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The first one was decent, but the 2nd one is getting a cast so much better than part 1. Arnold and Willis are supposed to have "expanded substantial roles" and the cast adds Van Damme and Chuck Norris.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764651/

You have to wonder why....It's not like the 1st one was particularly successful or even remotely good.

The 1st one apparently had a budget of about $80mil and earned $270 in the box office.

It wasn't good, but I wouldn't say it wasn't successful.

I really liked the first one, personally, and am hoping the second one is just as good...

I wonder how jacked up Arnie is going to get?

depends how on how much steroids he takes

.

The sequel has the potential for being better than the 1st. For starters, Stallone won't be both directing & acting.

The story/plot may have a chance of being better paced & not heavily edited as the first.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
The sequel has the potential for being better than the 1st. For starters, Stallone won't be both directing & acting.


Rocky II was good.

Originally posted by Myth
Rocky II was good.

Yes Rocky 2 was good but I'm talking about the 1st Expendables where Stallone not only had to "act" but direct & juggle everybody's egos & screen time.

One thing that movie really suffered from was very bad editing.

Picture of Chuck Norris from the set

http://comicbookmovie.com/action_comic_book_movies/news/?a=48828

Chuck in this?

Oh snap, Hollywood just blew up.

I thought Sly did a poor job directing the first one. But he did amazing job in Rambo. Hopefully this one will be better.

There was also a picture of Arnold from the set oh and yeah Bruce Willis

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/10/12/arnold_schwarzenegger_posts_expendable

Originally posted by The Nuul

I thought Sly did a poor job directing the first one. But he did amazing job in Rambo. Hopefully this one will be better.

You might be interested Stallone won't be directing the sequel he has only done the script this time

Chuck vs Van Damme..

Earth will blow up if this happens.

Promo poster

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=83955

It's the same promo poster for the 1st one's release on dvd.

Only with a no.2 in the title.

They really went all out on that one...

Like to know why Chris Hemsworth younger brother is in this.....

yeah like he's ever done an action movie

Theatrical Poster

http://comicbookmovie.com/fansites/rorschachsrants/news/?a=50009

Originally posted by Kazenji
There was also a picture of Arnold from the set oh and yeah Bruce Willis

http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/10/12/arnold_schwarzenegger_posts_expendable



You might be interested Stallone won't be directing the sequel he has only done the script this time

"Only the script?"

Stallone can't really speak English well... how's he supposed to be witty enough to write a script?

I had to have the subtitles on for first blood near the end cause I couldn't understand what he was saying when he was crying

You see my point then.

Originally posted by siriuswriter
"Only the script?"

Stallone can't really speak English well... how's he supposed to be witty enough to write a script?

He probably has Dolph Lundgren helping him out since he's part of Mensa.

Originally posted by siriuswriter
You see my point then.

Yep, don't get me wrong...I loved that movie...I just think it's kinda bad when I have to turn on subtitles to understand what the main character is saying

I hope the second movie is a bit better than the first. The new movie starts might make it better.

Waiting for the 2 part

Trailer is up:

http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/theexpendables2/

So. Much. Win.

Looks like a whole lotta fail to me.

Don't see how.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Don't see how.

I must have been the only one who saw that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris are in it. That defines fail.

Not really a fan of them eh? I can understand that, but they were part of what I was looking forward to about the film. Them, Stallone, and other big names in one movie is more or less a dream came true for many. The first Expendables was cheesy, but still alright for an action flick by Stallone. Pretty much expecting this to be the same, if not a little better.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I must have been the only one who saw that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris are in it. That defines fail.

That is what makes it awesome.

Trailer doesn't really show anything though.

And heres the trailer thats on youtube

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PG 13 rating confirmed

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=86119

blame Mr Norris's for it

Hahahahaha.. told you all: FAIL.

No you did'nt about Mr Norris screwing things up.

Why do you contradict me when it is just a ways up on this very same page, good sir?

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Looks like a whole lotta fail to me.
Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I must have been the only one who saw that Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chuck Norris are in it. That defines fail.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Why do you contradict me when it is just a ways up on this very same page, good sir?

Bleh!

This movie is dead to me.

Meh. The rating doesn't make that much a difference to me, though it is kind of odd considering the R-rated stuff Norris has starred in before.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Meh. The rating doesn't make that much a difference to me, though it is kind of odd considering the R-rated stuff Norris has starred in before.

Yeah, well. He found Jesus and is a big proponent of the Bible now, which doesn't have any violence in it or anything..

I watched the first one. Mediocre at best. Not a terrible story, but it didn't work all that well trying to balance the action, seriousness, violence, and humor. And the editing was nauseating. Way to choppy, and special effects were poor. Will likely pass on the sequel, except I might like to make fun of Chuck Norris...

Stallone saying it will be rated R

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/everythingcomicbookrelated/news/?a=56632

Originally posted by Kazenji
Stallone saying it will be rated R

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/everythingcomicbookrelated/news/?a=56632

Well that's reassuring, at least. Now, I wish he'd reassure us that this one won't suck like the first one.. lol

Still haven't seen the first movie.

I thought it was mediocre at best. Even the special effects seemed a little on the cheap side.

I loved it, tbh, though that could be in part attributed to the nostalgia of it all.

I did think the action scenes were very well put together, though.

I wish they'd replace terry crews with michael jai white

http://d1fgn7wex1bhjn.cloudfront.net/assets/news_images/1334593157_expend2-official.jpg

Jeez look how expressionless Arnie is!
It looks like he has no idea what the hell's going on.

Must be channelling The Terminator for this movie.

Yeah, believe it or not, that's Arnie emoting. Even his body language is emotionless. He's probably too old and brittle to do anymore than that.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Must be channelling The Terminator for this movie.

This is what I thought too. Looks kind of badass to me.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Yeah, believe it or not, that's Arnie emoting. Even his body language is emotionless. He's probably too old and brittle to do anymore than that.

I've never seen Arnie look more awkward holding a weapon than in that shot.

Both Stallone & Willis are bracing themselves whilst it looks dam obvious that Arnie's jus shooting blanks.

http://media.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/27311/chuck-norris-the-expendables-2-image.jpg

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/Castle/news/?a=58101

Chuck just farted, and lit up the car behind him.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
I've never seen Arnie look more awkward holding a weapon than in that shot.

Both Stallone & Willis are bracing themselves whilst it looks dam obvious that Arnie's jus shooting blanks.

Yeah, he looks like a wax museum manikin. He's all:

All I can say is: "AWESOMENESS"!

Looking forward to this one!

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still haven't seen the first one.

Haha, Arnold's old "I'm back" line. Yeah, he's definitely channeling the Terminator, no doubt. Feels like I've seen this before now.

hey i love this movie because its story was really different from others.

This movie is has a game tie in from Ubisoft

http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mission/2012/06/22/early-expendables-2-videogame-footage-finds-its-way-to-the-web/

The Expendables part 1 was very poor..

very poor is an understatement

Originally posted by maheshbalan
The Expendables part 1 was very poor..

Why do you say that? The first Expendables was awesome.

Also, I'm really excited to see the Stallone vs. Van Damme fight. I never thought I'd ever see those two fight in a movie.

Apparently they're approaching people for the third movie

Nick Cage, Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford

http://www.news.com.au/news/the-expendables-3-to-star-nicolas-cage-clint-eastwood-and-harrison-ford-or-so-producer-hopes/story-fnejlvvj-1226450288079

I hope Eastwood turns it down.
I'd like to remember him in his prime then starring in a No.3 movie.

They also approached Wesley Snipes.

There's the 3rd movie plot right there!

Break Wesley out of jail!!!

Ugh... Only films I remember Snipes from are the Blade films and his acting in those makes Keanu Reeves look talented.

Originally posted by ares834
Ugh... Only films I remember Snipes from are the Blade films and his acting in those makes Keanu Reeves look talented.

It's not like the first 2 movies are filled with Oscar winning actors.

I only saw the first Blade and stopped watching the series because I didn't care for it either. But Snipes did have some fun movies before that. I enjoyed King of New York, Passenger 57, Demolition Man, The Fan, and US Marshalls (spin off of The Fugitive).

Originally posted by ares834
Ugh... Only films I remember Snipes from are the Blade films and his acting in those makes Keanu Reeves look talented.

I like to see Keanu Reeves do better being a badass vampire hunter.

The first Expendables was cheesy fun that derived from 80's and 90's action films. Nothing more.

Anyone who says other wise is deluded. These films are a love letter for fans of said films.

I want to see Hulk Hogan, Wesley Snipes, and Michael Jai White for the third film!

Originally posted by Kazenji
I like to see Keanu Reeves do better being a badass vampire hunter.

Keanu & badass in the same sentence...that's hilarious.

Originally posted by Kazenji
I like to see Keanu Reeves do better being a badass vampire hunter.

weren't they suppose to make a new Constantine 2 movie?

Originally posted by Impediment
The first Expendables was cheesy fun that derived from 80's and 90's action films. Nothing more.

Anyone who says other wise is deluded. These films are a love letter for fans of said films.

I want to see Hulk Hogan, Wesley Snipes, and Michael Jai White for the third film!

All I expexted from the movie were the following:

1. Testosterone ridden heroes
2. Explosions
3. Bigger explosions.

It delivered.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Keanu & badass in the same sentence...that's hilarious.

Exactly


Wesley Snipes did a fine job as Blade.

Originally posted by Kazenji
Exactly


Wesley Snipes did a fine job as Blade.

Sorry, I juz realised you meant that as sarcasm.

Yeah Snipes did fine as Blade.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Sorry, I juz realised you meant that as sarcasm.

Yeah Snipes did fine as Blade.

He did a fine job putting on a dress too.

http://image.ohozaa.com.nyud.net/i/db8/noxema05.jpg

Blade: Trinity was the best one I think... more action, more backstory..

Is that a shot of Wesley in prison?

And now someone's horny.

Originally posted by Impediment
The first Expendables was cheesy fun that derived from 80's and 90's action films. Nothing more.

Anyone who says other wise is deluded. These films are a love letter for fans of said films.

I want to see Hulk Hogan, Wesley Snipes, and Michael Jai White for the third film!

Still, it could have used a good script at least. This was like the Avengers of actions movies yet the story was terrible. It's like Stallone was like, "hey, let's bring together the top action stars ever and throw in a bad script." Um yeah, we both know it wasn't his intent but he could've tried harder for a better script. I know they're all old but I doubt any of them would've died before a decent script came along. Such a great cast, such a terrible script. If they loved their fans, they'd remember how awesome Rambo, Delta Force, Blood Spot, Transporter, Demolition Man, etc. were. They weren't Oscar material but they were good action flicks with solid stories.

I would say the inclusion of Stone Cold, Terry Crews, and Coulture wasn't necessary. Aside from muscled up and being in a few movies, none of these are true actions heroes of the 80s and 90s. I don't care how badass these guys are, they're not actions heroes. They have a good cast without these guys. Adding them just took away onscreen time from the true action heroes. Stallone should've saved these guys for Expendables 4 or 5 when nobody cares or made all three bad guys.

You don't want Terry Crews? Shame on you, sir. That man is gold.

Seeing #2 on sunday; can't wait.

Originally posted by -Pr-
You don't want Terry Crews? Shame on you, sir. That man is gold.

Seeing #2 on sunday; can't wait.

He's not a true action story. I see him enough in Everybody Hates Chris and those Old Spice commercials.

I want to see the Expendables cast in a Predator movie.

why so u can watch them die??

Originally posted by Impediment
The first Expendables was cheesy fun that derived from 80's and 90's action films. Nothing more.

Anyone who says other wise is deluded. These films are a love letter for fans of said films.

I want to see Hulk Hogan, Wesley Snipes, and Michael Jai White for the third film!


Nic Cage has been confirmed.. Snipes after his prison term is up.. also director wants Clint Eastwood

Originally posted by rudester
why so u can watch them die??

Part of what made the 1st Predator so awesome was that it was taking out all these huge buff bad ass guys. Now if Predator was killing guys of this stature, then it would seem even more bad ass.

Originally posted by BruceSkywalker
Snipes after his prison term is up..


Like I mentioned previously, they could base the 3rd movie on busting Snipes outta jail.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Like I mentioned previously, they could base the 3rd movie on busting Snipes outta jail.


lol

Expendables 3: Black Man On The Run

Originally posted by Impediment
I want to see Hulk Hogan, Wesley Snipes, and Michael Jai White for the third film!

Wesley Snipes AND Michael Jai White?

*takes a bow then proceeds to clap*

The first one BLEW!!! This one better be WAY more entertaining..

I think they could add a decent female or 2 as well. Sigourney Weaver comes to mind.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
The first one BLEW!!! This one better be WAY more entertaining..

Yeah I didn't think much of the 1st...however I did find myself having respect for Stallone writing, directing & acting, not to mention having to juggle every one's ego & giving them screen time.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Expendables 3: Black Man On The Run

Sorry to burst your orgasm but this is already a movie. Give you a hint, ICE-T

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gsUALeZML10/SOrX9NKe_tI/AAAAAAAAEkY/RoESPLrpYt8/s400/untitled.JPG

Yeah that was a good movie with a good cast.

I just like being controversial by saying "Black Man" on the internet.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Yeah that was a good movie with a good cast.

I just like being controversial by saying "Black Man" on the internet.

Black men are not really black anymore their more like brown..or what I like to use the coin of phrase coffee coloured but thats an an entirely different topic..

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Yeah I didn't think much of the 1st...however I did find myself having respect for Stallone writing, directing & acting, not to mention having to juggle every one's ego & giving them screen time.
Couldn't agree more. Sadly I don't think Stallone gets enough credit for that. At least here.

Will try to see this movie after my shift tomorrow depending on what its earliest available playtime is for me after midnight.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
Expendables 3: Black Man Didn't Pay His Taxes

Apparently this movie isn't being shown to critics.

Gee, I wonder why that could be.

Critics are nerds.

Originally posted by rudester
Sorry to burst your orgasm but this is already a movie. Give you a hint, ICE-T

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gsUALeZML10/SOrX9NKe_tI/AAAAAAAAEkY/RoESPLrpYt8/s400/untitled.JPG

As usual, Jean-Claude Van Damme did it first and did it better.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5c/HardTarget_1993_poster.jpg/220px-HardTarget_1993_poster.jpg

Originally posted by Nephthys
Apparently this movie isn't being shown to critics.

Gee, I wonder why that could be.


won't matter.. im sure this will be a success

I'm not a man who exaggerates, as you all know. My statements are literal, tend to be based upon fact, etc. I don't much around.

That being said- saw this today. It is the greatest movie ever made.

I saw it a few hours ago.

So. Much. Awesome.

I can't count how many times I did that guy laugh where you see someone get blown the **** up and it amuses you.

IKR?

Wasn't sure I would like this one too much at first after my "Meh, it was alright" reaction to the first Expendables, but man, this sequel did everything better, and then some. Can't even think of a few or couple things I didn't like about it off the top of my head like I could with the first one.

Chuck's line about the cobra just felt so.. right for that part of the movie, which is funny because at any other time a line like that would no longer produce the kind of laughter I heard in the theater. haermm And Bruce Willis going "No Arnold, you've been back too many times" was equally funneh.

Definitely need to see this again sometime.

edit: Almost forgot to put spoiler tag.

There's been a bomb threat for a showing of this movie

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/bomb-threat-showings-expendables-2-prompts-police-response-52526

... Are these kind of things at the movies just becoming a fad now? Whelp, I might need to find a new place to work then, but really..

All-Female THE EXPENDABLES in the Works

http://collider.com/expendables-female-cast/189838/

remind me to sit this one out.

Originally posted by Kazenji
All-Female THE EXPENDABLES in the Works

http://collider.com/expendables-female-cast/189838/
Eh... I guess a chick flick ripoffversion of the Expendables may at least make some feminists happy or somethin'. Either way, I would be wow'd if most of those mentioned actresses were actually part of the cast for it.

Originally posted by Kazenji
All-Female THE EXPENDABLES in the Works

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Hairy armpits & a montage of castration to the soundtrack of KD Lang.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Eh... I guess a chick flick ripoffversion of the Expendables may at least make some feminists happy or somethin'. Either way, I would be wow'd if most of those mentioned actresses were actually part of the cast for it.

I can see Milla doing it

and yeah as it says for Uma hopefully all that Kill Bill training hasn't gone to waste if they do decide to get her onboard.

It would just be weird seeing Milla Jovovich alongside Linda Hamilton and others of the like. But whatever they were to come up with, I currently have my doubts that it'll hold a candle to Expendables 2.

I'd rather they just take 3 of those women and add them to the cast of Expendables 3. Give me Weaver, Hamilton, and Jovovich and call it good.

Does hamilton even make movies?

Mostly Cameo's on tv shows going by IMDB.

Originally posted by Zack Fair
Does hamilton even make movies?
Who cares, she's Sarah Connor.

Originally posted by Myth
I'd rather they just take 3 of those women and add them to the cast of Expendables 3. Give me Weaver, Hamilton, and Jovovich and call it good.

They should also get Cynthia Rothrock too.

I just thought it was worth the price of admission alone seeing Arnold, Willis, and Norris on the screen at the same time.

Movie was pretty bad. The awesome is the cast itself. Terry Crews and Couture were again unnecessary. Sucks that they couldn't have a better script and director. So much potential. Still, the oldies still shine on the big screen. Van Dame made an excellent villain compared to the first movie's set of villains.

What was wrong with the script and the directing?

I liked Van Dame's villain character in this movie better than any of the heroes he played before. lolguile

He came out recently, he had an affair with Kylie Minogue.

The one who played Cammy? Yeah, heard about that. Still not sure what to think of it.

The movie was awesome. I didn't like the first one, but Expendables 2: it was teh win.

What I liked:
- Chuck Norris = Cameo of the YEAR. He was pure GOLD.
- JCVD was awesome as a villain.
- Dolph was great.
- I watched A LOT of movies in my life, and Holy Shit, the first 10 minutes was without a doubt the most violent first 10 minutes I've ever saw. Hands down. I love when a movie go over the top, and they did.

What I didn't like:
- Arnold one-liners sucked.
- Jet Li got what? One scene?

Yeah, I was wondering what the heck happened to Jet Li's character after the beginning bit.

And Arnold's one-liners were pretty much all he needed for this film at least IMO.

This is what the first movie should have been. Was a lot of fun. Van Dame was great as the villain.

Agreed about Jet Li disappearing, that was too bad.

Originally posted by -Pr-
What was wrong with the script and the directing?

- Not sure what Chuck was doing in the middle of no where.
- Arnold just comes out of nowhere to assist.
- Dolph came off looking like an idiot. He's a great action star so it's irritating to have him play the "crazy" while Terry Crews and Couture mocked him. He was great playing what was given, but it was just annoying watching him playing such a character.
- Action sequence. Lots of death and ways to die but no substance. It looked cool for a bit but none of their adversaries were credible except Van Damme. More or less it was mainly how many ways can the canon fodders die. It got incredibly dull. There was no true challenge. And which Expendable really got hurt? The Magnificent Seven had a great cast too but none of them were made out to be invincible. Action stars aren't suppose to get hurt but when you have like 7-8 guys killing dozens without so much a scratch against hails of bullets, it just becomes sad when you realize they weren't in any true danger.
- Cheesy love story. Not sure why the kid's love story was even needed. It's screen time that could have been devoted to other parts of the movie. Maggy and Barney's romance was all that was needed. They developed that really well.
- Jet Li leaving while Crew and Couture remained in the movie. WTH? Seriously? Li is a true action star and he doesn't get to stick around? lol
- Quentin Tarantino or Robert Rodriguez would have made this movie pure gold. *sigh*

...You do know that most of it was intentional, in terms of writing and directing? The movie intentionally lampoons 80s action movies, it just does it with more explosions than jokes.

Originally posted by -Pr-
...You do know that most of it was intentional, in terms of writing and directing? The movie intentionally lampoons 80s action movies, it just does it with more explosions than jokes.

I knew part of it was intentional but not all of it. What could have been a great movie turned into a side show. If they wanted to make a satire out of it, they should've left it to the Wayne brothers. Even the 80s heroes took some serious beatings. And the stories were solid. This was just sad. They wise crackers and suck wasn't the problem I had. It's mainly they all seemed invincible. Aside from Stallone, I don't recall any of the others getting harmed (kid not included). They have a great cast and they decide to go and make "Not Another 80s Action Movie".

Originally posted by WhiteWitchKing
I knew part of it was intentional but not all of it. What could have been a great movie turned into a side show. If they wanted to make a satire out of it, they should've left it to the Wayne brothers. Even the 80s heroes took some serious beatings. And the stories were solid. This was just sad. They wise crackers and suck wasn't the problem I had. It's mainly they all seemed invincible. Aside from Stallone, I don't recall any of the others getting harmed (kid not included). They have a great cast and they decide to go and make "Not Another 80s Action Movie".

The entire thing is meant to be a cheesy throwback to eighties action movies, with invincible protagonists, bad one liners and gratuitous violence.

The movie isn't meant to be taken seriously in the slightest.

Pretty interesting most of these actor's ethnic backgrounds. A very diverse group of action stars.

Barney Ross - Italy
Lee Christmas - England
Yin Yang - China
Trench - Austria
Gunnar - Sweden
Booker - U.S.A
Jean Vilain - Belgium
Church - U.S.A
Maggie - China

Found this.

http://img2-1.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/08/14/8bit/EXPENDABLES2.png

Hmmmmm...Yu Nan as Chun-Li?
Jet Li as M. Bison? lol
Terry Crews as Balrog?
Couture as Zangief.
Van Damme as Guile once again.
Stathman as Ken?
Stallone as Ryu.
Willis as Sagat.
Arnold as Blanka (he's got the hair for it).

Special appearance by Steven Seagal as Dan!
http://www.viciojuegos.com/img/reportajes/504/dan-seagal-hibiki.jpg

Just got back from watching this. Had its moments ,but I thought the first one was much better.


I did really like JCVD as the villain but he could have been used better.

The Dream Team!

Saw it a couple weeks ago.

I had to dump my popcorn out so I wouldn't cum all over the floor.

no homo

Read for that proposed female all cast Expendables, Katee Sackhoff has joined up with it.

Expandable-2 was a Hoolywood action movie. It is better then part-1 and it was released 3rd week of August 2012.

Originally posted by -Pr-
The entire thing is meant to be a cheesy throwback to eighties action movies, with invincible protagonists, bad one liners and gratuitous violence.

The movie isn't meant to be taken seriously in the slightest. The point went way over his head

Bruce Willis with his bold head ...awesome

Expendables 2 is kick-ass action for movie fans. Its nice to see our old action hero again.

just saw this at the $2 cinema last night.. i enjoyed it, wife enjoyed it.. the movie was better than the first, imo..

Stallone confirms Nicolas Cage for the 3rd movie & hoping to include both Harrison Ford and Wesley Snipes

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=69667

Nice. I hope Chuck will be back but I kinda doubt it.

I want more, not less!

Not as good as the first, IMHO. Too short for my liking, could have done with an extra 15 mins or so. Not enough Jet Li as well.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
Nice. I hope Chuck will be back but I kinda doubt it.

I heard he already said he won't be back for the 3rd one.

That Nicolas Cage news turns out to be false.

how about just giving jet li more f*cking screen time..