Actually quite enjoyed this spoofy homage to the blockbuster action flick, starring Sly Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham -- together with a few younger actors whose names I'd probably know if I hadn't grown out of the genre sometime in the early 90s. The action is hilariously over the top and continuously dispensed, while the plot is gloriously cliched: suffice it to say that it involves a rag-tag team of mercenaries covertly hired by the US government to kill a South American dictator (ham-acted by Angel from Dexter) who, together with a sinister ex-CIA (or was it FBI?) agent and his henchmen, is engaged in the usual bad-guy business of trafficking large quantities of white powder.
There are a couple of nice cameos. Mickey Rourke plays an elder leader/father-figure of the "Expendables" who delivers the film's only minute of real acting with a guilt-ridden recollection from his war days. There's also a nice scene with Stallone, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger ("-- what's his problem? -- he wants to be president..").
All in all it's good, light hearted fun. Though I do cringe to learn that a sequel is in the works...
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