It's amazing that they shelved Batgirl yet this was apparently ok to release. The most generic modern superhero film yet. I'd rather watch Batman and Robin.
May as well do an episode trying to locate Tony the Tiger
Think that lad needs a nice job in a quiet charity shop
I can't understand a single thing Rosie Perez says; this must be what it's like as an American trying to watch a Scottish film?!
If this was made in 2023 I'd say it was written by AI due to the sheer amount of clichés and stereotypes depicted.
Chan may have not like the more adult US version however no one had made Jackie look cooler than Glickenhaus here.
Would you believe that they started filming this without a complete script? Because it doesn't half show. It's like all seasons of Oz in 100 minutes and everything happens to the same guy.
Throw every prison trope at the wall and see what sticks.
A time travel movie with Jim Carrey and Nicolas Cage in supporting roles? Not sure how I've got to 2023 without seeing this one but there you go.
I've only watched this because of my mission to watch every single movie Nicolas Cage appears in; sometimes it's thrown up hidden gems and sometimes - in the case of this thing - it does not.
Barely enough material to qualify as a motion picture - what is left on screen is not engaging enough to make anyone care. This is the first Emmett production I have seen that feels like every single person involved feels like they are turning up for paycheck and IMDb credit. It's like Friday afternoon in the office and everyone is watching the clock to head home.
I get that they have a series quota but if they couldn't have Bob then they should have just skipped this one. Pointless
Up front admission so you know where I'm coming from.. I have a high threshold for cheap / daft action films as my missus would confirm (if I had a £1 every time I heard "What on earth is this you watching" whilst I explain why she's being harsh on a Dolph Lundgren film because it was shot in two weeks for less than the catering budget of Bridgerton). At the end of a long day I like putting dumb action film on with a drink, I have seen most of the el cheapo Bruce Willis "acting via ear piece" films. In comparison to them however I feel like I've just rewarded the producers of this nonsense by handing over money for two tickets to see "Expend4bles" as the BBFC censorship card claimed it's official title to be.
Really not sure where to start but maybe the fact that I am reminded that the concept of Expendables was to bring together our favourite action stars for a swansong, 100 minutes of fun, yet Expend4bles decides to ignore this (Stallone and Lundgren have virtually few minutes screen time only) and leaves me only with a catch 22; we have the wonderful Iko Uwais and the amazing Tony Jaa (thumbs up to the pair for continuing to making us mortals feel inadequate by being physically awesome but also impressing with their crack at English adding speaking second language to their list) but then all that good will is totally undone by the acting void that is Megan Fox. For a series that prides itself on showcasing talent that their acting skill is secondary to everything else Fox manages to take home the least convincing, most cringe worthy award by a long stretch. Her character's introduction is jaw droppingly bad on the level of an Asylum production (Sharknado), when her second scene came around (which is the one in the trailer) I had to break my cinema golden rule and take a bog break just so I didn't have to watch the car crash any longer.
If I had to guess there was no real appetite to make a 4th film then all of a sudden producers found some money and production had a timeline; that's the only reason I can see an [allegedly] $100 million budget movie being this poorly written with such half assed digital work, it's further backed by director Scott Waugh who appeared to distance himself with the admission "I was blessed to have come on board the franchise four weeks before filming". Sorry but you're never going to get the best out of even the most veteran Director of you bring them on board weeks before filming.
Top 3 ridiculous moments 1) sneak attack in a helicopter in the opening. They must have created silencer technology to cover the blades and army of vehicles that followed it 2) Stallone being able to throw a 164kg Eddie "The Beast" Hall over a bar 3) 50 Cent distracting bad guys.... By playing a 50 Cent track. Guess it's as meta as the prior Expendables one liner call backs but made me laugh out loud nonetheless.
NB. There was a guy in our cinema who laughed at every moment anything happened.. Statham stabbed someone in the neck.. HA HA! Another ear joke.. HAHA! Someone's head explodes HAHA! There's at least one 10/10 imdb review heading online to even my thoughts out.
I just sit and imagine what you'd get out of Gareth Evans if you gave him $100 million and just Jaa and Uwais. Seriously I'm one of those action geeks that seriously thinks about just that....
Obviously made on a shoestring budget, there's some nice physical effects and some attempts to make angles and camerawork more interesting to watch. However can't disguise limited plot and location presumably because of the el cheapo budget.
It's good but not dated particularly well in terms of it takes a hell of along time to get where its going.
Excellent synth soundtrack; way too good for this "movie"
Low budget zombie movies can be good, a zombie movie starring Dolph Lundgren should be good! This is anything but.
There's a load of IMDB trivia which suggests that Mike Cuff originated it and walked after last minute changes to his script however I can't substantiate that elsewhere other than a news article that says Cuff was fired after two days. Either way the outcome isn't pretty - the various posters do a good job of making this thing look better than it actually is.
Fun to see Adkins and Oldman side by side but the actual movie is a snooze fest
I'm half tempted to give this full marks just for daring to play Radiohead's Everything in Its Right Place during your typical military in dropship scene. Anyway my boy Gareth knocked out another cracking piece of scifi. You really don't mind when a director takes a few years off and comes back with something like this. There's certainly a fair amount of Rogue One, Blade Runner and Terminator in the mix, the latter of which he takes the Judgement Day plot and turns it on its head defying expectations where I assumed it was going just due to the tropes of the genre.
There's also a lot of stuff on screen for 80mill in comparison to other recent effects heavy films. Gets you wondering if budgets elsewhere escalate to $200 mill mark due to talent demands or that something like this has less behind the scenes VFX artists but take longer to bake? I dunno. Either way, check it out. The trailer gives too much away (as always my opinion) however there's plenty more that isn't shown.
NB. Watch out for the Scarif Easter egg
Public Service warning for any non-English folk visiting don't expect to get three pints for £6. You'll be lucky to get one for that price.
Where to start with this one? The baby expendables, the toned down violence (released as a 12a in the UK! - that's the equivalent of a Spider-Man movie), sidelining the cast we actually want to see, overload of mediocre digital effects, I have no idea what they were thinking of with Frasier Crane; there's still plenty of action stars they could have used.
What's left of the good cast cannot absolutely recover this one and Mel Gibson really does great job chewing the scenery.
Not awful but not awfully good either.
Susan Sarandon officially takes the "worst performance in a superhero movie" from Mickey Rourke
The film industry was robbed of a true talent. Anton would have absolutely have become top tier with one of those filmographies that's studied.
It's Inconceivable that Nicolas Cage accepted this pay cheque.
Not sure I like secret Chinese police setup in London as plot device, considering China have been accused of doing just that in real life. Bit tone deaf start for what tries to be a lighthearted family actioner. "Know our tongue but not our ethics" is an actual quote later on.. Again Google "ethics in China" will bring up quite an amount of depressing bed time reading. It all ends up feeling like a Chinese propaganda film. I'd have to research the many production companies than are listed in the credits to see how many are state linked but I'm guessing this got big thumbs up from Chinese government censors (notice in the scene were one male character gives another male character mouth to mouth you never actually see it - it's obviously masked each time so as not to trigger the homophobic state).
We really need Matt and Trey to do a Team China World Police soundtrack for this one... China! F*CK YEAH! "
I do like it how they spent money and time modelling CGi hyenas for Tong's (also CGI heavy) "Kung Fu Yoga" three years earlier so Tong found a way to reuse the once again. CGI lions and cars are more funny than Chan's gags in this one.
Overall a below average time waster; classic Chan this is not, but it appears he got paid handsomely for this flick so don't blame him cashing in and taking it easy in his twilight years. He's earned it.
I stumbled upon this looking for the Dominic Monaghan film called Pet (2016) and ended up finding 2006's best comedy. I half expected Tommy Wiseau to show up.. "Oh hi GG"
I hated pretty much everything about this other than the use of split screen. It's like they gave a film student $4 million for their first project who or course focused on flashy visuals over characters. This was made four years after Trainspotting FFS.
This is barely a documentary, its a load of the same few points over and over again by different talking heads.
"hoard physical media as streaming might go away, physical media has extra features, no buffering" essentially for two hours
And I dont care what anyone says I was a VHS kid and that format is horrible, awful PQ which degrades every time you watch it.
I enjoyed the making of Flash segments. Couldn't care any less about Sam "the ego" Jones. Brian Blessed steaks the show; could listen to his tales for hours I am sure.
Not an original thought on the screen. Willis may be on the poster but Ambyr Childers is the main character but she's just not a leading lady so fails spectacularly to carry the movie, which is just Westworld on a low budget.
For a 1990s action flick this intensely boring. Zzzzz
