zaviews: zaviews Review: The Expendables 2

Still we want to find faults and they are, obviously - it's almost impossible not to indulge in this testosteronizado orgasm, especially if you like movies and experienced in one way or another, the revered 80's . Soon, the idea of joining names like Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Van Damme, Willis, Lundgren and mainly Norris is always welcome, even if we take account of the weak The Expendables, which allowed the continuation was conceived. Here, the team of "male golden era" joins again in missions with many shots, destruction, cliches, catchphrases and countless dead, not on the side of heroes, of course. The aim of the villains is always fails, the jokers are on this side, we always know that the danger is far from real and immediate, and the names of the characters estapafúrdios (Christmas, Church, Villain, Yin Yang and Trench) or even they seek, never interests us. So it is with great pleasure that we note that a script so bored can be both effective thanks to quotes and speeches that only fans will understand, and to compose an interesting tension that with the exception of the terrible opening of the film, a sequence completely plastered and without rhythm, spreads for several moments and dueling arrest us in the armchairs. We have to mention that even with specific problems that occur with the formula applied to the plot (the need for tributes), the main defects that appeared in the first issue, here were solved: the CGI is convincing, the actors seem to have a more tangible interaction , the film is more restrained, the script, or what can be called such, is better developed, and the villain is infinitely more interesting than a dictator in any third world, after all, in this sequel, he is not only embodied by Van Damme, also called as Villain! And we must recognize the effort of the actor, perhaps most compelling, even if the light years of an Oscar nomination, alongside young Liam Hemsworth (That's right!'s Brother Thor , Loki is not called that!). The pair ends up generating interpretative passages, each in his own way and within the possibilities of each persona, the more multifaceted work, since it is almost impossible to ask expressions Lundgren, Crews or even Stallone, this gets even inflections in his speech, best style of whom took a thwack on the head and never recovered. And for readers eager for a minimum of satisfaction, I'll just say that everything that can be expected from iconic eighties decade was resurrected here. The Chuck Norris Facts are there, as well as the lines of the famous T-1000, and comes to space for an unusual, and even unexpected, joking with the initial film career of Stallone, the porn Italian Stallion . Who knew? Sharp as are all members of the crew with the motives of Stallone and Simon West, it is interesting to note how the costumes chosen by Lizz Wolf are entitled to put references, for example, a cap on the Italian curly locks of the protagonist, and even photography Shelly Johnson is keen to extol the potential at hand, making Villain and his cronies appear as misshapen shadows, bathed in lights and fog appearing from his back and evoking the mythical side of that meeting. And despite the camera inefficient director sometimes create moments of desperation in the eyes of the public, as in the scene where a plane enters a mine and it is impossible to see what is happening, given the Parkinson's disease that struck West at that exact moment there are other moments commendable that despite being mere imitations of the originals, are reborn their strength, like the moment when, by the third act, we see Barney Ross knee to the head in an overview that draws its silhouette evoking the aura of Herculean protagonist who once was cheered by thenerds of the season due to his Stallone: Cobra and other examples of the genre. Have other scenes impress with their boldness and agility, with mise en scène easily identifiable, unlike the example of the airplane. I speak of minutes involving a village and a ransom for the team. The fight daggers carried by a monk in particular is breathtaking and certainly deserves applause for communion use of visual effects combined with the training of actors, stuntmen are or not, and camera positioning West. Finally, with a smile and air of satisfaction, and completely ignoring my critical side, you can tell that The Expendables 2 is a movie so entertaining and banal as any other memorable decade that followed with fury.And today, just today, this conclusion will avoid criticism and extol how good it is reviewing the film that made me grow, with all its violence, excess and errors that never deseducaram me and made me an extremely happy child. One is that The Expendables 2 is, after all, a love letter to the cinema to cinema, a sort of thanks for all those creeps to your audience and who reaped laurels because of the inevitably entertaining cinema. Does Clint Eastwood topa the next stop?

The Expendables 2 (The Expendables 2, United States, 2012)
Director: Simon West Writers: Richard Wenk, Sylvester Stallone Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Scott Adkins, Nan Yu, Amanda Ooms, Charisma Carpenter Duration: 103 min.