When you see the cast of a movie such as this, gathering the action heroes from the 80s, there are some standards you expect: a ludicrous story, ludicrous one-liners & a ludicrous amount of ludicrous violence.
It's completely fair to say that Stallone delivered on every count here.
It's a complete 80s throwback and I found it a huge amount of fun. And loved the fact that it's not a parody, but on the other hand you get a good few laughs that are with the movie. It doesn't fall in the category "so bad it's funny". It's tongue in cheek,
but still with a 1st degree approach.
There's no comment to make for the acting (although Rourke has a fine monologue) or the script, however none come in the way and the latter provides good set ups to put those action men up against each other.
And even if a good amount of cheese is there, there's nothing cheesy about the action, which just rocks: it's completely over the top in a good way (much better than The A-Team for example, as far as I'm concerned). It's filmed in a clear manner (ie it uses handheld camera, but not too much), you understand what's going on and although it makes no sense, it's still completely entertaining and believable in the context of the movie. And appropriately gruesome of course! :)
Some could regret that it isn't THE DEFINITIVE 80s MOVIE. Sure, it isn't, it's yet another one.
But a good one.
The boys are back in town!
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