The Expendables

Certificate: 15

Running Time: 103 minutes

Director: Sylvester Stallone

A huge cast list - Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Steve Austin, Eric Roberts and more. The team are paid to overrule a South American dictator, but things don’t always go smoothly. A few laughs, plenty of action, but not overall worth a watch. This all-star cast should have held the weak plot together between them, but it’s safe to say they didn’t. An ultimate lad’s night in movie, but nothing more.

Rating: ***

Iron Man 2

Certificate: 12A

Running Time: 124 minutes

Director: Jon Favreau

I think have a phobia of follow up films. Almost every film sequel I’ve ever watched, the second film always seems to be the worst. Never as many catchy lines and fresh ideas as the first film, and usually not so much big budget special effects as the third. This film was certainly no exception to that rule. Iron Man was such a huge favourite that we all knew it would be difficult to stay on par with, but this film kind of takes the biscuit. The best thing about it was an all star cast, the worst thing was pretty much everything else, including being very, very long. Amicably average. I’m sure the next one will be better.

Rating: ***