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Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Review: Jean-Claude Van Damme Shines In The Dumb, Indispensable Entertainment of ‘Expendables 2’

Review: Jean-Claude Van Damme Shines In The Dumb, Indispensable Entertainment of ‘Expendables 2’: “The Expendables 2” is one of the very few films that gets better as it gets dumber. Serviceably directed, horribly written and barely acted at all except for a standout performance by (of all people) Jean-Claude Van Damme, it mostly delivers in the way that the original failed to, which is by enabling action stars to charm their way through an incredibly hackneyed and conventional storyline. Nevertheless an irresistibly fun alternative to the so-called grown-up fare that has attempted to replace the escapism of '80s and ‘90s blockbusters, “The Expendables 2” offers a welcome roundup of action stars who simultaneously – and satisfyingly – celebrate and send up their former glories.

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