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This film is the sequel to Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables. Barney Ross is pulled into an agreement with Church as a favor. Ross and his team, along with a technical expert, is sent to collect an item that was on board a downed airplane in Albania. The team finds keeping this item a deadly challenge that they might not be able to finish alone.
This film was directed by Simon West, and not Stallone. This film isn't a direct sequel, its another chapter. This one takes a very different approach to the first film. The film takes a more comedic tone. The comedic tone takes away any emotional depth that would attach an audience to a character. The only real connection to the characters comes from familiarity to the actors, their former roles, and their popular one-liners. The action in the film was good. There was more realism presented in this film than the first film. It had several moments of gore. However, the action was poorly presented. The fight sequences happened too fast making it feel short lived and uneventful. There was a lot of unnecessary computer animation. A lot of time it was too obvious. It was great hearing old songs to place audiences into the spirit of the film. Also, interestingly enough, there is no sex in this film other than hints.
The cast worked great together. It was great to see the original cast returned for this film. I'll keep this short, or it'll be a long list of small roles. Sylvester Stallone played the role of Barney Ross. He was good in his role. He didn't go to over the top this time. Unfortunately, the script failed to make his character stand out. Jason Statham played the role of Lee Christmas. He was good in his role. The character remained the same from the first film. Nan Yu played the role of Maggie. She was great in her role. She got to fight and offer some emotion to the film. Jean-Claude Van Damme played the role of Vilain. literally that is his character name. His character wasn't given much opportunity to be explored. But, he was a good actor in his role. Liam Hemsworth played the role of Billy The Kid. He was great in his role. He gave the film its only meaningful story. Bruce Willis played the role of Church. He was great in his small role.
I give this film 2 out of 5 stars! It is good as an action film, but not great. It's humor and homages make it worth a watch.
Answer to last blog: Actress Dakota Fanning, The Twilight Saga, starred in the 2001 film I Am Sam.
Que: What was actor Sylverster Stallone's involvement in this film?
Producer
Fight Choreographer
Camera Operator
Writer
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