"The Expendables": a brand-new old tough guy movie

Green 2022-03-18 09:01:03

Stallone is the best director among the directors, and Stallone is the most educated of the tough guys.
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popular in 3D and special effects, and making a movie, no matter whether it is cultured or not, is desperately decorated. Today, "The Expendables" looks so cute. This movie is like a simple old child, in the most direct way to exchange our memories of a certain type of film, and it is a pleasant memory. To put it in a compelling sentence-in this complex world, we need such a simple movie. Stallone, the guy who created "Rocky" by his own hand, has been over 60, but he didn't suddenly come to an epiphany like Shang Yundun. He still jumped up and down in front of the camera as he did more than thirty years ago. . As the most educated tough guy at the moment, Stallone didn’t put too much effort on the script, but left more time for a group of old men to nostalgia, even though these old men are currently second- and third-rate or have never been in the stream or even have completely Out of breath. But they were all under the direction of Stallone, an old tough guy, and they got together to perform a show of the most eldest man.

"The Expendables" is like a brand-new B-level film of the 1980s and 1990s, and even the plot structure is commonly used in B-level films of that era. A fictitious dictatorship, a badly bad former CIA official, a cunning current CIA official, and a group of simple and kind tough guys, and the protagonist of the film, these Americans, are still in and out of other countries like no one, acting as Playing the role of arrogantly world police. This group of tough guys is very humanistic and caring, and they have a heart to liberate all mankind almost at all times... They are like the group of knights in our Chinese martial arts novels. They appear when needed, and disappear quietly when they are not needed, leaving no trace. Utopian color. This kind of reality is almost non-existent and bears the most simple desire of the audience for justice. In the 1980s and 1990s, they excited batch after batch of simple but passionate men in movie theaters. When this feeling reappears on the screen when the first decade of the 21st century is about to end, it's really hard not to let the grown-up or older teenagers rush again with excitement.

Stallone used his fame to bring together the new and old tough guys in Hollywood, and let the audience pick up the attention of the tough guy movies again. This is one of the values ​​of this film, and the greater value of this film is to make "The Expendables Movie" reappear on the screen with a higher profile. To be sure, "The Expendables" cannot become an eternal classic like "The Wild Gooses" or "The Garrison Expendables", but the tough guy once again appeared in the movie as a group, and to a certain extent gave up the absolute simplicity The personal heroism model is enough to be gratifying.

"The Expendables" satisfies the audience's desire for a group of tough guys, and has achieved the return of a certain type of film. Therefore, it is necessary for us to show respect to Stallone, who is entering his twilight years. After "4", I expressed disdain and ashamed of it-looking back now, how I took it for granted at the time. In this regard, we don’t need to go deep into why these old men are too angry and why they don’t enter the stream, nor how much their worth add up. We only need to know that this group has passed the singles year and suffered a few more times. The old tough guys who might fall apart once again brought the B-level tough guys to the height of global attention. This is the task that Jason Statham, the youngest tough guy in the film, has been working hard in recent years but has not completed.

If you still miss the heartless explosion, if you are deeply obsessed with the endless gunfire, if you still miss the fistful hand-to-hand combat, even if you want to see Schwarzenegger Ge Shi is excited and wants to cry, so Stallone, the most capable director and the most educated tough guy, concocted "The Expendables" full of aged oak flavors, which will definitely satisfy you.

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  • Halie 2021-10-20 19:01:49

    Old man version of Toy Story

  • Martin 2022-03-24 09:01:22

    A movie in which men love a lot and women are insensible. It is simple and rude. This movie can also be described as "well-developed limbs and simple mind". I like Stallone's phrase "He wants to be president!"

The Expendables quotes

  • Lee Christmas: What's he saying?

    Hale Caesar: He said we're dead with an accent.

    Barney Ross: We ain't dead.

  • Barney Ross: What the hell's he doing?

    Lee Christmas: Hanging a pirate.

    Barney Ross: Don't be ridiculous. Gunner! What are you doing?

    Gunnar Jensen: Hanging a pirate!

    Toll Road: That's seriously demented.

    Yin Yang: This is no good.

    Hale Caesar: Not that you'd feel it, but put one in Speed Racer's shoulder.