happening during the fight. This was also the case for some of the chase scenes and gun wars, everything seemed to be happening too fast and you were unable to see clearly who was who and what was happening.
People with weak stomachs shouldn't watch this movie cause it's very graphical and you fully see blood squirting out and limbs falling off people. Although it helped add to the effect it was a little excessive in my opinon.
Overall, the plot was written pretty well and it's definitely a movie packed with action. It would have been better if some scenes were filmed better and less chaotic and the screen time was more evenly distributed between the stars.
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