The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

With "The Expendables" brought together Sylvester Stallone two decades later, some of the biggest stars and warhorses of action movies of the 80s. He fought alongside his former "Rocky"-rivals Dolph Lundgren and the superstars Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger looked for brief appearances over. The result was testosterone cinema in its purest form, while it was mainly a question of stylizing the performer as action icons. With "The Expendables 2" Stallone is now pursuing the usual for sequels principle: More The performances of Willis and Schwarzenegger have been expanded, it now was also "Kick boxer" Jean-Claude Van Damme is involved and even the lone wolf Chuck Norris returns for 80 Revival after seven years from the provisional retirement back. The directed by Simon West ("Con Air") film delivers exactly what the fans expect. Lot of tangible and trigger-action garnished with knock dry humor The plot is exactly like the character development not care where it is more about the. Mostly been developed over decades screen personalities of the performers to bring out and celebrate. And this is not only detailed, but done well and consistently better than the predecessor.

Just recently they have returned from a difficult mission in Nepal, as the mercenary company "The Expendables" to leader Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) has been on the next adventure. On The government officials Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) solves an old debt wants and that a mysterious object from a crashed plane is recovered in Eastern Europe. Though Ying Yang (Jet Li) is currently engaged in another activity, the group, led by Ross, his best mate Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) and the young sharpshooter Billy (Liam Hemsworth) do not operate in a lower number, because with the beautiful Maggie (Nan Yu) Church support summoned to the team. Mysterious object proves map that leads to a ton of nuclear bombs capable plutonium and also them villain Jean Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme) still abjagt He killed one of the Expendables and then who know only one goal: Vilain track down and kill her!

The Expendable 2

Operated the "Expendables" in the first part still really as a team, in which even ex-football player Terry Crews and former martial artist Randy Couture had larger individual moments are at the successor almost exclusively the big icons in the center. So Jet Li adopted after a amusing Griddles-brawl on vacation, Crews and Couture usually remain in the background and even Jason Statham despite a knives butchery in cassock and a final fight with martial arts artist Scott Adkins ("Undisputed 2") much less Bad-ass performances as in "The Expendables." But especially in the finale allowed the triumvirate of Stallone, Willis and Schwarzenegger take command. The former competitor at the box office and common co-owner of the restaurant chain "Planet Hollywood" pester with little sayings, use and especially her larger than life image as action icons. Whether that "I'll be back" from "Terminator" or Arnie Willis' "Yippee-ki-yay" from the "Die Hard" movies, the one-liners that are connected forever with the actors, are also here tries, yet quite varied amusing. As with the meeting of the trio in a church in the predecessor, even here the figures appear completely in the background and it's all about the performer.

The Expendable 2

The bird in the self-stylization shoots as expected in the meantime became a cult figure Chuck Norris. Which is no longer for his performances in reactionary B-movie thriller-like "Missing in Action" and "Delta Force" known, but owes its enduring popularity to many through the Internet ghost ends sayings, known as "Chuck Norris Facts", which may be image as a "Mega Tough Guy" satirize and simultaneously solidify. Today's audience is likely that more sentences like "Chuck Norris has counted to infinity .... Twice "call as films with the bearded old star. True to its reputation playing the" Lone Wolf "here a larger than life, messianic single fighter who appears out of nowhere, clean up and disappears. This accompanied by the sounds of Ennio Morrison’s "Wedding Crashers" Music performances are then logically also spiced with spells in the style of "Chuck Norris Facts". And the villain this time is one of the big action names of the 80s and 90s: Jean-Claude Van Damme ("Universal Soldier", "Bloodsport") plays the antagonist with an almost bored arrogance, which is a nice contrast to the more let live "Expendables".

The Expendable 2

With a figure the icons testosterone cinema gets from "The Expendables 2", but surprisingly a slightly different note. They gave her awards at numerous international festivals Chinese actress Yu Nan ("Tuya's Marriage", "In Love We Trust"), the 2010 sat in the jury of the Berlinale, and may the old men give strong as Maggie protest. Unlike the first part, as women only hot pants-wearing objects were who needed the protection of men, must in this case at least get involved a female character strong. You can Dolph Lundgren Gunnar rebuffed powerful and embarrassed even makes Stallone's tough mercenary veterans Barney. If it is then the crucial phase goes, but again, the (male) Stars asked to clean up the final with their enemies. For quiet moments in the show is little. place in one of the few thoughtful scenes may be young star Liam Hemsworth ("The Hunger Panem") - as a kind of successor to this time abstinent Mickey Rourke - speak in earnest words about the expense of the soldiers and soldiering.

The Expendable 2

Was some discussion about it in advance to the level of violence of "The Expendables 2" It was said that in order to reach even more viewers to strive for a lower age ratings but do not worry:.. "The Expendables 2" is not one bit tamer than its predecessor. It made no prisoners, but opponents beheaded or shot to pieces. Great splatter effects are still none, instead the action hard, simple and fast. The blood is again digitally and comes out of the computer, the integration into the film but this time managed much better - this is again not the case for all of the computer-derived effects. Sometimes "The Expendables 2" is also visually closer to the dirty busters from the past few protagonists as today glossy blockbuster. Serve with the shabby ruins scenes of a genre-typical rundown of Eastern Europe. Special scene-feature will be a by the Russians during the Cold War erected for training pattern street in the style of a U.S. town of the 80s. Answers are here invoked on double jointed, the ghosts of the past, at the same time reminded of those dreary desert towns in the old west. On this quintessentially American genre in many ways is referred to, as when Stallone enters a building and fires his gun in the best Clint Eastwood-style.

Conclusion: Cool old warhorse and a tough woman at her side, catchy sayings, big guns and a couple of fights, "The Expendables 2" satisfies like its predecessor the appetites of fans, there is even more action-icons even a shovel upped the ante.

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2

The Expendable 2