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Post by The Doctor on Aug 22, 2010 21:38:08 GMT
Well, I enjoyed it. It is a marmite movie though as I suspect it depends on whether the viewer is a fan of tosh 80's action movies, which this recreates pretty accurately. You have the cod storyline with the odd moments of almost breaking into drama, fighting in Foreignland, rippling muscles, the buddy-buddy dialogue, infinite bullets, people being punched and kicked repeatedly yet feeling little pain, the bad guy having a big compound full of unlimited numbers of henchmen with guns and so on. And everything explodes. Nice to see an action film where I can tell what is going on without overly choppy editing and that relies on practical effects and stunts rather than CGI overload. I did feel that Dolph Lundgren stole the film. It's not big, it's not clever, but it's enjoyable dumb nonsense if in the mood for it. Plus it has a bit where a dude pops out of a hatch in a plane so he can take potshots at the bad evil men. -Ralph |
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Post by legios on Aug 23, 2010 12:09:26 GMT
It is in example of a film that does exactly what it sets out to do. It wants to be like a particular sub-set of action movies and it achieves that in spades.
The kicky-punchy bits, shooty-bits, and explodey-bits are all fun and the appropriately paper-thin plot all hit the mark nicely. There is also a nice sense of knowing-ness to some of the dialogue.
It isn't art, but it isn't trying to be - it wants to be an entertaining piece of nonsense and it delivers on that very well.
Karl
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 23, 2010 13:04:09 GMT
I actually didn't know what to expect. After Rock Balboa and Rambo I wouldn't have been surprised to see something I can best describe as "The Wrestler" of Action films. Alternatively crazy almost piss take version of 80's action films wouldn't have shocked me.
I enjoyed it, just enough real emotion in it to take it seriously, thanks largely to Mickey Roukes little scene.
Andy
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Post by kayevcee on Aug 23, 2010 20:48:17 GMT
Apparently KAUST has the only cinema in western Saudi Arabia, so I feel quite privileged. However, all they're showing currently is the woeful 'The Killers' and 'My Name is Khan', a Bollywood film that demonstrates a distressing lack of Ricardo Montalban. I await the Expendables with baited breath.
-Nick
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 26, 2010 14:10:41 GMT
"The Expendables" or "When He-Man Goes Bad"
Magnificent non-stop violence throughout the third act, reminding me very much of the sequence in Hot Shots Part Deux where Topper Harley supposedly racks up the highest number of kills in any action movie by pumping away with seemingly unlimited ammo and eventually throwing handfuls of bullets that cause the bad guys to fall down dead. Only difference here is the bigger budget! If only corrupt military dictatorships could really be overthrown cleanly by five-man teams of mercenaries with no subtlety.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 26, 2010 14:24:12 GMT
I know! The world would be a better place!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 27, 2010 23:48:14 GMT
It's a thing of great beauty. Take note action film directors - this is how you do it! Plus bonus points for Randy Couture punching a man who was on fire - or doing a Smeaton as it's known these days!
Andy
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Post by duffism1981 on Sept 8, 2010 16:57:58 GMT
I am just back from seeing this film and all I can say is WOW.
I wasn't expecting a great story or acting. All I wanted was eighties action, eighties dialogue and a hell of a lot fo stuff going boom, and I wasn't disspointed.
Some nice little pieces of dialoulgue such as the Arnie president line as well as the line about Steve Austin hitting women. For thos enot in the know, Austin has previously beaten his ex wife.
Roll on the sequal.
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Post by Stomski on Sept 16, 2010 13:03:48 GMT
Also involving Stone Cold - One of his WWE catchphrases was "What!", which Stallone delivers to him during the interrogation. Can't remember exactly, but didn't one of his scenes involve the word "smackdown" too (can't remember if it was him of Lungren that delivered it), which was one of The Rock's catchphrases who had a massive WWE rivalry with.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 16, 2010 13:13:56 GMT
as well as the line about Steve Austin hitting women. For thos enot in the know, Austin has previously beaten his ex wife. Really? No reason to watch this film again then. That's not the kid of gag I approve of. -Ralph |
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Post by duffism1981 on Sept 16, 2010 15:12:36 GMT
It could have been something which was already in the script before Austin got the part, but as a former wrestling fan which knowledge of Austin's pat I just put two and two together.
It could just be coincidence, or as you said just a very poor taste gag, which did seem to fit with the character as well as the Actor playing that character.
Saying that, Austin also had a psychotic ex that used to beat him, so he did get what he deserved.
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Post by jonathan85 on Sept 19, 2010 11:51:48 GMT
Saw it the other night. I like classic 80s action flicks, but I felt this was really, really meh. It took itself far too seriously, and while the violence was fairly impressive, the structure just seemed to go all over the place. Pretty mediocre all in.
And a serious dislike of the Austin line too.
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Post by Kingoji on Sept 19, 2010 14:06:37 GMT
Did have an obligatory pointless tit shot, or have one of the fights go crashing into a room with people involved in da nookie? Surely the *true* staples of the 80's action genre.
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