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The Expendables 2...just watched
Posted by: onthedownlow
Date: August 18, 2012 06:24PM
Awesome. No other words to describe it.

Over-the-top action just like you would expect, and all of the players were involved in it, not just short cameos.

I saw it at a Muvico theater around Chicago that had the D-Box seating.

That is all.



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Re: The Expendables 2...just watched
Posted by: hal
Date: August 18, 2012 08:11PM
I love a good brainless action flick, but the first one wasn't that at all. It was a bad brainless action flick. I have to admit that the trailer looked better for this sequel. Was it better in your opinion?
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Re: The Expendables 2...just watched
Posted by: onthedownlow
Date: August 18, 2012 09:36PM
The first one, while good to me, definitely focused on a story more than the action (but the action was good) and also the 'character development' (to put loosely).

This one, you already know eveybody's deal, but they do touch/highlight a trait for most in case the first one wasn't seen.

The focus is largely on the action in this one. The story here is the bare minimum 'revenge' sort of plot just to keep things moving along.

There are perhaps two slow parts in the movie (just a minute or two) with some key information to the story, but the movie has alot of humor, many one-liners and references to our action heroes' on-screen and off-screen/real-life history (e.g. Chuck Norris facts being one of them...lol).

This not a spoiler, but to give you any indication of the action - in the opening, several minute sequence, it starts off all action, killing galore (like over a 100 baddies dead) with lots of blood and parts flying all around. That sets up the rest of the movie, definitely.

It was a good time. I would see it again in the theater and just might.



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Re: The Expendables 2...just watched
Posted by: onthedownlow
Date: August 18, 2012 09:39PM
Oh, and yes I liked it much better than the first.

Everyone performed good and Van Damme as the villian was excellent. I just wish they had given him even more (meaningful) screen-time.



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Re: The Expendables 2...just watched
Posted by: Will Collier
Date: August 20, 2012 11:57AM
I keep seeing this subject line, mis-reading it as "The Incredibles 2" and getting all disappointed when I look more closely...
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