{"id":4008,"date":"2010-02-10T22:10:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T02:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2021-03-17T15:10:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:10:24","slug":"the-expendables-test-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"The Expendables Test Screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/imgs\/news\/2009\/june\/060509expendable.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ok, the <strong>reviews<\/strong> for a <strong>test screening<\/strong> of <em><strong>The Expendables<\/strong><\/em> have started appearing on-line. Most have been <strong>overwhelmingly positive<\/strong>. Here are some examples of comments posted with links so you can read the full review:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ethelmae.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/10\/now-that-ive-seen-the-expendables\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ethelmae<\/strong><\/a> said: :&#8230; <strong>THE ACTION IS C R A Z Y!!!<\/strong>&#8230; <strong>Mickey Rourke<\/strong> steals every scene he is in &#8230; <strong>Sly <\/strong>and<strong> Jason Statham<\/strong> create an on screen chemistry we haven\u2019t seen in many a moon&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sir Steve<\/strong> said:&#8230; We all knew this film had the <strong>greatest action stars of all time<\/strong> in one film together&#8230; <strong>Stallone<\/strong> has written a script that gives plenty of bits to every <strong>Expendable<\/strong>&#8230; <strong>Stallone <\/strong>\u2014 He\u2019s in virtually every scene as the ringleader, but I was impressed by how he kind of hangs back and lets all of these other great action stars play out their roles&#8230; I was cheering and pumping my fists with the rest of the crowd.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aintitcool.com\/node\/43941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Recruiter<\/strong><\/a> said:&#8230; <strong>Two standout action scenes<\/strong> are also worth mentioning: The first was a pier full of baddies getting blown to bits as the result of some creative airplane flying from <strong>Stallone<\/strong> and <strong>Statham<\/strong>, and the other is the ending siege on the standard issue bad guy fortress\u2026The last \u201cgood\u201d item I\u2019ll mention is the hyped cameos from <strong>Bruce Willis<\/strong> and the <strong>Governator<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sly<\/strong> even had some thoughts on the <strong>test screening<\/strong> that he discussed with <strong>Harry<\/strong> at <strong>AICN<\/strong> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aintitcool.com\/node\/43943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>you can read &#8217;em here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok, the reviews for a test screening of The Expendables have started appearing on-line. 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