The Expendables 3

"The 3rd instalment of this testosterone-heavy franchise improves on its predecessor in at least one way: it capitalizes on its stunt casting, giving Gibson, Ford, Snipes and Grammer actual roles to play. Their screen time is brief, sure, but after all the guests in part 2 were seemingly pushed into shot, handed a gun and told to wing it, it's nice to see them get some stuff to do in this one."

"This is the sort of numbskull non-entertainment that considers it worthwhile to fly in a martial-arts superstar like Jet Li and have him sit around firing a machine gun, pausing every so often to deliver the most awkward line readings of his career."

"Marks a sizeable improvement on the first two outings."

"Thank the gods of war for Antonio Banderas, who single-handedly steals (and almost saves) the show as a loquacious assassin."

"[A] blundering jackhammer of a film."

"[Lacks] imagination, sticking to a conventional action style that is more about the quantity of explosions than nuances of execution."

"Has its cake and shoots it: armed to the nipples with vast action and bulging A-listers, but over-over-blown and overcrowded. See it for Gibson's big-bad."