The boys are back, or so it seems. Are they or aren't they?
The film opens with the team in action. A high risk operation is well under way and a prestigious prisoner is rescued. Following the successful recovery, an old foe comes back to the scene and injures a team member seriously. This has to be reciprocated.
Then, a big hole was dug in the stomach of this action film. Sly decides to axe his team out of concern they would not survive this revenge mission (as if they did not know that each mission could be their last) and begins a quest to replace them with newer. This resulted in watching an action film minus the action.
The new team caries out a quickie mission gets captured and Sly tries to recover them. Then guess what? The original team which he dismissed before appeared on the runway and all of a sudden he had a change of heart.
After a very long gap, action did resume and it was worthwhile although it arrived after we were worn out due to extended inactivity.
You have a decent story with the added touch of the personal antagonism, an enviable cast list (Stallone, Statham, Snipes, Schwarzenegger, Banderas, Gibson, Ford, Li) and end up somehow making an action film with not so much action.
Wish there was more ambition involved in the process.
The film opens with the team in action. A high risk operation is well under way and a prestigious prisoner is rescued. Following the successful recovery, an old foe comes back to the scene and injures a team member seriously. This has to be reciprocated.
Then, a big hole was dug in the stomach of this action film. Sly decides to axe his team out of concern they would not survive this revenge mission (as if they did not know that each mission could be their last) and begins a quest to replace them with newer. This resulted in watching an action film minus the action.
The new team caries out a quickie mission gets captured and Sly tries to recover them. Then guess what? The original team which he dismissed before appeared on the runway and all of a sudden he had a change of heart.
After a very long gap, action did resume and it was worthwhile although it arrived after we were worn out due to extended inactivity.
You have a decent story with the added touch of the personal antagonism, an enviable cast list (Stallone, Statham, Snipes, Schwarzenegger, Banderas, Gibson, Ford, Li) and end up somehow making an action film with not so much action.
Wish there was more ambition involved in the process.