Rating: 7 out of 10, a really ambitious ode to the 70s action movie that injects an immense amount of testosterone onto the screen. Stallone gathered just about every action star from the past 30 years and put them together in an ensemble cast. That means the action is incredible, especially the final battle, but that there just isn't enough story or screen time for all the macho men. Stallone is finally showing his age and pales when he puts himself on the screen next to Statham, who still has it. This is the type of movie most women will hate but guys will absolutely love, which I have to admit I did. Its almost a guilty pleasure to see Crews blowing up people left and right with his atomic level shotgun. This movie has no redeeming value other than appeal to the non-politically correct guys club mentality that lurks in every non-metro sexual male movie goer; in other words - a great guilty pleasure. Stallone tries to inject some side stories to give a couple of the characters some depth but that's the only time the movie slows down - not what we came to see this movie for. Rourke plays a kind of bizarre, semi-retired mentor and there is a great, almost comically genius scene with Stallone, Bruce Willis, and the Governator.
MVP: Statham as Lee Christmas, one of the few action stars in this still young enough to be believable
No comments:
Post a Comment