I thought Three was fun, other people disagreed, so was kinda looking forwards to watching this.
We start with the Expendas having a casual time, mucking around, and flying a long way over countries... and in the same time, Bad Guy Minion attacks an army and gets his hands on some MacGuffin devices, and then the Expendons turn up. After that scene, we get to the need for a more personal mission, and eventually we get the long second act that is the rest of the movie.
When you think Expendables, you think a bunch of big names, they show up, do a thing, get a decent time on screen.. and other famous actors get to have random cameos. However, this movie... this is Expendables: Jason Statham edition. This could easily have just been a Jason movie with a minor script changes to accommodate a scene or two with the others in them. Now, we get some good names in there, Garcia, Gox, Jaa... but really, did the rest of the cast not want to be involved? Certainly Stallone checks out for most of the picture.
Hang on... scans through trivia... "Was originally intended to be a spin-off film from The Expendables, starring Jason Statham as his character Lee Christmas. It was to be titled "A Christmas Story" until it was reworked to become the fourth Expendables film." Well, that explains that.
And apparently this is the start of a set of trilogy movies... so we'll be back here again some time.
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