- TV
- 05:30 AM, Mar 29
The weapon is the movie's most engaging starReview rate : C by Gary Thompson [Philadelphia Daily News ]
the most boring action flick of the summerby Lauren Wissot [Slant Magazine ]
the best action film of the summerby Bill Gibron [Filmcritic.com ]
so determinedly old-schoolby Kenneth Turan [LA Times ]
often preposterousby Sheri Linden [Hollywood Reporter ]
It's reprehensible. It's stoopid violent. It's a lot of unholy funby Ty Burr [Boston Globe ]
it's filled with literally explosive excitementby Pete Hammond [Boxoffice Magazine ]
it's a completely low-tech, brute-force movie, a real meathead jamboreeReview rate : B by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]
it yawningly snaps into place as yet another series of explosions that are dressed up with no place to blowby Peter Howell [Toronto Star ]
it is bad! But not entirely in a bad wayby A.O. Scott [NY Times ]
Big. Dumb. Funby Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle ]
A towering corned-beef special of a movieby Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]
A hot messby Peter Debruge [Variety ]
a deliriously retro ride into Reagan Era blockbustersby Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel ]
"The Expendables" is more like a reunion ofby Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]