The Expendables

By Safer in the City Columnist Jessica Walker

I am a HUGE action hero fan, so you can guess I was super stoked to hear about the movie The Expendables that hit theaters this weekend.  I grew up watching Sylvester Stallone in Rambo and Rocky, Arnold in The Terminator and Conan the Barbarian – which I am totally dating myself there – and Bruce Willis in Die Hard.  Now hearing they would all be in the same movie along with other action heroes like Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and countless other fighting meat heads was like music to my ears!  Although, I have to warn you that Arnold and Bruce Willis only had cameos which was disappointing to me.  I can only hope they will have bigger parts in a sequel.  Fingers crossed!

For the women reading this post, beware this movie is a pure testosterone enhanced flick in every sense of the word.  If you are down with that like I am, right on!  But for those that aren’t, I just wanted to give you a heads up.  If you can tough it out for your man, you will definitely score some brownie points I guarantee it!

As for the guys reading this post, this movie is not going to win an Oscar but I bet you’ll want to hit the gym or sign up for an ultimate fighter course when the credits start rolling.  I know I did!  There are fight scenes, upon fight scenes, upon fight scenes that I wish they’d slowed down so you can see the moves more clearly, but none the less they were AWESOME!  The weapons were over the top, of course, and my favorite scene involved this “mother of all guns” a souped up shot gun that actually blew people in half.  I know what you’re thinking, both disgusting and totally cool at the same time.

The best part about this movie for me is that actors like Sylvester Stallone prove they are far from expendable, while he is still looking good and kicking ass at 64yrs old.  Yo absolutely!

- Jessica