We here at Movies To Watch Tonight realize that a lot of viewers didn’t like the original The Expendables with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li and numerous B actors. To be honest there wasn’t a lot to like about The Expendables although Jason Statham did a good job with the script handed to him. But The Expendables 2 is actually a lot better in our opinion here at Movies To Watch Tonight because the actors realize they are staring in an 80’s style action flick that is making fun of itself.
The Expendables 2 is not a 3 star movie as far as Movies To Watch Tonight is concerned, but as far as entertainment for guys go, it’s probably a 4 out of 5.
Movies To Watch Tonight Plot Overview Of The Expendables 2
In the sequel, The Expendables 2 the minor characters get the plot right. Stallone has his usual band of tough guys who somehow make a living out of shooting up bad guys who are intent on doing a lot of damage to the rest of the world. In The Expendables 2, that bad ass guy is played by Jean-Claude Van Damme who does a pretty decent job as the “baddie” intent on getting his hands on a nuclear grade material buried after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The rest of the plot is simply Stallone and his gang of tough guys going after Van Damme.
Jean-Claude Van Damme is excellent as the villain and gets a good Movies To Watch Tonight rating for his performance.
What Movies to Watch Tonight Liked About The Expendables 2
While the plot is nothing to write about and probably it didn’t take much to write this plot, the movie has excellent cameo appearances of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis and Chuck Norris and the dialog pokes fun at past movie box office hits by all the actors. Schwarzenegger keeps repeating “I’ll be back” until Willis tells him “you’ve been back enough already”, to which Schwarzenegger replies “Yippe Kai Yay”. I’m sure you get the idea. The movie The Expendables 2 realizes that it is a B action movie that has a following from the original The Expendables and they are building on that fan base. No point in taking themselves seriously which is exactly why The Expendables 2 works.
Movies To Watch Tonight enjoyed the literal kick-ass performance of Nan Yu in The Expendables 2
What Movies to Watch Tonight Didn’t Liked About The Expendables 2
We at Movies To Watch Tonight found numerous things we didn’t like. The dialog is corny on purpose but the plot is way too predictable. From the very outset you know who is going to get killed. You know there will be a big fight scene between Van Damme and Stallone although it would have been more interesting to watch Jet Li fight Van Damme. The cameo appearances of Schwarzenegger, Willis and Jet Li are too small but somehow it works. Thankfully Chuck Norris’s role is incredibly small because we here at Movies To Watch Tonight don’t believe Norris can act.
Movies to Watch Tonight Overall Rating of The Expendables 2
This is a movie that makes fun of itself and the actors involved. It realizes it is corny and that what Movies To Watch Tonight liked about it.
You are going to waste 103 minutes of your life watching The Expendables. Women surveyed by Movies To Watch Tonight felt The Expendables 2 was a complete waste of 103 minutes. The men we surveyed at Movies To Watch Tonight felt that it was time well spent.
If you are looking for a corny action film with lots of explosions, guns blazing, repetitive dialog, cameo appearances of big name actors and limited plot to worry about, than this movie is sure to please. Obviously The Expendables 2 gets an overall rating by Movies To Watch Tonight of 2.5 stars out of 5 and listed as a Guys Movie.
Action is solid throughout The Expendables 2 and for that Movies To Watch Tonight gave 4 stars for Action.
The Cast of The Expendables 2
Sylvester Stallone – Barney Ross
Jason Statham – Lee Christmas
Jet Li – Yin Yang
Dolph Lundgren – Gunner Jensen
Chuck Norris – Booker
Jean-Claude Van Damme – The Bad Guy
Bruce Willis – Church
Arnold Schwarzenegger – Trench
Terry Crews – Hale Caesar
Randy Couture – Toll Road
Liam Hemsworth – Bill The Kid
Scott Adkins – Hector
Nan Yu – Maggie
Amanda Ooms – Pilar
Charisma Carpenter – Lacy
Movies To Watch Tonight Statistics Of The Expendables 2
The Expendables 2 cost about $100 million to make and on opening weekend in the USA it grossed $29 million. By the end of August 2012 it had grossed $52 million. The screenplay was by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone. The Director was Simon West. While Stallone remains a favorite of Movies To Watch Tonight, if he keeps making B movies his standing with us may begin to wear thin.
It has been said there are no small parts just small actors. The Expendables 2 puts that to test as there were lots of bit parts. We at Movies To Watch Tonight felt that some of the parts were indeed too small.
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