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Stallone and crew deliver a hard-hitting, unrepentant action extravaganza.
Julian Roman - MovieWeb
As for Stallone, he grimaces purposefully in his El Greco beard, and he keeps the body count coming so that it sates you like a junk-food craving fulfilled.
Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly
As a whole, the movie, whose title dimly evokes "They Were Expendable," a 1945 John Ford combat picture starring John Wayne and Robert Montgomery, might more aptly be described as Bad Kurosawa, Bad Peckinpah or Bad Leone.
A.O. Scott - New York Times
This is truly a movie that nobody needs -- gratuitously savage, implausible and sometimes incoherent.
Claudia Puig - USA Today
Bullets, knives and bare hands fly in an incomprehensible vortex as arms and heads and body parts get thrown into the melee.
Ann Hornaday - Washington Post
Expendables is the closest thing to movie Viagra yet invented. It's reprehensible. It's stoopid violent. It's a lot of unholy fun.
Ty Burr - Boston Globe
This is action as timeless as the reptilian brain.
Nick Pinkerton - Village Voice
While Stallone's film won't win any Oscars, it gives off a dopey genre high that's hard not to catch.
Joe Neumaier - New York Daily News
Sylvester Stallone's gun-emptying, blade-tossing, clandestine action flick "The Expendables" is great fun. Sure, this declaration comes with caveats, but do you really need to hear them?
Lisa Kennedy - Denver Post
... what winds up in the picture's largely lazy grasp is largely evidence of the influence of, well, any number of cheap and often straight-to-video testosterone fests.
Glenn Kenny - MSN Movies
The Expendables is savage yet inert, and breathtakingly sleazy in its lack of imagination.
Anthony Lane - New Yorker
Is it fun? Sort of. But it shoulda coulda been a ton of fun.
Michael Phillips - Chicago Tribune
Borrows liberally from such male-bonding classics as Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen and Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, but offers not a whiff of the tragic fatalism and astute critique of machismo that inform those superior dramas.
Joshua Katzman - Chicago Reader
Stallone! Willis! Schwarzenegger! They're lovin' it, so I guess we have to, too.
Steven Rea - Philadelphia Inquirer
I's a bit like a trip to the gym on a flat tire.
Adam Graham - Detroit News
Sure, it's fun, after a fashion, to see them all in the same place, kicking and creaking. But that's about all it is.
Bill Goodykoontz - Arizona Republic
Take the cast away, and there's not much more here than the straight-to-DVD schlock that has kept conspicuously absent rivals Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme busy of late.
Peter Debruge - Variety
The brain-dead male equivalent of Sex and the City 2.
Lou Lumenick - New York Post
The shootouts are epic, but the stuff leading up to them is lame.
Roger Moore - Orlando Sentinel
It yawningly snaps into place as yet another series of explosions that are dressed up with no place to blow.
Peter Howell - Toronto Star
The world has changed since Rambo and Arnold held sway, which isn't the film's fault. But it's going to be held accountable anyway.
Laremy Legel - Film.com
The Expendables isn't as much fun as it should be.
Stephen Cole - Globe and Mail
Rather than reviving the actors' 80s heyday, The Expendables only demonstrates how much action films have changed in recent years.
Michael Joshua Rowin - Salon.com
The body count is high and the personalities click in this old-school testosterone fest.
Sheri Linden - Hollywood Reporter
It's willfully out of date, like an aging hair band that can't pack away the spandex.
Jake Coyle - Associated Press
What you will find is both familiar in its contours and unique in its casting.
Richard Corliss - TIME Magazine
It's not the age of the actors that makes The Expendables expendable. It's the stale storytelling.
Peter Travers - Rolling Stone
Also the Predictables, the Forgettables and they kinda look like the Anabolic Steroidables...
Richard Roeper - Richard Roeper.com
Friends may not let friends die alone, but bogus philosophizing is apparently business as usual.
Kenneth Turan - Los Angeles Times
Some kind of meatheaded masterpiece, it's cinematic junk food of the highest order.
Sean Burns
What The Expendables does right is it caters to its fans. It knows exactly what they want and it delivers a a pure, adrenaline-fuelled thrill ride with some great action.
Matt Joseph - We Got This Covered
The action scenes are huge and excessively violent on a scale not seen since the closing scenes of Commando. At one point, in the absence of any buildings to detonate or ammunition depots to destroy, I think I saw an explosion explode.
Ali Gray - TheShiznit.co.uk
What we end up with is an incomprehensible, overly-long explosion-fest that could have easily been retitled "A.D.D.: The Motion Picture."
Jeff Beck - Examiner.com
the kind of all-out, over the top action movie they just don't make anymore, which is probably a good thing because the human brain can only take a movie that provides the equivalent to getting three consecutive adrenaline shots so many times.
Jeffrey Lyles - Lyles' Movie Files
I like the idea of this movie much more than how it actually turned out.
Austin Kennedy - Sin Magazine
Nell Minow - Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Combustible Celluloid
This has been clearly aimed at - pardon the pun - diehard action film fans. Anyone else, who might expect a vague sense of irony, will be sorely disappointed.
Laurence Boyce - The Baltic Times
... It's a little like meeting up with old friends, only to come away deflated, realising you just don't have that much to talk about any more.
Ed Whitfield - The Ooh Tray
Stallone, with his highly unusual current face, is so busy making googly eyes at Statham and nursing a man-crush that he forgets that the goal of this movie is MORE KILLING.
Dave White - Movies.com
The movie had been billed as a throwback to the action flicks of the 1980s, but that pitch turns out to be false advertising.
Rene Rodriguez - Miami Herald
The rest of the mayhem is simply ultraviolent, nonstop, and numbing. Better jokes might have helped.
Peter Rainer - Christian Science Monitor
Unnatural but kind of remarkable.
Matt Singer - IFC.com
Provides a decent, if not totally fulfilling, fix of that something we miss.
Jeffrey Chen - ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Certainly not a great film, but an enjoyable slice of surprisingly low-key, classic '80s action filmmaking complete with an awesome cast.
R. L. Shaffer - IGN DVD
... a perfectly enjoyable mercenaries-on-a-mission-of-redemption adventure with a mix of testosterone-fueled camaraderie and this-time-it's-personal seriousness.
Sean Axmaker - Seanax.com
Suitable for a night of cold beer, chili, and a hot woman at your side...
Felix Vasquez Jr. - Cinema Crazed
The film's climax delivers and delivers and just keeps topping itself, making it possibly the most satisfying experience since cheeseburgers after a very big night.
Paj Sandhu - Moviedex
Final notes: this is a movie in which Dolph Lundgren is expected to convincingly portray a junkie and have an American accent. Also, Jet Li plays a character called Yin Yang. Do with this information what you will.
Simon Miraudo - Quickflix
If the plot line doesn't leave you numb with disbelief, the excessive explosive outbursts and viscerally edited dismemberments will drop you, or someone you care about, wet in the seat.
Elias Savada - Film Threat
It was a walk through 1984 and it was a pretty decent stroll.
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel - 3BlackChicks Review
It's fun to see this aging cast together on screen, but the movie is junk. The one-liners aren't funny, the dialogue is tedious, and the action itself is prosaic and repetitive.
Russ Breimeier - Christianity Today
Equal parts self-conscious joke and sly throwback to low-budget action movies of the 1970s, The Expendables works its grindhouse cliches until they work... at least, they work for anyone who fondly remembers the sleaze of yesteryear.
Maitland McDonagh - Miss FlickChick
Ljubitelji akcije neće biti razočarani količinom "ore" i "ege", uključujući i obavezni zavrni obračun gdje ačica junaka rastura cijelu vojsku negativaca
Dragan Antulov - rec.arts.movies.reviews
How many actions stars does it take to get audiences into theaters? THIS many.
Kevin A. Ranson - MovieCrypt.com
The entertaining action scenes are as weighty and gnarly as the actors' grizzled mugs.
Matt Glasby - Flicks.co.nz
Wow, I haven't seen this much over-the-hill action since Don Ameche and Hume Cronyn did laps in Cocoon.
Mark Ramsey - MovieJuice!
Stallone Can't Choose Between Thoughtful Meditation of Age and Violence or Just a Cheesy Throwback to the mid-80's. A Pity.
Jimmy O - Film Snobs
The Expendables is admirable for bringing these actors all together, but shameful for not having the integrity to do anything of value with them.
Mike McGranaghan - Aisle Seat
humble, subtle and restrained
Christopher Null - Filmcritic.com
We can understand the need to have a support group for elderly action heroes who want to relive the glory years. But did they have to release it as a film? Unnecessary.
Catherine Bray - Film4
Except for 'youngster' Jason Statham, Stallone's band of geriatric heroes are pretty creaky
Jeff Meyers - Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
What we get is pure, unadulterated B-movie stuff, with an A-budget.
Derek Malcolm - This is London
The action sequences are terrific, the violence excessive. The guiltiest of guilty pleasures, then.
Michael Bonner - Uncut Magazine [UK]
Unless you've got a burning desire to see some old-timers trying to turn back the clocks and running around in a film they know in their heart-of-hearts is more at home on the small screen, wait for the DVD.
Mike Barnard - Future Movies UK
Mostly this is just a film of countless deaths and endless cliches...
Allan Hunter - Daily Express
That the supporting cast really needn't have bothered showing up is the closest Stallone gets to a decent joke.
Alistair Harkness - Scotsman
Offers up neither clearly delineated characters nor any fundamental character of its own.
Nick Schager - Lessons of Darkness
Nothing exceeds like excess in The Expendables.
Charles Koplinski - Illinois Times
Thick-necked and hollow-headed and weirdly affecting
Fernando F. Croce - CinePassion
The Expendables is like dating a jock - no sparkling conversation or subtlety but great to have around when you need to blow sh-t up or kick some ass.
Beth Accomando - KPBS.org
Stallone, never a clear speaker, spends most of his time grunting like a Gloucester Old Spot or barking like a sea lion with a sore throat.
Christopher Tookey - Daily Mail [UK]
After repeated taunts to "Bring it," increasing evidence of the barely-there story, and a war's worth of bullets and fireballs, The Expendables gets pretty tiresome.
Tricia Olszewski - Film Threat
It's an A-grade cast all right, but there's no escaping that this is a B-movie.
David Edwards - Daily Mirror [UK]
Drenched in adrenaline, veiled in violence, 'The Expendables' really is. Expendable, I mean.
Linda Cook - Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
The worst action film of the year, and that's saying something.
Adam Woodward - Little White Lies
misses many opportunities to truly exploit its old-school ethos, instead falling into the trap of hyper-edited incoherence
James Kendrick - Q Network Film Desk
In which a bunch of macho has-beens and never-weres splash down in the action pond for one last go-round.
Anthony Quinn - Independent
Something about the large scope of the action confounds Stallone, and his excessively large number of unit directors. It's too hectic, too confusing to be cool, or exhilirating.
Tim Brayton - Antagony & Ecstasy
The movie struggles to find a main attraction that's worth the bullets it's printed on.
Tim Robey - Daily Telegraph
Is it that big a deal to have a cast that includes Steve Austin, Randy Couture and Terry Crews? These guys would line up for a straight-to-DVD American Pie sequel if asked.
Matt Brunson - Creative Loafing
Stallone's dozens of remaining fans know exactly what to expect, and he gives it to them good and hard.
Jim Lane - Sacramento News & Review
Botched sensitivity aside, The Expendables delivers epic action.
John Wirt - Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Not since Rocky worked out in a meat locker has Sylvester Stallone surrounded himself with so much aging beef.
John Beifuss - Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
For action fans raised on Commando and Cobra, the ensemble cast and '80s-style violence will be pure wish-fulfilment -- but even they could have wished for something better.
Genevieve Harrison - Empire Magazine
If you like watching men with no necks thumping each other, this could be your Citizen Kane.
David Jenkins - Time Out
The only reason to watch this film is to see some of the world's most famous action stars returning for one last bout of mayhem.
Graham Young - Birmingham Post
A piece of sclerotic all-star machismo about as exciting as Veterans' Arm-Wrestling Night at the Hollywood Bowl.
Nigel Andrews - Financial Times
A film so unashamedly manly, it makes Fight Club look like the time they did Single Ladies on Glee.
Robbie Collin - News of the World
The impressive-sounding cast only temporarily distracts from a plot riddled with holes, cliched dialogue and fight sequences too reliant on quick edits.
Terry Staunton - Radio Times
If you only see one action movie this year, see The Expendables -- twice.
Elliott Noble - Sky Movies
A perfectly cast, gleefully violent throwback to old-fashioned '80s action movies, The Expendables is an enormous amount of fun.
Matthew Turner - ViewLondon
Quit it with the CGI blood spurts.
Bob Grimm - Reno News and Review
full review at Movies for the Masses
Joseph Proimakis - Movies for the Masses
Exceeded my expectations as concerns dumbness -- and my expectations were high. This movie actually goes beyond being merely dumb; it's more like the nirvana of dumbosity.
Ken Hanke - Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
... delivers exactly what the coming attractions promise - a lot of over-the-top action and silliness ...
Lori Hoffman - Atlantic City Weekly
In lieu of a flurry of left hooks and roundhouse kicks, we stay safely in Stallone's comfort zone of shoot 'em ups and s--- getting blown up.
Lauren Wissot - Slant Magazine
[A] lumbering, aptly titled hulk of a movie.
Peter Keough - Boston Phoenix
An unstoppable throwback to the days of Rambo, and Commando, a time when heroes cracked wise, shat bullets, and blew-up a thousand faceless enemies before breakfast.
Matt Neal - The Standard
We want to remember. We want to revel. We want to watch things explode. Stallone only understands one of these things. So yes, there will be explosions.
Jeff Bayer - The Scorecard Review
defensive and frankly more than a little pathetic
Walter Chaw - Film Freak Central
It looks like most of the money spent in this project went to explosions, which are many and huge, and to acting salaries, at the expense of special effects and the script, which could have used a big upgrade.
Robert Roten - Laramie Movie Scope
Watching The Expendables is like watching professional wrestling but with guns, knives and a whole lot of death.
Thomas Caldwell - Cinema Autopsy
Flawed, but the action scenes are as violent, ridiculous and over the top as you could hope for.
Kevin N. Laforest - Montreal Film Journal
Big guns, big hats, big motorcycles, big trucks. There is obviously more being projected here than just a movie
Andrea Chase - Killer Movie Reviews
Stallone's boasted that he's made the drunk uncle of all dumb action movies and in several ways he has
Amy Nicholson - I.E. Weekly
Whatever film you've imagined...is better than what the film actually is.
Widgett Walls - Needcoffee.com
An overly-hyped exercise, a cynical attempt to couple recognizable action stars with their respective muscles onscreen ... think of this not so much a film but, rather, steroid abuse of a whole other kind.
Kimberly Gadette - Indie Movies Online
Never underestimate the nostalgia factor!"
Kam Williams - NewsBlaze
There's a lot in this nostalgic Sylvester Stallone actioner that lives up to its title - the recycled plot, the forgettable characters, the monotonous violence - but it's an undeniable kick to see these vets in action.
Joe Lozito - Big Picture Big Sound
With only a couple of artistic virtues and even fewer moral attributes to its credit..."The Expendables" is wretched.
Fr. Chris Carpenter - Movie Dearest
Glories in over-the-top, testosterone-driven action and an ensemble whose names I only expected to hear when I died and went to B-movie heaven. If only The Expendables' script was as divine as its roll call.
Diva Velez - TheDivaReview.com
Despite some surprisingly decent performances, it just isn't as fun as it should be. But Stallone does prove there's still some room left in the action genre for these titans, so let's why not? Let's have another round.
Christopher Smith - Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Even the much-anticipated scene in which Stallone spars verbally with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a summit meeting of '80s action icons, ends up lifeless.
Sean Means - Salt Lake Tribune
For diehard action fans the explosions and car chases will be enough but for those looking for strong characters and plot development it will be lacking.
Jackie K. Cooper - jackiekcooper.com
It passes for an average Stallone film, which doesn't quite make it a good pic even though it's not exactly a bad pic.
Dennis Schwartz - Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Too bad this blast-from-the-past mucho macho male reunion movie is so absurdly incoherent.
Susan Granger - www.susangranger.com
While much of the film feels as slow as Stallone, 64, at a full sprint, the last 30 minutes is a blast. Literally. The movie's theme is overkill.
Michael Smith - Tulsa World
It's like being in Stallone's head watching his stream of consciousness manifest.
Fred Topel - Can Magazine
Jean-Claude van Damme and Steven Seagal will be kicking themselves - or perhaps each other - for having turned Stallone down.
Daniel M. Kimmel - New England Movies Weekly
The Expendables delivers a series of macho encounters within the team of expert killers and pointedly named hard-asses.
Cynthia Fuchs - PopMatters
Occasionally fun in its over-the-top mindlessness; the fun just never lasts more than a couple minutes at a time.
Eric D. Snider - EricDSnider.com
The Expendables scratches the itch action fans have had since the '80s drew to a close.
Christian Toto - What Would Toto Watch?
If you accept The Expendables for what it is -- Stallone having some simple, stupid fun -- you may be surprised to find yourself joining him.
Stephen Whitty - Newark Star-Ledger
An aggressively dopey celebration of testosterone that manages to provide a decent amount of fenderheaded fun for those who just want to see stuff get blown up or gunned down for 90-odd minutes.
Peter Sobczynski - eFilmCritic.com
It's one of those movies best watched on DVD or Blu-ray where you can fast-forward any time you see someone open their mouth to talk.
Rebecca Murray - About.com
There's nothing wrong with a guilty pleasure. We all have them: Those movies that we know suck that we can't help but watch on cable every time they come on. But they still SUCK.
Brian Tallerico - Movie Retriever
A down and dirty action adventure, and the best escapist entertainment around. Check your brain at the door for non-stop rowdy, riotous and raucous fun.
Avi Offer - NYC Movie Guru
Por mais que eu quisesse acreditar no que diz a musica que acompanha os creditos, nao creio que este filme estabeleca que "os garotos estao de volta a cidade". No maximo, podemos dizer que os velhinhos deram um passeio rapido e esquecivel na praca.
Pablo Villaca - Cinema em Cena
- National Post
An amazing combination of totally campy and totally crappy with a plot and style straight out of 1984, which is funny to see, especially the chemistry between the guys.
Willie Waffle - WaffleMovies.com
As with Rambo, we get bullets that cause heads to literally explode. That should have been the tone all along, but Stallone just can't let his movie be terrible enough to be entertaining.
Adam Lippe - Examiner.com
An awful screenplay, horrible acting, and all action - fisticuffs, gun fights, car chases, etc. - is badly edited. It's a terrible movie. I loved every cliche-filled minute.
Gary Wolcott - Tri-City Herald
Stallone is a terrible action director. Sequences are visually incoherent, chopped-up, sloppy, vague. You'd think that in all the years he's spent in this racket he would've learned how to cobble together stuff like this.
Shawn Levy - Oregonian
It's all as dumb as mud, but it's familiar and comfortable enough to entertain on a basic level.
Jim Slotek - Jam! Movies
"Hulk like 'Expendables.' It SMASH. Guns go BANG-BANG. Things go BOOM. Fire EVERYWHERE. Cars crash and make even MORE FIRE. HA-HA-HA. Hulk no like Rourke, though. Rourke NUTS."
James Verniere - Boston Herald
The advertising materials... carry just the right kind of gleeful, confident attitude -- but sadly, Stallone's actual movie is a giant mess and a wasted opportunity.
Jeffrey M. Anderson - Common Sense Media
...an admittedly erratic yet sporadically thrilling throwback to the unabashedly violent action flicks of the 1980s.
David Nusair - Reel Film Reviews
The closest a real-life movie has ever gotten to "Seinfeld"'s "Death Blow."
Stephen Silver - The Trend
The Expendables should have been the greatest action movie ever made. Unfortunately, the film is a bit underwhelming. Luckily, Crews and Statham save the day.
Kevin McCarthy - BDK Reviews
If ever there was a movie that was all about the action scenes, The Expendables is it.
Vic Holtreman - ScreenRant
There's no one to blame but Stallone for action sequences that degenerate into incoherence, to the point where it's impossible to know who's truck is exploding and who's shooting at whom.
Mick LaSalle - San Francisco Chronicle
An agreeable mess of an action picture, hearkening back to Stallone's heyday of the 1980s.
Rob Vaux - Mania.com
Given the similarities between the two films -- the muddled fight scenes, the occasional one-liners, the over-the-top violence, used to camouflage the narrative weaknesses -- this easily could have been titled Rambo V.
Mike Scott - Times-Picayune
Not a parody of an '80s action movie -- it actually is an '80s action movie.
Kurt Loder - MTV
Peppered with funny dialogue, epic brawls and supersize explosions, The Expendables is the adrenaline shot the summer of 2010 needs.
Peter Paras - E! Online
Feels less like high-concept filmmaking and more like wishful thinking.
Marc Savlov - Austin Chronicle
The film bulls-eyes so-bad-it's-sad from the get-go. The precision with which it just keeps hitting that unwanted target is spooky.
Leigh Paatsch - Herald Sun (Australia)
The fights are so many and so long and the cuts so quick that you can rarely tell who's winning. One thing is certain, the losers are the viewers.
Tony Medley - Tolucan Times
Unfortunately, there's a limit to the effectiveness of this kind of influence.
John Hartl - Seattle Times
A ludicrous action flick that...would seem right at home in the 2am slot on ShowTime.
Frank Swietek - One Guy's Opinion
The big set piece at the end is impressive...proving that Stallone really is a formidable action director. It is just a pity it takes so long to get there.
Jordan Hoffman - UGO
Alas, little money was left over to fund the screenplay, which is unbelievably bad given the level of talent involved.
Gary Thompson - Philadelphia Daily News
It's a contender for the manliest movie ever made.
Maitland McDonagh - Film Journal International
You certainly can't say this over-the-top thriller skimps on action. The final third or so is wall-to-wall brawling, shootings and explosions.
Jeff Vice - Deseret News, Salt Lake City
As an opportunity for giant lunkheads to knock each other around and blow things up, The Expendables is considerably more fun than the last Transformers movie.
Matt Pais - Metromix.com
Fun as the film occasionally was, those involved would have done well to take the advice from another 80's action classic: "You're too old for this &$#&!"
Brandon Fibbs - BrandonFibbs.com
These action heroes take their fun seriously without taking themselves seriously.
Nell Minow - Beliefnet
Coming off like an all-star game with notable faces and a few exciting plays but not much in the way of an entertaining game plan, 'The Expendables' ends up as an overall disappointment. (Parental Review also Available)
Jim Judy - Screen It!
While you may have trouble figuring out who's running where in the film's big climax, Stallone sets off enough explosions to ensure their Brazilian shooting location could be seen from space.
Laura Clifford - Reeling Reviews
When The Expendables revs up and becomes the loud, explosive machismo parade that it's meant to be, it works. But when it doesn't, it's rather abysmal.
Neil Miller - Film School Rejects
best action film of the summer
Bill Gibron - Filmcritic.com
It pretty much fits the bill -- maybe not directed with any particular verve or wit by Stallone, but still satisfactory of the lowest common denominators and the highest possible decibel levels.
William Goss - Cinematical
The audiences for whom 'The Expendables' represents a wish belatedly fulfilled aren't expecting Shakespeare, but Stallone, once an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, is strictly on autopilot here.
Rossiter Drake - San Francisco Examiner
The whole enterprise is a tremendous wasted opportunity. Even the title knows it.
Dustin Putman
Delivers pretty much exactly what its audience wants and expects: big, dumb, campy fun so deliriously, comically macho, it's remarkable that no one in the cast died of testosterone poisoning.
Nathan Rabin - AV Club
Among the explosions and the blood, a forceful melancholy infects the characters and puts a dark tinge to even the most jocular banter.
Jason Di Rosso - MovieTime, ABC Radio National
A gang of old pros ripping through an $US80 million budget by doing what they like to do best. And given the sad state of the modern action movie, such passion is almost endearing.
Sandra Hall - Sydney Morning Herald
Inevitably, the film culminates in a nearly wordless bloodbath with a death every few seconds, plunging onward like the world's longest drum solo.
Jake Wilson - The Age (Australia)
The body count is enormous, the explosions deafening, and none of it makes sense -- so why did I find this such a guilty pleasure?
David Stratton - At the Movies (Australia)
Stallone encourages a pure bath of brutality, sans winks. It's up to the viewer to decide if this is all disgusting overkill or the cinematic equivalent of a firm erection.
Brian Orndorf - BrianOrndorf.com
Give me Bradley Cooper driving a tank in mid-air, any day.
Charlie Lyne - Ultra Culture
The thought behind this body-splattering nostalgia trip is unformed and stagnant.
Keith Uhlich - Time Out
There is no avoiding the fact that (Schwarzenegger) and Stallone look every bit their age; Willis, Lundgren and Li still move well, but close-ups do none of these actors any favours.
Simon Foster - sbs.com.au
The Expendables is third-rate.
Armond White - New York Press
When it gets around to the righteous fightin' and killin' bits, The Expendables more than delivers on its promise to be the manliest movie ever made.
Jen Yamato - Movies.com
It's not just the characters who are expendable: The actors may as well be tossed out with the garbage, too.
Stephanie Zacharek - Movieline
A throat-slashing, elbow-dropping, grenade-throwing, trigger-pulling, and limb-dismembering good time.
Peter Hall - Hollywood.com
When it isn't bad Shakespeare, this throwback 80s action movie... is like what we might see if Solider of Fortune magazine decided to get into the business of pornography.
MaryAnn Johanson - Flick Filosopher
Stallone grabs you by the balls and doesn't let go for until the credits roll!
Chris Bumbray - JoBlo's Movie Emporium
Fathers, don't let your sons grow up without The Expendables.
Joshua Tyler - CinemaBlend.com
I'd say that I already can smell the sequel, but I believe that odor is coming from this film.
Marshall Fine - Hollywood & Fine
Stallone vs. Hugo Chavez? C'mon, the general wears the very same trademark fatigues and red beret, and heads a Latin American country beginning with a 'V' and ending with an 'A'. While the former overturns papaya carts and terrorizes donkeys.
Prairie Miller - NewsBlaze
Taken as a whole, The Expendables is a disappointment, and a frustrating one at that.
Drew McWeeny - HitFix
The Expendables is preaching to the choir, but that choir will surely lap it up with relish.
Glenn Dunks - Trespass
Gratuitous explosions, fight scenes and macho stars past and present, this is the pick of this year's cluttered action crop.
Erin Free - FILMINK (Australia)
Lean, mean, funny, and chockablock with fast-twitch demolition spectacle, "The Expendables" represents a grand finale for several generations of action cinema stars.
Cole Smithey - ColeSmithey.com
Sly Stallone has corralled the meanest, toughest action actors he could find and pooled them into a turbo-charged Dirty Dozen movie. With laughs.
Andrew L. Urban - Urban Cinefile
It's raining bullets and knives in this macho action thriller in which brute force rules supreme.
Louise Keller - Urban Cinefile
It's a bitter pill to swallow, but it's a dark day indeed when a film can bring together so many promising elements and, when the curtains close, leave you wondering exactly what the heck you just sat through -- and if you even enjoyed it at all.
Patrick Kolan - IGN Movies AU
It's not particularly well made, but the patchiness only adds to the considerable goodwill and charm the movie carries.
Phelim O'Neill
Strip away the modern day polish and the bluster of its gimmicky (though admittedly satisfying) cast and you're left with an 80s-esque action spectacle. That's the point, of course, but it isn't enough to earn the film a genuine recommendation.
Martin Roberts - Fan The Fire
The gun show is in full effect in The Expendables, an old school action ensemble tailor made for our nostalgic times.
Matthew Pejkovic - Matt's Movie Reviews
Stallone's retro actioner is a cheesy, schlocky anachronistic flick, sort of a class reunion of the genre's stars of the past two decades.
Emanuel Levy - EmanuelLevy.Com
A bunch of guys past their prime punching and kicking each other and pretending its for our benefit, when its really just one last self-congratulatory hurrah.
Katey Rich - CinemaBlend.com
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Deal for October 29-November 19, Saturday to Saturday! Rate has been reduced by 50%! $800 rental for the week. This house is perfect for your family! No student groups. You'll have a five bedroom waterfront house!! This continuously remodeled, spectacular house is perfect for a multi-family vacation or a fun couples trip! The house is on Santa Rosa Island, directly on the Sound, providing safe swimming for your kids since there's no undertow! Fish from your own back yard! Wiggle your toes in the sand or relax in the hammock while you watch the sun set. The Gulf of Mexico beach is a five minute walk away, and is the same sugary white soft sand as ever. The restaurant on the island is a 10 minute walk away. Juana's Pagoda is also a 10 minute walk. Naval Air Museum is 30 minutes away. Deep sea fishing is 30 minutes away in Destin. Absolutely no smoking permitted in this beautiful house. Although we are animal lovers, we do not allow pets in the house. Our own spayed and neutered pooches have to stay with loving caretakers while we visit Caribbean Soul.
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I have to say that this was the most relaxing vacation that we have ever had! The house is amazing and the location is even better. It was so nice to be able to enjoy our morning coffee as our kids played in the water. There was no stopping them, as soon as they woke up they threw on their swimsuits and were ready to go! Our kids are 4 and 9 and we felt totally comfortable with them in the water as we sat on the deck. (That's how close the water is to the house) We caught some pretty big fish from the backyard and from the near by pier for dinner too. I can't stress how nice it was to be so close to the water!!! If the kids needed a snack, then they just went in and got it. Not having to pack a bag to go to the water was really nice! It allowed us to really relax and enjoy our vacation. We actually only went to the beach one or twice the whole week because the convenience of the sound was so nice. (no jellyfish, no undertow, and no other people!!) The house is amazing too. It has everthing that you need to enjoy your vacation.
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This was our 7th straight year to spend Thanksgiving week at Caribbean Soul. We always have a wonderful time. We especially like the location where our grandchildren can enjoy the sound side for playing sand football, but we are a short walk to the gulf side. The owner is very responsive to questions and concerns and there is a host who is available for help, if needed. Each year we anticipate improvements and this year we very pleasantly surprised that the bedroom carpet had been replaced with beautiful tile and the kitchen range had been replace with a flat cooktop surface.If you have a barge family, you can't go wrong with this 5 bedroom, 4 bath home.
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This was our 7th straight year to spend Thanksgiving week at Caribbean Soul. We always have a wonderful time. We especially like the location where our grandchildren can enjoy the sound side for playing sand football, but we are a short walk to the gulf side. The owner is very responsive to questions and concerns and there is a host who is available for help, if needed. Each year we anticipate improvements and this year we very pleasantly surprised that the bedroom carpet had been replaced with beautiful tile and the kitchen range had been replace with a flat cooktop surface.If you have a barge family, you can't go wrong with this 5 bedroom, 4 bath home.
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If you are looking for a spacious and beautiful waterfront home, then look no further than Carribean Soul!!! My family and I were here for 4 days and 3 nights and enjoyed every waking moment of our stay. Vicky and David Ginn have to be the most nicest home owners/hosts I have ever met before. I kid you not! The location is just spectacular, and the view----Awesome!!! Plenty of space, right on the water, plus all of the amenities you could want and more! This was our first time staying here but I can assure you it will not be the last =)
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Additional information about rental rates
September 27-October 4, 2014...$1200 per week
November 1, 2014-January 2, 2015...$1200
January 3-31, 2015...$995 per week. Flexible on day of week pattern
February 1-March 6, 2015...$1200 per week (Saturday-Saturday)
March 7-20, 2014...$1950 per week (Saturday-Saturday) NO STUDENT GROUPS
March 21-May 15, 2015...$2100 NO STUDENT GROUPS, WEDDINGS OR RECEPTIONS
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"You'll find 50 caliber machine gun belts still linked, bullets, and they are all live. They usually have '42, '43, '44 dates on them and they're from the B-17s and B-24s that were practicing from this area," says Ken Swanson, Executive Director of the Idaho Military History Museum.
Planes from Mountain Home Air Force Base used BLM land for target practice in the 1940s and 1950s and to a lesser extent, still do today. About 95 percent of what they drop is not explosive, but the other five percent is. Would you want to chance it?
There is still tons of ordnance out in the desert, some of which is still live ammunition and could explode. So if you come across it, your best bet is to leave it alone.
The air force also has a clean-up team, but with over 60 years of target practice, it is impossible for them to find everything. Even if you come across an inert bomb, do not take it home because it is technically federal property on federal land.
"They've never relinquished ownership of that material, the Federal Government, so yeah, you can be charged with stealing federal property by taking it from federal lands...or blown up...either one," says Swanson.
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'Big Brother' recap: Will Aaryn make a big move or play it safe?
So, Aaryn's reign of terror as HoH has been surprisingly mild, given that Helen is pulling her strings like an amateur puppeteer. The veto competition and the announcement of America's MVP, of course, could throw off all of Helen's not-so-careful planning, so it's still worthwhile to tune in on a Wednesday. It's not just a lame veto competition after all!
With the nominations having been decided, Helen weirdly makes a big, fake to-do about not being not the block, gleefully hugging Aaryn as if this will convince people they're not in an alliance. Still, Elissa is super shocked she isn't on the block! Really, I think everyone has just realized she's so poor at playing this game, there's no reason to send her packing.
Still, Amanda is thrilled that Aaryn nominated Howard and Spencer. It should be smooth sailing for her from here, right? Mwahahahahaha!
Howard is very nervous about what his fate might be, and after a poignant moment with Jessie, he decides to talk to the house about… something. Really, I'm still trying to figure out what his point was, if he had a point, or if that speech was even in English. I kept wondering if I'd drifted off in the middle and just lost the thread, but I'm pretty sure there was no thread to begin with. As Andy says, Howard could have just stood there and said "blah blah blah," and he's right. And yet, Howard is so thrilled he talked to the house and, as Spencer says, freaked everyone else out. Yay?
In a continuing storyline for this episode, McCrae imagines he's manipulating Spencer, either by convincing him that Howard is the MVP, or that he's the pawn, or that Howard is gunning for Amanda. Needless to say, Spencer thinks Pizza Boy is ridiculous. When you can't even snow Spencer, really, isn't it time to just admit your role as Amanda's boy toy and sit quietly until you're eliminated?
Finally, it's time to announce the third nominee, and America has chosen… Amanda? Huh. I'm not thrilled about this, primarily because Amanda is so entertaining in the interview room. Don't you like to be amused, America?
However, I will concede she's been playing a little too hard recently in trying to make the other hamsters do her bidding, so that may have annoyed some people. There's also the matter of her taking tubbies with a guy who farts in the water, which is kinda gross. But on the whole, I think Amanda is more fun and notably smarter than a lot of the other hamsters, and I'm not convinced she's going to be a pawn now that she's on the block.
While Amanda stomps around the house and McCrae tries to act threatening (poor bunny), eventually it's time to pick players in the veto competition. Aaryn, Howard, Amanda and Spencer, will be joined by Candice and Jessie, which is sort of like saying the two additional players will be a pot roast and a sweater. The host will be Helen, who is ridiculously happy about this for some reason.
The hamsters, who have tossed around the idea that the MVP is Elissa or Andy or even America (ding, ding, ding), conclude with Amanda being the third nominee the MVP must be Howard. Amanda confronts Howard, which results in him speaking in circles until she finally throws up her hands and leaves the room. If Howard is using this endless crazy talk as a tactic, I think it may only succeed in getting him booted. He's better off praying with everyone; that seems to make more sense.
Because the editors have decided Andy hasn't gotten enough screen time for some reason, we join him as he relaxes in the hammock until a bird flies over him. This is to remind us that life in the "Big Brother" house is probably more boring than we know.
Time for the veto competition! The hamsters are sent back in time (aka the backyard) to rebuild the first veto, which has been destroyed. Apparently, the first veto existed during the time of dinosaurs. At this point, "Big Brother" isn't even trying to make sense anymore. Why not just herd the players into the backyard, make them wear jumpsuits, pelt them with rocks, then tell them to do a crossword from the newspaper. It would be about as logical.
Still, as stupid as the competition is, it is apparently pretty hard. Aaryn hates puzzles! They're, like, hard! Candice and Jessie are perplexed! It's a puzzle, people, not calculus.
Spencer, who is very motivated to get off the block and has not made himself dizzy talking in circles like Howard, wins the veto.
Given that Spencer is going to take himself off the block, that means a third nominee must be made. Aaryn wants to go after Candice, because Aaryn has never met a personal vendetta she doesn't like. Plus, you know, black people just make her want to say racist things.
Helen looks chagrined, but says she'll go with the group. I think Helen is just happy Aaryn hasn't realized it might be the time to backdoor her or Elissa (a big risk, but possibly a big move that could work), so she'll sell her own underwear just to take the heat off of her.
Then, Candice decides she needs to talk to Helen in order to take the heat off of Howard. This seems logical until she sits down with Helen. Instead of trying to play to Helen's better nature, she instead decides to tell her everything she's figured out -- including the fact Helen, Elissa, McCrae and Amanda are controlling the game. For someone who is so, so bad at challenges, Candice is no dumb bunny. Helen suddenly realizes it may be time to drag Candice through the mud to the other housemates before Candice does the same to her. Weren't Candice and Helen in an alliance? I guess that's all over now.
Of course, Aaryn chooses Candice as a replacement nominee, and I wonder if Candice, not bigger threats Amanda or Howard, could get the boot. If she doesn't get sent home, though, she intends to gun for Helen and Elissa next week. It's times like these when I think Aaryn may just be able to slip by with the other floaters simply for not making a fuss.
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A Fantastic Interdimensional Chronicle
Fan of anime and manga? Yeah? Cool. Then there's a good chance that you're at least familiar with some of CLAMP's works, who have made quite a name for themselves. Series like Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits and X are amongst some of their works kicked off in manga and adapted into anime that have attracted plenty of fans. The idea of a cross series mashup is the kind of dream found in dedicated fanfiction as characters from different universes interact with each other, and even throwing familiar faces into alternate roles. So imagine the sheer joy when the creators decide to take this idea and run with it themselves, producing a manga that was likewise brought into the animation scene. So here we have the first volume of such a series, but can Tsubasa appeal to more than just the hardcore CLAMP fans?
In a word: yes. I guess that's not quite enough though so I'll explain from the beginning. The whole premise behind the series involves travelling between alternate worlds where we can find alternate versions of existing characters who take on entirely different roles. A mighty king in one world may be a chef of a cafe in another (which happens to lead to a fairly amusing minor plot point). With this in mind the creators found freedom in running wild with the idea. Sakura from Cardcaptor Sakura? Let's make her a magical princess. Chi gets to take on more human properties. Yeah, you get the idea. The fortunate thing is that, despite taking on different roles, the core personalities are preserved so that fans will immediately associate with them.
Thankfully it's not required to be a fan to really understand the gist of everything. The worse that will happen is that you'll miss all the neat little references and series nods that are present throughout it all. Tsubasa manages to stand on its own remarkably well by having a clear cut story. The whole adventure revolves around Princess Sakura, who appears to trigger the unsealing of a power the big bad wants. Syaoran interrupts and prevents the power from falling into the wrong hands (accidentally, as he was just trying to save Sakura), but as a result Sakura's memories are scattered across alternate worlds in the form of magic feathers. This serves to kickstart the adventure for the pair, who are sent to the dimensional witch to gain the power to travel between worlds. They are coincidentally joined by two others who seek to travel between worlds for their own reasons ands thus the hero band is formed.
While we have the main plot threads always being worked on throughout the series, each world also has its own story that plays out as the group search for the feathers. In this disc we visit a world where people can call upon Kudan - powerful spiritual entities that assist people. It seems that even visitors gain their own Kudan and in searching for the feathers they find themselves caught up in a gang war. It works very well in giving the world a sense of depth and brings with it a host of character both as familiar alternates and new faces.
Without a doubt Syaoran and Sakura are the focal leads of the show, who present themselves as interesting without being too surprising. Syaoran (pronounced Shao-ron) is the headstrong male lead who fixates himself of the goal of finding the feathers and will gladly jump into dangerous situations to do so. Fai even comments at one point how it's fitting that he gained a fire based Kudan as he blazes straight ahead and the viewer finds themselves truely rooting for the guy. Sakura brings a more serene aura to the group. Her screentime isn't as much here as it is in later discs due to her spending a large portion of time asleep, but her gentle nature brings about resolutions that cannot be found through brute force and help show how violence isn't always the answer. Her portrayal makes it obvious how much she is struggling with the loss of her memories and trying to cope with it, which makes both her attempts to keep on a smile and the efforts put forth by her friends all the more touching.
The pair have three companions along for the ride. Fai is a sorcerer who seeks to visit any world other than his own to escape a mage he imprisoned on the off-chance that he should escape. It soon becomes apparent that his always smiling lax attitude hides a much more complex character; someone who is often troubled but seeks to find the most pleasant way through and someone who knows the art of combat all too well. Kurogane (know by various nicknames bestowed upon him by Fai, much to his chagrin) is the serious dismissive warrior who seeks only to return to his own world. At first it seems that he wants nothing to do with the search for feathers and only does so because the gate won't be opened until feathers in a world are found. Later on though we find that he cares more than he wants to let on and willingly assists. His dark nature makes him a prime target for a lot of the humour too, which is great. Then there is Mokono, who is a little hit and miss. His voice is the kind of thing that makes you want to stuff him in a blender and flick the on switch, but at the same time he provides much of the show's humour and I don't think it would be quite as good without his contributions.
The big bad so far is something of a mystery. We see the pair of villains behind the scheme and hear the big guy (complete with monocle for the truely evil look) speak about the power he wants, but outside of that a lot of is purposely vague about them. What we do know is that the man is cocky and is confident that the heroes will led him to victory unwittingly, whereas the woman is naturally more reserved and still sees a chance of failure looming ahead. It produces an interesting dynamic, as while their is very little vocal conflict between them it is obvious that they don't entirely agree on the methods used.
Supporting characters vary through the series. In this disc the main ones are the Kudan users of the first alternate world. A young boy becomes something of a focus, as he undergoes a "coming of age" maturing when he sees Syaoran's group fighting hard to achieve their goals, helping him to overcome his timid nature. The gang leaders come into play, with one being a good natured defender who seeks out powerful opponents to better understand the power of the spirit and the opposing bad guy seeking control of the city but having a whole different layer underneath (for reference see his scene with Sakura, which really helps solidify her role in the series).
Given the direction of the series you should expect plenty of action, and Tsubasa does not disappoint. Syaoran uses various kicking attacks, Fai has an unusual melee fighting style and Kurogane uses swordplay to his advantage. In this disc these abilities are mixed in with their own Ku Don powers to produce some spectacular battle sequences. The action is allowed to flow freely as characters dance around attacks and produce some killer blows both in the form of physical strikes and magical blasts. Oh yeah, and things just get better with this as the series goes on, so disc 1 provides a nice prelude to what is to come.
The art style and quality is simply amazing. The standard of the visuals is kept to a distinct high as a lot of care has been taken with all the characters and backgrounds. Many scenes are packed with the level of detail that cannot fail to impress and helps elevate Tsubasa's flair to a standard that many anime can and should aim for. Artwork is cleanly drawn and very colourful. Movement tends to be very fluid and this lends itself well to everything, but especially to the combat sequences that deliver a visual sense of energy that is most welcome and helps to maintain interest.
The series adheres to the classic CLAMP character designs especially well. Some characters are purposely portrayed as lanky, which allows for a degree of surrealism and provides some interesting quirks to their animation. See Fai's combat scenes for how this contributes to his unusual fighting style. In terms of costume design you can see that they're making use of the alternate worlds concept to provide us with a solid variety. However, its the "normal" outfits sported by each of the main cast that strikes the viewer as amazing - lavish fantasy themed outfits like Sakura's elegant dress and Fai's sorcerer cloak really are a treat for the eyes.
The music in the series is excellent. The theme songs, such as the opening "Blaze", set the scene for Tsubasa with some powerful music that wouldn't be amiss as part of a playlist. During the episodes you can expect such wonderful tracks like the high energy "A Song of Storm and Fire" or the calmer "Hear Our Prayer". As expected of a show of this quality the audio composers manage to hit the entire range. Therefore it pains me to admit that this is an area that needed extra care. The music is fantastic, but the usage of it can be off at times. It can be a bit excessive in its use and may insert music where it doesn't really need to be. A bit more of a reserved approach would have helped here.
The voicework is top notch. Funimation have done excellent work in pairing up appropriate VAs to each character and each person puts forth a stellar performance. When Jason Liebrecht voices Syaoran you can really hear the emotion in his voice and understand the enormity of his sacrifice to travel the worlds. Chris Sabat's gruff moody rendition of Kurogane is spot on and brings life to his scenes. Of course, no anime review of mine would be complete without mentioning a female VA, and given just how well Monica Rial does to convey Sakura's kind gentle nature it would be wrong not to give her praise too.
The DVD is packed with a load of extras as well. It's interesting to listen to the English VAs doing their cast auditions. There's also a very useful guide detailing the various characters we met, the worlds that are visited and we also get the first of the "Faces in the Crowd" that provides background information on characters originating from other series. Then we also have the various textless opening/closing and trailers on offer too. Those interested in the subtitle and language options will be pleased to note that this disc contains the whole lot - audio tracks include both the English and Japanese dubs, and the subtitles options allow for all on, all off and the option to subtitle onscreen Japanese text only.
Well, what more can I say? Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Volume 1 kicks off the series in style and leaves the viewer wanting more. The way that knowledge of other CLAMP works boosts interest but does not become reliant on it is masterfully done. It's an amazing first five episodes that gives us a magical journey across worlds with a very likeable cast of characters with an excellent split between drama and action.
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Vergil Ties Apr 25, 10
Damn, I forgot this anime existed. The way you describe it makes it out to be a pretty damn cool anime. Good job man.
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InsanityS May 15, 10
Only real problem with the series is that it hasn't reached an end yet so the end of the second season still has the ultimate goal unresolved. But yes, a damn cool anime is pretty accurate.
Thanks for commenting, Vergil.
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Car dealer equipment is a category of products within the automotive industry, and specifically the car dealer market within that industry, which caters specifically to car dealers. A car dealer is typically a merchant who sells cars directly to the consumer, as opposed to wholesale, and may be a new or used car outlet. These enterprises can find suppliers of the products they need at productpilot.com.
Many products classified as car dealer equipment cross-over into other markets as there are many tasks a car dealer will need to carry out that are not specific to that industry. Examples of these include record-keeping, janitorial work, advertising, point-of-sale, and many more. And all the products associated with these tasks will be required by the average car dealer. Products more specific to car dealers may include particular signs for marking a vehicle (for example, with the price it is being sold for), as well as custom ledgers for keeping track of the condition of a vehicle upon receipt. As the automotive industry evolves, and as the technology driving vehicles advances, the tasks a car dealer faces will change too, meaning the equipment they require will also change.
Car dealers who specialise in new vehicles are often associated with one or more vehicle manufacturers, and will get vehicles by those manufacturers at a better rate, allowing them to offer their cars for a cheaper price and/or make a higher profit on sales. Used car dealers will often obtain their stock through auctions, private sales, and exchanges. A significant portion of the work a car dealer undertakes is that of restoring and maintaining vehicles. To that end, a great deal of car dealer equipment focuses on vehicle cleaning products. Used vehicles always need to be valeted before they are sold on, and new vehicles need to be maintained while they are on a car dealer's forecourt. Productpilot.com can help traders in this market with access to suppliers of all the relevant and latest equipment and information.
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