There’s a thread on the CHUD message board, The B Action Thread, that has its own ecosystem. The thread itself has gotten over 2 million views. It’s a monster, and the guys who post in it take their B action movies very, very seriously. For the past few months I’ve been repeating what I’ve been told – by folks within Lionsgate! – that The Expendables was going to be a PG-13 film. It was written PG-13, I was told. It was shot PG-13. The B Action thread said it wasn’t so. The Expendables, they told me, would be R.
They were right.
So hats off to the hardcore in the B Action thread, and hats off to Sylvester Stallone for convincing Lionsgate to go not just R but hard R on this one. Here’s what the MPAA had to say: Rated for strong action and bloody violence throughout, and for some language.
I’ve heard nothing but terrible things about this film, and the trailers have looked cheesy as hell, but if the action is properly brutal, maybe this will be something to check out.
After you see Scott Pilgrim, of course.
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"I've heard nothing but terrible things about this film".
Goddamnit
Expendables will outperform Flop Pilgrim!
If anyone thinks this movie is going to be anything but a huge bomb, then they are deluding themselves.
This beats Scott Pilgrim any day
I've heard nothing but terrible things about Devin Faraci, and his writing has been cheesy as hell, but if his beatdown is properly brutal, that WILL be something to check out.
Cheesy as hell is what this calls for. Like Rambo and The Punisher. If it's better than the latter, I'll be happy. If it's better than the former, it'll be one of the best action movies ever.
Strange, I've heard nothing but good things about this film. If test screening reviews are anything to go by.
I'm happy now. Rambo would've been awful without the hardcore gore. Should be fun.
Fuck Scott Pilgrim. Wild horses couldn't drag me away from The Expendables.
I'll take this "hearing bad things" with a grain of salt. You said you heard bad things about Sharlto Copley during A-Team production, but I thought he was terrific…..although I'm not expecting too much from this film.
What's Scott Pilgrim?
Damn you B-Action Movie Thread! There you go again, not respecting due process!
generally b-action movies are terrible, terrible plot, peverted moral compass, and borderline fascist. in conclusion, i have high hopes.
I'll still probably see this, what with nothing really coming out this summer besides Scott Pilgrim and Inception.
"some language" haha! I bet all the f**k and s**t get buried under galons of blood and tons of brains and limbs
This totally beats Pilgrim by a mile. I know too many who are pumped for this. I have a funny feeling this is gonna to be good.
Come on now Devin, you loooooved Punisher: Warzone. That had dogshit buzz, and dogshit box office…but was aiming at the same audience as this. I bet this satisfies at the very least as much as that film and Rambo. Which means it will be awesome.
"After you see Scott Pilgrim, of course."
The audience for Scott Pilgrim won't be able to see The Expendables without a parent or guardian but they may be able to buy the T-shirt the next time they're at Hot Topic.
Scott Pilgrim can kiss my ass. Shitty, annoying looking movie.
Mark my words, this is Lundgren's best performance since Command Performance.
Lundgreen was fantastic in Universal Soldier Regeneration
This seemed like such a sad missed opportunity at PG-13. At R, I'm fucking psyched. Please don't be terrible. Please.
Devin,
Why are you pimping Scott Pilgrim when you don't care about box office numbers?
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