Skin Trade

I would watch Tony Jaa read a phone book but this was painfully bad with horrid acting from everyone. Just bad. However, I honestly feel Jaa is the best martial artist of this generation, and if his English was better he could be such a star here. I hope he keeps at it. 2/5

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The Expendables

Insultingly bad. I've literally never heard such poorly written dialogue in a professional movie w/a budget. 2 stars

Follow-up: The only reasons it gets two stars are:

• There were some epic action sequences
• The cinematography was nice
• Jason Statham was, well, Statham-y.
• Mickey Rourke had a nice emotive scene

Whatever the situation, there are only so many things you can have a character say in a movie like this. At every opportunity, without fail, if there was an awkward, lame or overly-expository way to say something, that is what they did. I wasn't aware that Stallone was such a hack, so I place the blame on the writer that I know is a hack, David Callaham. Also? Jet Li was wasted, Sly and Eric Roberts should have traded roles and there were plot holes you could fly a Grumman Albatross through. It was shit. Insulting, nonsensical shit. Best part of the experience was the gag reel on the DVD.

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