Expendables 2 Review
Monday, August 20. 2012
Much as I liked The Expendables, it was definitely a modern take on the classic '80s action movie. The stunts were outstanding, the cast was nearly perfect, and the story was suitably useless. In short, it was great...but it wasn't awesome. Not quite. It lacked a certain insanity that was a hallmark of '80s action. A lunatic edge that made it OK for Chuck Norris to drive his truck straight up out of the ground. That made tearing the seats out of a sports car a reasonable choice for Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was an over-the-top, no-holds-barred attitude that—with the exception of Tropic Thunder—no big-budget movie made in the last 20 years dared. Until now.
