"Stallone thus comes across as a kind of Rip Van Winkle, had Van Winkle only been a die-hard Guns 'N Roses fan. "The Expendables" is awash in motorcycles, tattoos, black leather, glistening biceps and big guns. Though the "Rambo" star's suggestion that contemporary movies have lost something of their masculinity and authenticity bears some truth, surely the answer isn't to pretend the last two decades never happened."
This is a quote from a Yahoo movies write up of "The Expendables"
link to the article:
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/review-stallones-nostalgia-expendables-ap