Staring Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Eric Roberts, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Charisma Carpenter, Giselle Itie, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Zayas, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin

Directed by Sylvester Stallone

Rated MA

Score 2/6

A team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.

It’s been more than a few years since I last watched The Expendables and as I recall the quality of the franchise steadily deteriorated over the next three movies. Now, when I first watched this I do remember actually liking this movie. For a mindless action movie it had a lot going for it. However, during this viewing by the third act I was starting to struggle to remember why I originally liked the movie. Now, the soundtrack is great. It has all the songs you’d expect in a “Guy’s” action movie. Being the kind of songs you’d stereotypically expect your dad to listen to and yes the soundtrack does a lot of the heavy lifting. The Expendables is actually the second movie I’ve watched in a row where the soundtrack does a lot of the heavy lifting. The first being Exit Wounds. Yes, you’re right, voluntarily watching a Steven Seagal movie is something of a cinematicly self-inflicted injury. Getting back to the third act the climactic assault on the presidential palace came across as something that you would expect from a movie released by The Asylum.