The Expendables 4

Das nennt man Materialermüdung. Laut dem Abspann könnte ich zwar sagen, dass The Expendables 4 der beste bulgarische Actionfilm ist, den ich gesehen habe, aber das wäre nicht einmal an den Haaren herbeigezogen. Es ist ein Krampf, auf den Stallone offensichtlich keine Lust hatte, für den es zu wenig Geld (die Tricks sind wirklich hässlich) und zu wenig Ideen gab und der wahrscheinlich nicht einmal den Filmstab unterhalten konnte. Der Film hat ein paar gute Momente, aber der ausgezeichnete erste Teil und die verrückte Komödie, die folgte, und auch der fade dritte Teil sind um einiges besser. Leider. (23.09.2023)

The fourth and hopefully final Expendables plummeted from an above-average, fun and star-studded action franchise into waters of mediocrity that stink in every direction. It needed a better director. Scott Waugh wasn't the best choice and the disinterest of this franchise can be seen both in the audience (the weakest rating) and in the actors, where all the interesting names are gone except Statham, who’s the only one who's great again, but that's really not enough. Stallone is here rather only in the introduction, almost nobody impresses from the new reinforcements. 50 Cent and Jacob Scipio are useless, Megan Fox I didn't mind, at least a bit of estrogen, Tony Jaa was fine, but was there for less than 10 minutes (even though what he showed was one of the bright moments), and the villain Iko Uwais is ironically the weakest of the whole series (outside of The Raid, Iko is not doing so well and the Americans can't really use his potential, it's time for him to go back to Indonesia). The plot is rubbish, the dialogue is mediocre, the CGI effects are very bad, at least there is some nice gore from time to time and the blood is not spared too much, which I always welcome. The final Uwais-Statham fight was very short. I did like the sequence in the finale where Statham and Tony slashed with their knives, I probably enjoyed that the most. Otherwise, I wasn't bored, it went by fairly quickly, but compared to the competition this series has nothing to offer in terms of acting or action. 5/10. (19.10.2023)

Po cca 10min sem to musela vypnout... to nešlo! (04.02.2024)