Not getting enough press, Sly Stallone’s next film, The Expendables, looks like it may be the biggest action revival ever. Fans of the hyper-masculine fights, gun battles, and homo-erotic subtext of the 80’s and 90’s will all flock to see this flick. Why? Not only is Sly writing and directing, but he’s enlisting the biggest names in action films to join forces. Already the film stars Sly himself, Jason Statham, and Jet Li. And now it seems that Dolph Lundgren, meathead in films like Universal Soldier, Rocky IV, and Masters of the Universe, may be joining. According to Dark Horizons, Stallone himself revealed that he’s on the verge of signing the aged action-man to the flick.
Now, all Sly needs is Mr T, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Segal, with a cameo from Arnie, and every man who grew up in the 80’s will storm the box office to check out this film, with its hilarious premise involving a group of merceneries who load up and attempt to take down a “South American dictator”. Presumably, it’s not by silent protest.
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