DVD review: The Expendables 3
A quick look at Sylvester Stallone will tell you he never knows when enough is enough. The Rocky series was brilliant in its beginnings, but then milked every drop of creativity before its corpse was finally (hopefully) lowered into the ground with its sixth instalment.
Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li
Patrick Hughes
A quick look at Sylvester Stallone will tell you he never knows when enough is enough. The Rocky series was brilliant in its beginnings, but then milked every drop of creativity before its corpse was finally (hopefully) lowered into the ground with its sixth instalment.
And as good as Stallone has been across a career which has thrown up a few surprises - Cop Land (1997) was one - the feeling when The Expendables came along was that here was a man looking for one last shot. Or men, rather, given the exercise is built around a group of ageing action stars playing off the on-screen personas (and friendships) we know all about.