The Expendables-this was mostly a cartoon. You will recognize many of the 80's and early 90's action heros in this one. Jason Statham and Jet Li get co-equal billing with Stallone , above the title. There are some height jokes at Jet Li's expense, which don't really work. Also although Li's English is better, comedy or deadpan humor is not quite his forte. There is nothing as offensive as those stupid jokes that Chris Tucker was making at Jackie Chan's expense in Rush Hour.

I don't know why Kurt Russell wasn't in this. He would have been a perfect fit and he can do humor more convincingly than most of the people here. There is a Hispanic love interest for Stallone but no love scene. Stallone looks in great shape for 60 something but all the steroids and HGH have have done a serious number on his face.

The real star of the movie was the 1955 Ford F100 done in Art Deco style solid Black and riding low and slow. I don't know what happened in the sixties and seventies but for pure beauty you simply can't beat American cars/trucks from the 30's to the 50's.


"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungleā€”as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.