The Expendables 2
Barney and his team are hell-bent on payback after one of their man is murdered and cut a path of destruction through opposing forces, only to encounter an unexpected threat: six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium.
22 June 1963, Everett, Washington, USA
13 January 1990, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
18 May 1971, Sofia, Bulgaria
December 6, 1987 in Pernik, Bulgaria
30 September 1986, Sofia, Bulgaria
17 June 1976, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK
30 July 1947, Thal, Styria, Austria
7 July 1987, Sofia, Bulgaria
3 November 1957, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
19 March 1955, Idar-Oberstein, West Germany
10 March 1940, Ryan, Oklahoma, USA
26 July 1967, Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England, UK
22 May 1981, Bronx, New York, USA
22 May 1987, Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
5 November 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
June 30, 2013
This sequel knows what its audience is looking for and succeeds admirably in providing it.
February 01, 2013
The movies that many of these guys made in the 1980s and '90s were hardly bulletproof, but this is a cynical exercise in settling for what is expected to be passable.
January 11, 2013
At this point it's such a juvenile and boring experience with god awful writing, that it completely eliminates the fun of watching action heroes kick ass on screen.
April 10, 2016
It's loud and dumb, sure. But it's affable and funny in ways the original wasn't.
August 17, 2012
The Expendables 2 makes a franchise out of a novelty item, and the nostalgic kick is gone: It's a reminder that most of those '80s actioners were xenophobic and dumb, that many of its stars had more muscle mass than charisma.
June 10, 2016
Little-known biological phenomenon: When a human body is shot, stabbed or punched really hard, it explodes like a balloon filled with ketchup. Also, heads and limbs detach with the ease of a G.I. Joe doll in the hands of a malevolent 3-year-old.
August 17, 2012
Yeah, yeah, I get it: "The Expendables 2" is a fun-loving throwback to the gloriously bad action films of the 1980s. Here's what I don't get: Why couldn't it be a throwback to the good ones?
August 22, 2012
Nice to know America's action stars, no matter how old they get, will never lack for gainful employment.
May 03, 2015
Of course it's garbage. But this is my favorite kind of garbage.
August 19, 2012
Does exactly what it's supposed to do - no more, no less.
August 17, 2012
At least it's efficiently and breezily forgettable. What's more, there are laughs too and here's the best part - one or two of them are actually intentional.
August 23, 2012
"The Expendables 2" is lazily satisfied with repeating the first movie's formula, shortcomings and grisly strengths alike, just as the first movie was content to slavishly, ploddingly cover the hits of the '80s.
