The Boys Are Back In Town

I was about writing a post on our muscle-bound heroes entitled 'Where are they now?' when the EXPENDABLES showed up and shut me up. The new movie is about a group of mercenaries attempting to overthrow a South American dictator. Well... it was actually a confused dictator who was being manipulated by a...just watch the movie. If you have, I must say I was amongst the many who didn't give a hoot about the quality of the film. I was just impressed by the return of our power-horses: Stallone (aka Sly), Lundgren and even a glimpse of our ex-californian governor Shwarzy. Too bad Van Damme missed the package. It felt good and exhilarating to see these muscle packed men save the day once more...all dressed in black. Yum! The coolest thing ever: men in black with a dose of machismo

The storyline wasn't much. Actually it was very predictable, but that's not why we bought the tickets, right? We wanted to see how these giants of the action world could fare next to the present generation. I must say they did what they do best:entertain!

The blend of the new and the old was great fun to watch. I'm a fan of Jet Li and i loved the way he let himself be ridiculed in the movie. Jet is always acting tough and infallible. It was refreshing to see he wasn't always in control and couldn't beat everyone, much more a big gun like Dolph.
Jason Statham....Jason Jason Jason. The upcoming bad boy action hunk of the industry. He's so gorgeous, cool and in control. This shows that even Jet is phasing out. My only fear is for him not to become catalogued to particular roles in movies. I would love to see him in a romantic comedy. Anyways back to our story. In the movie, Jason is Sly's right hand man. He's good with knives and sucks at keeping a relationship. But i loved the way he beat up the guy who messed up his girlfriend.

Back to our foursome and some amazing physical build-up for men way beyond their 50's. In the early days of their careers way back in the 80's, Stallone in my books had always been the hottest of the foursome [Lundgren, Shwarzy and Van Damme]. I'm not denying the handsome nature of the other men. Especially van Damme in his early days.

But take a look at John Rambo for crying out loud. Baby soft brown eyes, quiet enigma and all that luscious hair. He was a walking magnet.

I'll most definitely be in the waiting for the next Expendables. I don't care if the story is crap. I'm simply hoping to be entertained again. The Expendables hit the box office at No. 1 upon its release. Rumours of a sequel is spreading far and wide. So i guess the boys are really back in town.