We've heard that Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis seem to share your conservative views. Did you have any opportunity to talk about politics with your co-stars? What do they think about the 2012 elections?
Chuck Norris: The only thing on our mind was how to make The Expendables 2 the best it could be.
Was it interesting for you to act with other famous action stars?
Chuck Norris: Working with all these guys couldn't have been better. I've known Arnold since the 60s, Van Damme since the 70s, and Willis and Sly since the 80s.
Will this be a classic for the ages?
Chuck Norris: Once you put all the action legends together, the film should become a classic in its own right.
Did any funny stories happen while filming the film?
Chuck Norris: “Sly told me: Nowadays there are a lot of “facts about Chuck Norris”, why not insert some?” My wife Jena said, “I have one that will be perfect.” He's really funny, but you'll have to watch the movie to find out...
What was your reaction to the final edited version?
Chuck Norris: I haven't watched it yet. But I heard great reviews after watching it.
What is the overall concept of the film?
Chuck Norris: Legendary heroes defeat villains.
You are 72 years old. How do you manage to act in action films?
Chuck Norris: Because I'm 39 years old with 33 years of experience.
Just like you, some of your fellow co-stars, including Randy Couture and Jet Li, are actual martial arts practitioners. Have you ever sparred with any of them?
Chuck Norris: We were too busy working.
What's your favorite scene in this film?
Chuck Norris: There are too many to remember. There is plenty of action in the film (I love action) and the film will keep you in your seat until the end of the viewing.
Why did you turn down the invitation to star in the first “The Expendables”?
Chuck Norris: I wasn't offered a role in the first Expendables, but in The Expendables 2 I'm a guest star.
Source: wnd.com
Translation: EvilDollaR
Thanks for the link Celpaso
The film has the same impressions. Sucks. Then I’ll look at the original again... Maybe. But these cabbage jokes were annoying. The main emphasis was on them, but on a good script, etc. hammered the bolt.
I'm rolling with laughter
No ne zabivajte 4to JET training Morskih Kotikov pri Klintone!!!!!!!!!!
By the way, next year a new action movie, “First Shot,” is coming out with Chuck. But there is no information about him yet
Chuck said he won't be doing The Expendables 3.
Exactly, Stahelski, the stunt coordinator, I remember once writing that the parents of the deceased stuntman sued him.
1) They say you were bitten by a king cobra?
- Yes it is. But after long days of suffering and torment... she died.
It seems like everything (Chuck’s appearance was perfectly arranged and I...people in the hall began to clap for Chuck)
2) No. He was filming with a severe knee injury, and he said he could do 50% of his maximum, although that was enough to show off some cool shots.
3) Scott talked about Chad Stahelski - choreographer. In IMDB he is listed as a stunt coordinator, and Tai is listed as a fight director.
Thanks for the reviews. I haven’t watched it myself, but the following is interesting:
1. What exactly were the “facts” about Chuck? Ditched in the dubbing, I suppose.
2. Adkins "Guyver" hit?
The fight choreographer was apparently Thai Don Thai (Don Thai, Donald Theerathada, Donald Panutat) from Jackie Chan's team.
Most often they write on the Internet that Jet refused to participate in the second part at all, but he was persuaded to almost do a cameo. And Donnie Yen was actually called to replace Lee. Someone wrote that Lee has hyperthyroidism, and the disease prevented him from filming.
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I think this is Chuck's doing =) I wonder where Jet went, his busy schedule in other films? or after Donnie’s refusal, Jet’s role was cut out in a brazen manner, although if he had run after him along with the others there would have been nothing wrong, because the Chinese woman did just that, an absolutely meaningless role, not to mention the fact that at the end of the film she also joined the ranks of the invulnerable and was naughty packs of enemies.
And by the way, not everyone sat in the hall with reverent faces. Many people sat with sour ones. By the way, the electricity in the cinema went out, and the whole theater went dark at the moment when the heroes were sitting in a tavern after saving the Chinese billionaire)))) The show was interrupted for about 25 minutes. There was a sign from above for me: go home)))
Ravenside I remember when Adkins performed his signature blow (which turned out to be the only interesting moment) in that scene and this blow was shown from behind his back, as a result, nothing could be made out, I almost shouted “why the hell are you doing this!!! " Eh Sly, okay West, but where were you looking?!
One of my friends said that they say, well, you understand that the point is not in the film, but in this cool hodgepodge, etc., etc.
I say: ok, but do you understand that we were “played”? That we could just gather them all in some “ProjectorParisHilton” and sit and troll? After all, these guys didn’t even try.
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Well, at first it was fun, but then it started...
I won’t lie, I also smiled a couple of times and cheered up in the auditorium, but about a couple of times, no more. But when all these rabbits out of hats started happening every minute, I thought - trouble)))
Ravenside wow, thank God I'm not the only one, because from the reaction of those present in the cinema, everyone was delighted and laughed at every joke and I again felt out of place, like when watching a modern KVN where everyone seems to be laughing, but what Damn I'm not laughing. As for the review, they are really identical, only yours is more open, but everything is in place.
Lindolion welcome!, you exactly repeat my review of the film, which, by the way, was not missed on the film search.
ATTENTION! There are spoilers in the text!!
The precedent is brighter than the movie.
1) Plot. He's weak. Its weakness is not that it is particularly old-school or even banal. If it were old school, it might even be good; it would preserve the aesthetics of the film itself: old nostalgic action heroes, an old school, familiar plot in which they look organically. No, that's not the point. In this case, there is actually no script, there is a totality, a set of scenes, edited together, but with numerous illogicalities. Firstly, all the characters unexpectedly appear and disappear into the frame. All, perhaps with the exception of Citizen Sylvester, whose stretched, sad face is given almost 70% of the screen time, but more on that later. Now directly on the David Copperfields and the crown disappearances. Unexpectedly, Schwarzenegger appears at the beginning of the film and just as quickly disappears. After about a 20 minute segment, Jet Li disappears and never appears. The reason for this is almost never stated in the film. Surprisingly, the team already has newcomer Hemsworth. Van Damme unexpectedly appears from the bushes and fog, and then disappears into the fog. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the action, Statham, sent to repair the truck, drops out of the action, suddenly appearing on the repaired car. But his loss is more than compensated for by the unexpected appearance of Chuck Norris and the equally rapid disappearance. Oh well, then he will appear again out of nowhere. Then... yes, that's not all, Schwarzenegger, Willis and Norris unexpectedly join the final battle again. Their appearance, of course, is due only to the coolness of their figures and a nostalgic flair, but only the appearance of Willis is partially played out in the plot (they say, he has the guts to actually shoot). They would all like black leggings, a raincoat and a mask with ears for all these appearances from the fog.
2) Logic. What is the motivation of Van Damme's character? He dropped a phrase there that, they say, he needs money, he loves it with all his soul, that’s why he wants to sell plutonium. We understood this. Money is good. Silva ple, that is. But tell me, why does he kill Hemsworth’s hero Little Billy, and even in front of the entire team, who stand and lie there rooted to the spot? The idea apparently was this: to show him, Van Damme, as absolute evil, a cold-blooded, unprincipled killer (he later orders the death of all the poor workers in the mine), a killer without moral principles, the total antagonist of Sylvester. Clear. We understood this. Then why tell me to leave the rest of the Expendables team alive??? So that they would come in a vengeful rage, prevent him from selling the plutonium, and kill him? Well, that's what happened. Actually killed. Is he crazy, this Jean Vilain??
Will he tell me why only two people, Crews and Sylvester, held this deadly door on the plane when they have at least 2 other people smoking outside?? If they were on a roll, then one was enough.
3) Drama and text. Hemsworth's monologue on the plane about his comrades killed in the war and, oh horror! about the dog killed by the commander, which little Billy tamed - this is not only not touching, because it is some kind of wildest parody of such things, but also a catastrophically poorly played scene.
Well, all these: “Fight like a man, kill me like a man!” Arrr… Well, you understand….
Humor in the film. There are some very good points. Funny. Then exploitation begins. When the number of jokes about Norris, the lone wolf, memes and facts about Chuck, the Terminator, I'll be back, Sylvester's ring, etc., etc. goes beyond the bounds of common sense, then the reality of what is happening is lost. Fully. Maybe our dubbing did a good job. But the film simply turns into a “Two Stars” show (in this case a little more), into a parody, into a skit that kills the story that is shown on the screen.
4) Sylvester. There is so much of it that at the 32nd minute I wanted to scream: Go away! He worries more than anyone about Little Billy, he smokes the most on screen, he constantly jokes about Christmas’s personal life, he has a delicate relationship with a woman, he looks thoughtfully into the distance, there is a lot of him, but at the same time he looks the worst. Lundgren, a stately, handsome guy, was completely lost, I almost didn’t notice Couture, Statham received an honorable second place.
5) Action. Everything is fine with him, except when it comes to fights. Why was Adkins needed, who convincingly kneads Statham on the screen, but the latter is again unexpected!! So, well, all of a sudden he begins to win and tears off the enemy’s head with a propeller. Then the whole thing will be released on DVD, I will carefully look for this turning point. Same thing Sylvester - Van Damme. There is no dramaturgy of the battle, everything is crumpled, without tension, JCVD almost does not manifest itself. Pichal.
6) Pros: ZhKVD and his costume designer. Jet Li's opening fight. A few jokes. Good looking Norris. Almost non-irritating Lundgren and Statham. A shot where Sylvester, Arnold and Bruce are in the same frame with machine guns. And nostalgia, which is in no way created by the film itself, but created by the fact of it. A precedent.
I expected more. I wanted not only to see the characters together, but also to watch a good film. But no.
ATTENTION!!! This post contains spoilers for The Expendables 2.
Just watched The Expendables 2. and decided to share my impressions with you. I was looking forward to the film like everyone who grew up watching action films at the end of the last century. I will say this, I only liked the first half hour of the picture and then it got worse and worse, and ended in complete disappointment. After the first part, I understood what concept the main helmsman of this franchise, Sly, adheres to. And again I step on the same rake, although no one knows who else is stepping on it. What I will introduce is that Sly knows how to shoot bright, spectacular shooting, but as for the hand-to-hand part, he is a complete layman. Yes, he made Rocky, but why the hell then he again spits in the face of everyone who, in addition to shooting, also expects a high-quality massacre from the film, and the senseless shooting is only enough for the first half and then begins to frankly irritate. The question arises: why invite again such masters of their craft as Adkins (in the past it was Daniels and Lee) if his potential remains untapped. The fight between Adkinson and Statham was terrible, but the final fight between Sly and Van Damme was even worse. In general, I don’t even want to retell them. The plot of the film is worse than in the first part, it’s complete nonsense, what was going on there, yes, I take into account that the plot in such films is not the main thing and not even the second thing, but when every half hour in the form of a superman rescuer, it’s not clear from where either Schwartz, Norris or Willis appears , this is frankly starting to infuriate. Why the hell is it so mediocre to use such cult personalities, is it really impossible to write more or less watchable scripts where there is room for at least some logic. I understand that for someone all this tinsel may be enough, but not for me. If at the beginning of the film, the heroes somehow tried to hide from a shooting helicopter or tank, then at the end you see that all sorts of batmen and spiders are standing on the sidelines because they do not have homing bullets and an aura of invulnerability like the heroes of this picture. I'm glad that Donnie and Jackie didn't star in this film, there really was no place for them, the film left more disappointments than positive impressions. Everything was in the hands of the creators, but they didn’t cope with their task, it’s a shame.
Jvr™ we wrote about Jackie and Benny together there.))
In the case of “fighters,” I am categorical only because many make a conclusion about a person only from his interview or by watching a film. This is not true. When they write that “Donnie took part in underground battles,” I would like to ask where this information comes from? You never know what the proud Donnie will say about himself. That's what I meant. When a person confirms information about himself with some verified facts and earns the status of a professional, you can always rely on this. Otherwise, the conversation turns out to be a little unfounded. And the fact that a person can be a fighter without participating in official championships, then of course you are right, I agree.
About "The Expendables 2". Not only did I want to feel nostalgic, but I also wanted to watch a good movie. But the film is essentially stupid)) And 70% of the screen time is devoted to the sad face of citizen Sylvester, from which my gums began to itch and my cheekbones cramped.
Jvr™, I'm skeptical of traditional styles. From everything I have seen, and I have seen a lot, all representatives of traditional martial arts put on gloves and begin to box. They usually look like bad boxers. Where is everything they learn?
It turns out that in the hall they have one thing, in the ring another, and on the street, hell knows what.
I am deeply convinced that in order to be able to apply something like tai chi, bagua, xinyi, you need to practice for twenty years. From your words, I see that you have been practicing for a long time and if you really applied it, then what you were taught means you didn’t waste your time. But in order to be able to fight, in addition to wushu, you need to have a good base in boxing and wrestling. It's my personal opinion.
I also saw the movie - just sweet nostalgia! =)))
these faces, voices, phrases... and there are still people in uniform!
If you've known the cast since childhood, go see The Expendables 2 - you won't regret it!
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You know - he sparred. And even took part in competitions. And he even won! I used almost everything from the style (well, except for the use of strikes prohibited by the competition rules and grabs/breaks) that I learned from my coach. Any other questions?
Regarding Sammo Hungg: well, it’s a well-known story, if you say that, then you can’t trust anyone, not even yourself. ;)
To follow up: the direction that I practiced and continue to practice is replete with blows to those places that are usually called painful points... And grabs/breaks, what is called tsinna... And I also checked this - Kazan, mid-90s, Gopniks... You know - it works!
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I wasn’t talking about on-screen fighting qualities, I was saying that no one knows what fighting qualities a person who has not participated in championships can have. And he gave a couple of examples. Moreover, even if a person has some knowledge in the field of fighting, we can already talk about him as a fighter, another question is what kind of fighter he is. That's what I meant.
You can’t be so categorical: only black or white. Either he knows how to “fight” and confirms his qualities at championships or nothing.
As for comparing the fighting qualities of such people as Jackie Chan and Benny Urquidez, I have already written a lot, and not in Jackie’s favor. So I don't quite understand what you want to say!
PS I watched "The Expendables 2" in the cinema - the film amused me with humorous dialogues with references to old films/characters, etc. and was very pleased with the battles. Although the fights between Adkins and Statham (and JKVD and Stallone) could have been more interesting and longer.
Jvr™, you don't have to be a certified plumber to fix a faucet. But I meant in the context of the conversation: the presence of fighting qualities is confirmed not in interviews, but in practice. Don’t confuse screen fighters with real fighters; you understand perfectly well that the ability to hit on screen and in real life or in the ring are two different things. Therefore, not all professional fighters are good at movies and vice versa, and we have already discussed this in one of the topics. What I’m saying is that Donny, Jet or even Jackie, in my humble opinion, are not good examples when we are talking about fighters who have a lot of practical experience in fights (possibly only in some kind of personal street life). They can be first-class choreographers, acrobats, they can have refined technique, extreme speed, endurance and other qualities. But to put it bluntly, that doesn't make them Benny Urquidez, Joe Lewis or Buzz Rutten. Their job is to make art.
PS: Just saw The Expendables 2 in the cinema. I expected more.
Have you sparred with Sanda representatives? Have you been able to apply much of the Wushu styles?
Have you seen this yourself?
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Well, you don’t have to participate in championships to be a fighter. ;) Another question is that this is a prerequisite for others to know. :)
to Elvin
Well, actually it’s not stupid, because... Practitioners of sports wushu must undergo a section called Duilian. Although this is conditioned sparring, it nevertheless provides combat practice, maybe not the most realistic, but still. I can confirm this, because... I sparred with representatives of sports wushu myself.
PS Take Sammo Hungg - he didn’t participate anywhere, but there was a case when he scattered three hooligans. :)
oh, this is a trololo)) My kung fu is longer than yours..)) You understand that any achievements are supported by facts. In our case, we are interested in fighting championships (it doesn’t matter what the rules are: semi-contact or contact). Officially, neither Jet nor Donnie had anything to do with this. If there is evidence to the contrary, provide links to some reliable sources, but not to interviews. If we take The Expendables 2 as an example, then only Norris, Lundgren, Couture and Van Damme (if you believe more or less reliable sources about JCVD) are directly related to such championships.
Ah, well, yes) mixed up)
It was Celpaso who spoke, not Dave.
It has begun... Whose kung fu is better))))
But seriously, Dear Dave explained everything correctly. Wushu-taolu is something like rhythmic gymnastics, and therefore calling representatives of this type of wushu fighters is not only incorrect, but stupid!!!
As for Donnie Yen, even if he knows how to do something, it’s due to the fact that when he lived in America (as far as I know) he was involved in boxing and taekwondo. In addition, his relatively recent MMA training has greatly advanced him.
If this is really the case, then everything is very bad.
That’s right, Jet Li was a champion in sports wushu, not sanda (sanshou), but precisely what is sometimes called wushu-taolu, i.e. demonstration performances. Although I still wouldn’t say that he doesn’t know what sparring is. ;) Despite this, Jet studied with great teachers, for example, Wu Tunan or Li Ziming - those who will no longer be able to gain knowledge.
PS One of Sui Yongjian’s students (his name is Victor), one of Li Ziming’s personal students (Baguazhang), lives in our suburb. So, when I started studying this direction, I somehow found myself in one situation, after which I would not want to spar with him. And this despite the fact that I spent about 8 years studying and practicing one of the most martial styles of wushu - duanquan.
People...Jet never fought (at least in competitions), he was a champion in wushu-taolu (these are sports complexes that are closer to gymnastics than to martial arts). Therefore, calling him invincible (BY FIGHTS) is not true. And because in sports styles, in 99% of cases, if you practice performing in taolu, then you do not perform in sanda (kumite - fights), respectively, taoulists and sandaists have different training methods and the former do not need nafik sparring.
Yes, it seems that he himself openly said that he had never fought...dig into his interview.
JOHNSON read the biography of Jet Li and watch the documentary film in which Shaolin temple he grew up and trained, or remember the old films about Shaolin monks, so Jet was the best of the best and for a long time in China, he was invincible until the state itself did not take on him and promoted him to the cinema as a hero of the country. What about others?? It was easier for them, I think. As for Donny, he was heaven compared to Lee. (He was trained by Wushu's mother in her own school in the states). It’s pointless to continue; it’s easier to delve into the dossier. There are people who trained all their lives, and there are others for whom martial art was their life and they saw nothing more than that. and not always of their own free will. I have listed them.
I think that such fighters as: Adkins, Jay White, Dacascos, Norris, Snipes.....are no worse than Jet. And Donnie generally took part in illegal underground fights in his youth. So you can compare endlessly.
But don't forget about the great Bruce Lee
How do you manage to understand each other...
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Celpaso Jet went through such a combat school that you could never even dream of it; out of this whole bunch and in cinema in general, only Seagal and the Legendary Trinity (Chan Hungg Biao) can be compared with him.
I wonder how you know about this, think he never participated in sparring, well then prove it.
Yesterday I went to the cinema twice: first at a press screening and in the evening at a special screening. The first time I was so lucky, and even for such a film)
Sanan, have you already gone to the cinema twice or downloaded it from somewhere?)
And while Chake is once again conquering cinema screens, Donny...eh...is having a lot of fun! The dude became interested in flying in a wind tunnel. :)
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I managed to watch the film twice already) Jet looked very cool in the film, even if he was a little bit of him. I liked the fight scene with him
He meant: "Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kick"
Evil, what did you mean by UCHNNsR?
Only Jet probably himself... has no idea what sparring is =)
I can't wait to see this movie in the theater on Saturday. :)
He's not joking, apparently. I was just wrong for a couple of years.
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I meant UCHNNsR. :) I’d better not say anything about sparring with Jet Li.
Knows Van Damme from the 70s? and Arnie from 60? he's joking =)
72 years old and looks like a cucumber. Chuck certainly brightened up the film.
And the real reason is that at 72 years old you are unlikely to be able to spar with, say, Scott Adkins or Jet Li.
But we know the real reason... ;)