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The day everyone here at Everything Action has finally arrived; The Expendables is in theaters.  Competing with it is the hipster action/comedy Scott Pilgrim and estrogen fueled Eat, Pray, Love.

The Expendables

Starring: Slyvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry Crews, Eric Roberts, Steve Austin, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren

Directed by: Slyvester Stallone

Plot: The world’s greatest mercenary team accepts a mission to head to South America and free a country from it’s ruthless dictator.

Rotten Tomatoes Freshness: 42%

Critic Consensus: “It makes good on the old-school action it promises, but given all the talent on display, The Expendables should hit harder.”

Scott Pilgrim vs The World

Starring: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans

Directed by: Edgar Wright

Plot: Scott Pilgrim falls in love with Ramona Flowers but to be with her he has to fight her seven evil exes.

RT Freshness: 80%

Critic Consensus: “Its script may not be as dazzling as its eye-popping visuals, but Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is fast, funny, and inventive.”

Eat, Pray, Love

Starring: Julia Roberts, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Richard Jenkins

Directed by: Ryan Murphy

Plot: A recently divorced woman takes a year long vacation around the world.

RT Freshness: 36%

Critic Consensus: “The scenery is nice to look at, and Julia Roberts is as luminous as ever, but without the spiritual and emotional weight of the book that inspired it, Eat Pray Love is too shallow to resonate.”