Over the Top Action Movie: FAIL

I love action films, and I'm even willing to forgive bad story and acting as long as the action is considerably awesome (Michael Bay films are simply unforgivable as a genre).  Films like the most recent Rambo film, Tears of the Sun, and sometimes films with Jason Statham.  

Sorry about the video link yesterday; looks like copyright monsters got to it.  Hopefully this youtube version will last for a bit.

I saw the trailer for Expendables today, and I was disgusted.  This really is the epitome of all bad action films chock full of haggard tired aging mature action heroes of yesterday. I could almost visualize the pitch meeting:

We'll take a Wild Hogs type movie and make it bad ass with guns.... and stuff.  Yea!  People will flock to this movie because old guys with muscles are funny and cool!  Um... Yes, [Insert president of big company here], all of the actors are currently out of rehab. 

Poop.

Comments

[Steve Boshear]

Tsk tsk. Fink, you foolish fool. With that cast, this movie could be nothing but guys sitting around watching "Beautician and the Beast" and it would still be the greatest movie ever made.