The Expendables 3 – The DVDfever cinema review

The Expendables 3 really is a pathetic film which plays out like a series of set pieces, rather than an action film with any sense of coherent and concomitant plot. Every cliche in the book is used. We’ve seen it all before, but so much better. If you’ve never seen an action film before, then it might be of interest, but for everyone else, it’s way too derivative.

The one-liners are lame and predictable, and Stallone gives himself the only decent one-liner in the whole film. Unfortunately, you have to wait until around 105 minutes in before you hear it.

Stallone has also given away the fact that an all-female spin-off is in the works, with the title: The Expendabelles… I kid you not.

Also, I realised that the main theme is very similar to that used in the final level of Rambo: The Video Game, below. That shows how exciting this dirge was. In fact, this film is the first one I’ve ever had to calculate the score involving maths.

The Expendables 3 will be released later this year on Blu-ray and DVD, and the soundtrack album is out now.

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Rambo: The Video Game – Level 16 The Final Showdown (1080p HD)

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Cert:
Running time: 126 minutes
Year: 2014
Released: August 15th 2014
Format: 2.35:1 (Redcode RAW)
Rating: 1 (-1) = 0/10

Director: Patrick Hughes
Producers: Avi Lerner, Danny Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, John Thompson and Les Weldon
Screenplay: Sylvester Stallone, Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (based on a story by Sylvester Stallone)
Music: Brian Tyler

Cast:
Barney Ross: Sylvester Stallone
Lee Christmas: Jason Statham
Trench: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Gunner Jensen: Dolph Lundgren
Doctor Death: Wesley Snipes
Conrad Stonebanks: Mel Gibson
Toll Road: Randy Couture
Max Drummer: Harrison Ford
Bonaparte: Kelsey Grammer
Galgo: Antonio Banderas
Mars: Victor Ortiz
Luna: Ronda Rousey
Smilee: Kellan Lutz
Yin Yang: Jet Li
Krug: Ivan Kostadinov
Goran Vogner: Robert Davi
Camilla: Sarai Givaty
Hale Caesar: Terry Crews
Thorn: Glen Powell