Blood-soaked action sequel in which a band of heavily armed
mercenaries (most prominently Sylvester Stallone and Jason
Statham) tangles with a host of Russian gangsters (led by
Jean-Claude Van Damme) over a trove of Soviet-era nukes.
Ageing action stars (including Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris,
Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger) are thick on the
ground in director Simon West's adventure. Though it serves
to relieve the macho insult-trading to which too much of the
dialogue in Stallone and Richard Wenk's script is devoted,
the cast's self-referential and self-deprecating humor fails
to retrieve the queasily gore-stained proceedings.
Watch out for: Excessive bloody violence,
including torture and decapitation, a vengeance theme, about
a dozen crude terms and half that number of crass
expressions.
Rated: The Catholic News Service
classification is O - morally offensive. The Motion Picture
Association of America rating is R - restricted. Under 17
requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.
© Arlington Catholic Herald 1970