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Movie spotlight: "The Expendables 2"
- Article by: ROGER MOORE , McClatchy-Tribune News Service
- Updated: August 16, 2012 - 2:37 PM
Lots of action stars, lots of bloodshed.
Yu Nan, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews and Randy Couture in "The Expendables 2"
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A "Road Runner" cartoon for the bloody-minded, "The Expendables 2" (★ 1/2 out of four stars) is a wise-cracking cavalcade of carnage that treats us to so much bloodshed that it runs smack up against the Maximum Mayhem Threshold. That's the problem when you fill the screen with practically every big-screen action star of the past 25 years -- each one needs his own body count. This time around, Sly Stallone and his team bring their soldier-for-hire thing to Nepal, Albania and environs. There's a debt to be paid (to spy boss Bruce Willis). There's a Belgian-accented heavy named Jean Vilain (Jean Claude Van Damme). And there's a friendly rivalry with this big Austrian dude who says "I'll be back." Again. Still, it all holds together, more or less, until Chuck Norris and his dyed beard make their preposterous appearance, signaling the moment when screenwriters, director and cast just threw up their hands, laughed and said, "What the hey?" (Rated R for strong bloody violence)
ROGER MOORE, MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE
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