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Rating: 9/10
Yes. The gang is back one more time to rack up a humongous
body count, one liners and some bad-ass butt kicking on cinema screens. Who
better to assemble the crew than the great Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross?
Sly brings the boys back for yet another dangerous mission. Only this time it’s
personal!
Well this time, we get a series of new recruits from the 80s
and 90s. Bruce Willis is gone but Harrison Ford (Drummer) and Kelsey Grammar
(Bonaparte) make their debuts. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as Trench. Jet Li
also makes a comeback and quite a good one I must add. The best addition
perhaps is Wesley Snipes. He was an action film staple for most of the 90s and
my personal favorite was ‘Passenger 57’. Stallone and Snipes were together in
90s smash ‘Demolition Man’. Another former co-star of Stallone, Antonio
Banderas, joins in and provides comic relief as Galgo.
The rest of the team is still there: Dolph Lundgren (Gunner),
Terry Crews (Ceasar), Jason Statham (Christmas) and Randy Couture (Toll Road).
They are joined by a fresh and young crew assembled by Ross such as Luna (MMA
star Ronda Rousey) and Smilee (Kellan Lutz) to go up against Mel Gibson who is
the antagonist in the film. He does an excellent job as the villain but I did
like Jean-Claude Van Damme better in ‘Expendables 2’. The tension between Ross
and Gibson’s character Conrad Stonebanks is very real as both were one of the founders
of the Expendables. The spoilers stop here.
The film is a straight-up action film that is not aiming for
Oscars but just pure vintage entertainment. Everyone looks in great physical
condition despite the age. We have lot of quips that are a throwback to lines
from famous films back in the day. One of my favorite is ‘I am the Hague’
spoken by Stallone- throwback to Judge Dredd’s famous line…see that film to
find out!
The action scenes are well choreographed and ultimately
Stallone shows his expertise in every scene he is in. It is a slam, bang action
flick that just keeps getting better and better with every minute. It is
non-stop action with some feeling. At the same time, Snipes is a delight and
has some of the best dialog in the film. He is also given a decent amount of
screen time.
By far, I feel it is the best of the three films. The second
one was a superb follow-up to the first, but this one just takes the cake. It
is one that even warrants a second viewing. For action film junkies who just
want good ole fashioned ass-kicking, better get in line for Expendables 3!
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