Here they are, "the real A-Team," back for a last roundup. Sylvester Stallone's gonzo action film is a deliriously retro ride into Reagan-era blockbusters. Sly, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Terry Crews and Randy Couture play mercenaries hired to free sailors taken hostage by Somali pirates, then to take down a Caribbean dictator. Here, for the first and probably only time, are Stallone, Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, in one (pointless) scene together. Here, for what will almost certainly be the last time, Stallone takes a serious licking, struggles to sprint away from bullets and bombs, and dreams of getting the girl. Statham, heir to the action hero crown that Sly, Bruce and Arnold once shared, out-kicks and out-cools them all. The macho men still deliver, but "The Expendables" feels, well, disposable -- nostalgia isn't enough to make this .50-caliber trip down Memory Lane worth the fake napalm. (Rated R.)
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