mrhan

Damn! My kinda flick. It opens locally where I live in 2 weeks.

Solid Snake

Expendables was pretty tame compared to fucking Rambo. I'd probably put the Raid below The Expendables in how graphic it can get. The barometer for me would probably be Punisher: War Zone near the top.

devilshalo

It's a combination of Die Hard, Hard Boiled (hospital sequence), Time and Tide (apartment complex sequence), and Ong Bak.

Solid Snake

That's actually a damn good way to explain it.

JHosk

Glad to hear they are increasing the screens for this one. It's even going to play in my neck of the woods (a smaller city in Canada) next week. I can't wait.

fumanstan

Saw this last night with a few buddies and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's not perfect; I felt it was a bit slow in some areas, character names were almost unidentifiable (I really don't know the name of the lead guy) and the ending was somewhat lackluster (the resolution with the old man seemed terribly poor), but the action is fantastic. My favorite aspect about it is how tense all the action was; the first half is a blood bath, and given how brutal the majority of the attacks are I was on the edge of my seat wondering what would happen next, whether to the lead guy or any of the other cops. Just fantastic, especially in the scene where

I disagree that this suffered from the cliche of bad guys attacking one at a time. There were plenty of times where multiple guys were being fended off at once, and coupled with the cramped hallways it made sense when it did.

I thought the action in the middle of the movie was better then the final fight though. I don't think it went on too long, just that it wasn't as interesting.

My favorite scene:

fumanstan

It's also weird that the posters mention 30 floors. Don't they only go up to the 15th?

Why So Blu?

Yep, everyone including me let out a collective "OHHHHHHH SHIIIIIIIIT!!!!!!!"

It was unreal.

Solid Snake

pretty much. Even after seeing it on video I posted here. It's so goddamn crazy on a theater screen.

Bobby Shalom

I am not a huge fan of recent action films, and I thought this one was fucking great!

Definite Carpenter vibe to the new soundtrack, and a big nod to Assault on Precinct 13 with the way the bad guys looked. I also dug the Warriors homage with the shot of the guy and the microphone early on.

I couldn't help but feel like some of the stunt people really got fucked up filming this. They credited over a dozen on set medics and doctors. Some of those landings with bodies hitting ledges with their backs, if that wasn't CGI, then dudes got tore up.

Why So Blu?

Yeah, lots of cats got fucked up for sure. Some got cut up with blades and others fell from high distances with no safety nets.

Solid Snake

Interesting read on where the US action film went, that really ultimately doesn't mean much to me personally..but it's interesting at least.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/ma...pagewanted=all

Dan

I saw this again last week.
I think I need one more theatrical viewing...

asianxcore

Didn't see the film last week like I planned.

Going to try to get out to a showing this week.

Supermallet

Now that is how action films should be. Fast, furious, and electric. I couldn't believe some of the stuff I was seeing on screen. The choreography must have taken them months and months.

JHosk

I saw it last night and myself and a buddy were saying the exact same thing. The choreography and execution were perfect. The fight sequences were pretty intricate, yet everything was fluid and didn't look rehearsed (like some of the recent Thai flicks).

Some of the dudes on various kung-fu boards were complaining of the film being re-scored by Shinoda (sp ??). While not an overly huge Linkin Park fan, the soundtrack was fantastic. It really drew you into the action.

I'm really considering going to see if again one more time on the big screen.

Dash

I cant wait to see it again. Its my favorite movie of the year so far. I think it should come to Salt lake city this weekend. (Ill keep a look out for Groucho in the crowd).

Sondheim

Hey, another Utahn!

For some reason I just thought this was only coming to the arthouses, but as it turns out it's actually coming to several of the bigger theaters around here - is the American release dubbed?

fumanstan

Nope, subtitled.

Solid Snake

The way it should be.

Question on the subtitles: Has anyone bitched on mistranslations or akin to that. Not that this film had much but still...it seemed accurate in relation to what I was looking at.

Sondheim

Yes, I'm definitely glad that it's not dubbed. It's just not everyday that you see an Indonesian film get a fairly wide release in its original language.

Anyway, I'm really looking forward to this - the last few weeks have been really stressful, and this looks like just the kind of film I'd enjoy right now.

alfredog1976

My friend is from Indonesia, the only thing he said about the translation being inaccurate were the curse words that were added to the english subtitles.

Great movie by the way!

Solid Snake

like what? They were just Indonesian curse words that don't translate well or what?

alfredog1976

I believe he said the use of the F word was not an accurate translation (in many of the instances it was used).

Solid Snake

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This track is my favorite...just..great.

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