I Watched Expend4bles, So You Don't Have To
It's Bad, Really Bad
When the first Expendables movie came out, I was excited to see it. Seeing my favourite 80s and 90s action stars team up for an ensemble over-the-top and ridiculous action film is a dream come true. Truth be told, I actually came up with the idea in 2000 during a gate guard shift while on a peacekeeping mission overseas.
Hollywood still hasn't sent any royalties my way, though.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first installment, and the second movie was a pretty decent sequel that upped the action and ridiculouness to an eleven.
Although the third installment was watchable and held my interest, it was the weakest entry into the franchise.
As far as I know, no one was asking for a fourth movie.
The Plot (If You Can Call It That)
The plots of any Expendables movies are weak at best, but this one is so thin that it might as well not exist at all. I don't ask a lot of these movies, and I certainly don't want to think to hard about the plot, but when it's so bad that my brain is assaulted with how poorly written it is, no amount of action or oneliners will make up for it.
