I’m one of those boring assholes who was left flaccid by the raging nostalgia-boner that is The Expendables. I by no means hate it, and have love for the classic action that inspired it, but I felt like so-so filmmaking and bland action got a pass because of it’s admittedly charming cast, and the gimmickry of bringing all those gents together. That said, I think I’m in the minority around here, so it’s definitely worth reporting that The Expendables 2 now has an official release date…
August 17th, 2012.
Right now it is the sole combatant on that weekend, though G.I. Joe 2 will be in its second weekend. There’s also nothing remotely action related in the following few weeks, so perhaps the sequel can top the impressive gross of the first film. With Bruce Willis taking a more central role, Arnold out in the wild again, and who knows what other action icons hopping on board… that’s a real possibility.
Keep in mind though, Sly won’t be behind the camera this time, and is shopping for a director. He claims the script is harder edged, and will keep up the hard-R antics of the first film.
Mark your calendars and start your juicing… some random international dictator’s flunkies are going to have a bad day in a year and a half. If you’re in the mood, take a look at Nick’s impressive batch of Expendables interviews from last year, or our old tag-team review.
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They should fight aliens this time. Or Robots. Or Vampires. Dictators and their henchman are played out.
They just need to round up a who’s who rogues gallery from past films they’ve been in. No reasoning for dead characters returnining, just throw in Al Leong, Vernon Wells.. everyone awesome
Cringes. All around.
Can we PLEASE just skip all this nonsense and finally get Tango & Cash 2: FUBAR?
That sequence where they bomb the ever-lovin’ shit out of the fuckers on the jetty is the level they need to play this at. That and that awesome auto-shotgun thing.
Everything should be on steroids. Small children, pets, office stationary – all juiced to the gills and violent and exploding in showers of fire and/or blood. Then a nice chill out at the end, because we’re all Bros.
Renn Brown, How about…Expendables 2: Holding Out For A Hero, and use Bonnie Tyler’s Song as the main anthem? How about…Aaron Norris as director and Chuck as an Expendable?
Whether he’s actually credited or not, you know Stallone is gonna ghost-direct this thing anyway. George P. Cosmatos, baby. George Pan.
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