The Expendables Movie Review

First, the positives: the action scenes are good. Very good, and at the very least a lot of fun. Just like in Rambo, Stallone unleashes a fury upon an army of unnamed soldiers at the end of The Expendables; people die in piles, blood splatters everywhere and explosions light up the screen. The action scenes are well executed and prove that Stallone and his co-stars still have it in them to deliver excitement.
Unfortunately, that's where the positives end. Everything else is a cluster.
First and foremost, the writing is terrible. The characters spout off one-liners on a regular basis, but the one-liners are neither memorable nor funny. Every dialogue-driven scene, save for one well-written moment with Mickey Rourke (I wouldn't be surprised if he just winged it), is excruciatingly painful. And since the writing is bad, the acting is dreadful.

The Expendables Movie Review