I agree that Snipes and Banderas were brilliant characters in this, of course they had to slip a certain joke in there about Wesley Snipes too. The joke related to Bruce Willis was also handled very well by Ford "You don't need to worry about him, he's out of the picture" . One thing i don't see a lot of people mention though is Kelsey Grammer, His role is the film was actually perfectly suited to him, they didn't try and push him as some action hero like the others, instead, just had him as this cool bad ass contractor for the agency.
I'm fully aware how to add spoiler tags, but it's a pain in the ass. I have no sympathy for anyone that doesn't have the intelligence to heed the warning.
Since this has been bumped it's a perfect opportunity to post the Youtube clip below that's 2 minutes and 9 seconds of utter brilliance, and far more entertaining that Ex 3.
Since this has been bumped it's a perfect opportunity to post the Youtube clip below that's 2 minutes and 9 seconds of utter brilliance, and far more entertaining that Ex 3.
Was gonna go see this tomorrow but having read reviews, think I'll give it a miss and wait for it to come on sky. Which is a shame because i quite liked first one. Not seen second yet.
seen it today and it is not as bad as bad as lot of reviews make it out to be. It is not as good as the first or second film but was moderately entertaining.
The major problem with it is not giving the ensemble cast enough to do, the action scenes are not very exciting. Too much cutting away during the shootouts and fight scenes due to the pg-13 rating and the bland four new members in the team. Stallone as usual gets all the limelight,. Even Statham doesnt get to do much Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li are wasted. Randy Couture not even worth mentoning as he was an extra just like in first and second film.
Jet li only shows up for five minutes and shoots with a gun instead of fighting. MAJOR MISTAKE. Arnold shows up occasionally throughout and has a famous line from Predator.
The middle section of the film is dull when Stallone hires four new members to help him take down Gibson's character and all the original expendables are nowhere to be seen. The four new guys including Kellan Lutz and Ronda Rousey are very bland and not as interesting to watch. One wishes they were not included at all.
Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson are all great additions to the series Mel Gibson made an awesome villain. Antonio and Snipes brought humour to the film particularly.
seen it today and it is not as bad as bad as lot of reviews make it out to be. It is not as good as the first or second film but was moderately entertaining.
The major problem with it is not giving the ensemble cast enough to do, the action scenes are not very exciting. Too much cutting away during the shootouts and fight scenes due to the pg-13 rating and the bland four new members in the team. Stallone as usual gets all the limelight,. Even Statham doesnt get to do much Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li are wasted. Randy Couture not even worth mentoning as he was an extra just like in first and second film.
Jet li only shows up for five minutes and shoots with a gun instead of fighting. MAJOR MISTAKE. Arnold shows up occasionally throughout and has a famous line from Predator.
The middle section of the film is dull when Stallone hires four new members to help him take down Gibson's character and all the original expendables are nowhere to be seen. The four new guys including Kellan Lutz and Ronda Rousey are very bland and not as interesting to watch. One wishes they were not included at all.
Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson are all great additions to the series Mel Gibson made an awesome villain. Antonio and Snipes brought humour to the film particularly.
Overall i give it 6/10
Jet LI can't fight or exercise as he is suffering with an overactive thyroid.
Since this has been bumped it's a perfect opportunity to post the Youtube clip below that's 2 minutes and 9 seconds of utter brilliance, and far more entertaining that Ex 3.
Plot wise; as crazy as the other two - '12A' Action; for me, best of the series so far - And Antonio Banderas, got less irritating by the end of the Film.
It has absolutely wrecked the box office. A $16.2m opening weekend compared to $34.8m and $28.6m for the previous two.
You have to factor in that even in the US, adults are slowly getting sick to death of being fed a diet of sanitized PG13 action movies dressed up as adult entertainment.
Aside from that and the net leak, the film's shite, and I suspect Stallone knows it.
I thought previous 12A action films like Taken 2 had done very well in the US so I didn't think that the US public were getting sick of them!
The 12A cert combined the leak may have put the proper Expendables fans off from seeing it in the cinema as they would rather wait for the uncut Blu Ray!
You have to factor in that even in the US, adults are slowly getting sick to death of being fed a diet of sanitized PG13 action movies dressed up as adult entertainment.
Aside from that and the net leak, the film's shite, and I suspect Stallone knows it.
What does that even mean? Is that kind of like saying I'm not racist BUT...
The fact that Expendables 3 is quite a poor movie means that it faces an uphill struggle to make it's money back via other means like DVD/Bluray but I still fully expect to make a profit and see Expendables 4 in 2016.
There are just too many cameos in the entire movie, would have been so much better with half the cast but more air time. I liked the second one the best.
I enjoyed it. The start was great and so was the last 25mins or so. It lulled in the middle. I personally didn't enjoy the new young cast members. Rhonda was the only one worth while. I'd have rather have seen more of Snipes, Lundgren etc. I've grown up watching these guys movies. I'm not interested in seeing the torch passed down to some actors who would be lucky to get a part in one of those awful syfy movies.
Glad Arnie got a bit more screen time, hopefully it will be even bigger if a potential expendables 4 happens. Gibson was great too but the end fight needed to be longer. Definitely needs more of Wesley Snipes.
I enjoyed the humour in the film, but TBH the fact that it was a 12A film let it down and it seemed heavily cut
Anyway why the hell is there a "younger" team in the movie? I thought the whole point of the Expendables was a group of aging mercenaries getting together for one last job.
Antonio Banderas was actually a bit annoying TBH, as it was like seeing a wackier version of his character from Desperado, just like Mel Gibson's villain was like watching a bad Martin Riggs
2.5/5
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Excuse me?
I'm fully aware how to add spoiler tags, but it's a pain in the ass. I have no sympathy for anyone that doesn't have the intelligence to heed the warning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGPxlMpzqYQ
man that's brilliant. i was laughing my head off. still im watching it 2moro in cineworld.
I hope the leaked copy doesn't effect the box office too much!
The major problem with it is not giving the ensemble cast enough to do, the action scenes are not very exciting. Too much cutting away during the shootouts and fight scenes due to the pg-13 rating and the bland four new members in the team. Stallone as usual gets all the limelight,. Even Statham doesnt get to do much Dolph Lundgren and Jet Li are wasted. Randy Couture not even worth mentoning as he was an extra just like in first and second film.
Jet li only shows up for five minutes and shoots with a gun instead of fighting. MAJOR MISTAKE. Arnold shows up occasionally throughout and has a famous line from Predator.
The middle section of the film is dull when Stallone hires four new members to help him take down Gibson's character and all the original expendables are nowhere to be seen. The four new guys including Kellan Lutz and Ronda Rousey are very bland and not as interesting to watch. One wishes they were not included at all.
Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson are all great additions to the series Mel Gibson made an awesome villain. Antonio and Snipes brought humour to the film particularly.
Overall i give it 6/10
Jet LI can't fight or exercise as he is suffering with an overactive thyroid.
I'm usually too old to use text speak but LOL!
A fun 7/10.
It has absolutely wrecked the box office. A $16.2m opening weekend compared to $34.8m and $28.6m for the previous two.
You have to factor in that even in the US, adults are slowly getting sick to death of being fed a diet of sanitized PG13 action movies dressed up as adult entertainment.
Aside from that and the net leak, the film's shite, and I suspect Stallone knows it.
The 12A cert combined the leak may have put the proper Expendables fans off from seeing it in the cinema as they would rather wait for the uncut Blu Ray!
What does that even mean? Is that kind of like saying I'm not racist BUT...
There are just too many cameos in the entire movie, would have been so much better with half the cast but more air time. I liked the second one the best.
Glad Arnie got a bit more screen time, hopefully it will be even bigger if a potential expendables 4 happens. Gibson was great too but the end fight needed to be longer. Definitely needs more of Wesley Snipes.
I'd give it a 7.10
Anyway why the hell is there a "younger" team in the movie? I thought the whole point of the Expendables was a group of aging mercenaries getting together for one last job.
Antonio Banderas was actually a bit annoying TBH, as it was like seeing a wackier version of his character from Desperado, just like Mel Gibson's villain was like watching a bad Martin Riggs
2.5/5
That was brilliant, LOL