Some pictures don’t need
captions. If you were born in the late 1970’s
and had HBO during the late 1980’s, this image will make your heart sing. These actors ushered in an era where might
made right. The screen was littered with
bursting squibs and muzzle flashes. The
soundtrack roared with automatic gunfire, shattering glass, colliding cars, and
explosions. Every now and then, all of
those visual and sonic elements actually accompanied a good movie. All of the stars in the above picture were at
the center of a quality production or two during their prime. Now all are well past their heyday, but they
refuse to leave without a fight. They are
shown here standing side by side and laying down the law in a new image from The Expendables 2.
One of the best things about late
80’s action flicks was the hardware. The
films of Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Willis showed off some truly wondrous
weapons. This image harkens back to
that. It’s worthy of a Joel Silver or
Carolco production from that era. Arnold
appears to be holding the same automatic shotgun that Terry Crews had in the
first film. Sly’s gun is harder to make
out but is clearly an assault rifle of some sort. Bruce’s gun is completely covered by the
muzzle flash from Sly’s. Let’s hope that
the finished film is packed to the gills with images like this one, and less of
the CG assisted, “chaos cinema” aesthetic that hampered the first. You know this kind of film inside and out,
Mr. Stallone. I’ll consider the first a test
run. This time you gotta bring the
A-game.
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