In 2009, Sylvester Stallone (better known as Rocky)
assembled action stars of yesteryear, himself included, and decided to make a
motion picture out of their past glory. He decided to call it The Expendables, an apt title
considering that that’s pretty much what they are in this film. Not just in the
eyes of the people under whom their characters serve but even to us, the
viewers. We remained outsiders, merely watching these strangers do things we
hardly gave two shits about, waiting with the false hope that our existences
would eventually be acknowledged. Bummer.
