The Expendables

Watched With: My Dad & My Brother @ Cathay EHub (25/08)
Snacks: None
Genre: Action

Balls out action.

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Ying Yang (Jet Li), Toll Road (Randy Couture), Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) and Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) are The Expendables - a group of mercenaries for hire.

An old buddy Tool (Mickey Rourke) arranges for a job.
For some it is for the money. For other, a chance for redemption.

The target is General Garza (David Zayas), a corrupt general who is actually a puppet in the drug world being controlled by James Munroe (Eric Roberts) and his right-hand man Dan Paine (Steve Austin).

With the help of local Sandra (Giselle Itié), the boys are in for a rough ride.

Boy oh boy has it been so long since there was a balls-out action movie like this. I'm talking about good old killing people.
No time for all that lovey-dovey, sex-overdrive wussy stuff.
This is testosterone to the max. And some of the kills were pretty gruesome too!

It was so nice to see all our favourite action stars (even cameos by Bruce Willis & Arnold Schwarzenegger) all in one place.
But it was also kinda sad to see how old they are now.

But I still say watch it for the fun of it.
The key here - BALLS OUT ACTION!!!

And a little trivia - this movie almost included Steven Seagal, Wesley Snipes, Danny Trejo and Jean Claude Van Damme.
Imagine that.

No Chuck Norris though.

Final Verdict:

The Last Airbender

Watched With: Mr Porno & Mr Rider @ Cathay Cineleisure (06/08)
Snacks: Crispy Chicken & Coke
Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy

It's official. I don't like 3D.

The world is made up of 4 tribes - The Earthbenders, The Waterbenders and the ruthless Firebenders who exterminated all of the Airbenders.

Waterbender brother and sister Sokka (Jackson Rathbone) and Katara (Nicola Peltz) stumble upon Aang (Noah Ringer) - the last Airbender - who just so happens to also be an all-powerful Avatar who can bend all the elements and bring balance to the world.

Exiled Firebender Prince Zuko (Dev Patel) is trying to get back into his father's, the King Fire Lord Ozai (Cliff Curtis), good graces by capturing the Avatar with the help of his doting uncle Iroh (Shaun Toub) while going up against his father's right hand Commander Zhao (Aasif Mandvi).

So can Aang and the rest stop the Firebenders from wreaking havoc on the world?

This is another one of those movies marketed as an adult movie but is actually meant for kids/teenagers.
A good clue - it was originally a cartoon.

Apart from that it was actually pretty boring most of the time.
The only thing I was impressed with was the direction and choreography of the fight/element bending scenes.
The special effects were pretty good during the element bending scenes but to be honest I didn't really care for the fact that the movie was in 3D.

Anyways this is gonna be another one of those franchises with a few movies.
(At least 3 by mr-porno's and my count).
So the DVD might be a good idea.

PS I was expecting Rusell Peters to turn up as one of the Firebenders.
But I guess not.
You'll know what I mean if you watch movie.

Final Verdict: