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Another Subdued, Minimalistic Expendables 2 Poster

10 Jul

The Expendables 2 - Comic Con Poster - Top Slice

We’re now just a few weeks away from the release of Simon West’s action extravaganza The Expendables 2. In preparation for the film’s panel at Comic-Con and to whet our appetites a bit more, we’ve been treated to another poster that showcases the subtlety and dramatic heft that we can expect from such a demure and muted film.

Expendables 2 - Comic Con PosterWhich of course is all bollocks. It’s just lots of MEN with big FUCKING muscles and big FUCKING guns.

It’s difficult not to admire the way Expendables 2 has been marketed. It seems that every poster and clip they have released is just an attempt to break their own record for most guns in a bit of promotional material. The film is obviously hoping to fly through the box office on testosterone alone and on the strength of this promotional material, it’s difficult to fault that strategy at all.

As much fun as this poster is, there are so many Photoshop crimes involved that I’m not even going to start criticising them. Maybe it’s deliberate that we have no idea where arms end and guns begin or maybe they just don’t give a damn.

The Expendables 2 will be released on August 17th and one thing’s for sure, shit is gonna blow up.

Source: Coming Soon

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Tom Beasley

Tom Beasley

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