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Tony Toscano reviews “The Expendables”

Bringing back those thick-necked heroes of the 80’s and 90’s was a terrific idea. Except in “The Expendables” this one-dimensional script (co-written by Sylvester Stallone) wastes every familiar name.

The film centers on a rag-tag bunch of over-the-hill soldiers of fortune who become the last best hope to overthrow a corrupt drug-dealing dictator in some Latin American country where we find out he’s just a puppet of a an ex-government agent who now is business for himself.

And although we’ve seen this plot a few times and have heard the age jokes a few times, there was something very cool about seeing all these guys in one action film together.

The problem with “The Expendables” is with the amount of violence Stallone poured into every frame. After a while it all becomes monotonous and under-whelming.

But as I said before – it’s nice to see all ‘the boys” back for a little nostalgia. “The Expendables” gets a C- and is rated R.

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