Old-timers blow up the big screen again

IN Singapore, when you hit your 60s, you look forward to the day when your Pioneer Generation pack arrives in the mail.

In Hollywood, you just rely on your six-pack - what muscleman action star Sylvester Stallone has been doing since 2010 after the 68-year-old hit pay dirt with The Expendables.

The old school shoot-em-up has become a lucrative franchise with a growing list of ageing action heroes coming on board for each sequel.