If you are one to believe Sylvester Stallone (“Bullet to the Head”) can carry the role of a super-smart security expert then you are halfway to euphoria with his new film Escape Plan. If you’re not, surprisingly enough, the movie offers enough excitement for you to overlook that by continuing the recent trend of old…
Well now I’ve seen it all. In Warner Bros. upcoming sporting comedy, Grudge Match two 70-year old men are putting on the gloves and duking it out in the ring. Okay, technically only one of them is 70 (that being Robert De Niro) and the other, Sylvester Stallone, is only a sprite 67 but you…
The tough guy renaissance is already drying up. The revival of macho 80s stars in action vehicles specifically designed to emulate the look and feel of the violent flicks these guys made a couple decades ago was never for everyone, but for a brief while, it was most certainly for me. Seeing Sylvester Stallone, Dolph…
The Expendables 2 is the Brazzers of explosion porn. The critical backlash surrounding its predecessor, “The Expendables” — an experiment in how many washed-up stars you can manage into a single film — didn’t detract it from becoming a success, and this sequel includes more of what every reviewer hated about the first—mindless gore and…
Not to be outdone by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s trailer for “The Last Stand,” Warner Bros. has released the first theatrical trailer for Sylvester Stallone’s Bullet to the Head. Based on a French graphic novel, it marries a hitman (Stallone) and a cop (Sung Kang) both of whom are out for revenge on the one who killed…
The first go round in December was just a tease as to what was to come with The Expendables 2. Today Lionsgate opened the lid with the first full trailer and it’s got a shitload of explosions in it. Very 80’s-like explosions preceded by very 80’s-like action. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a fun watch…
As if there was any doubt that a sequel to “The Expendables,” the not as good as it shoulda been action flick starring every action hero actor on Earth, would be made (although many secretly wished it wouldn’t). Details are scarce for Lionsgate’s The Expendables 2 — all we know is Church calls on the…
