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Release Date: August 13, 2010
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Screenwriter: David Callaham, Sylvester Stallone
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet
Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture,
Steve Austin, David Zayas, Giselle Itie,
Charisma Carpenter, Gary Daniels, Terry Crews,
Mickey Rourke
Genre: Action, Thriller
MPAA Rating: R (for strong action and bloody
violence throughout, and for some language)
Official Website: Expendablesthemovie.com
Expendable: capable of being sacrificed in order
to accomplish a military objective.
"The Expendables" is a hard-hitting
action/thriller about a group of mercenaries
hired to infiltrate a South American country and
overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the
mission begins, the men realize things aren’t
quite as they appear, finding themselves caught
in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With
their mission thwarted and an innocent life in
danger, the men struggle with an even tougher
challenge – one that threatens to destroy this
band of brothers.
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is a man with
nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion,
he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of
this tight-knit band of men who live on the
fringe. His only attachment is to his pickup
truck, his seaplane and his team of loyal
modern-day warriors. His is a true cynic who
describes what he does as "removing those hard
to get at stains." The team behind him is made
up of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), former SAS
and a savant with anything that has a blade; Yin
Yang (Jet Li), a master at close-quarter combat;
Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known Barney
for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons
specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled
demolitions expert and considered the intellect
of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph
Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in
precision sniping who struggles with his own
demons.
When the mysterious Church offers Barney a job
no one else would take, Barney and his team
embark on what appears to be a routine mission:
overthrow General Gaza (David Zayas), the
murderous dictator of the small island country
of Vilena and end the years of death and
destruction inflicted on its people. On a
reconnaissance mission to Vilena, Barney and
Christmas meet their contact Sandra (Giselle
Itie), a local freedom-fighter with a dark
secret. They also come to learn who their true
enemy is: rogue ex-CIA operative James Monroe
(Eric Roberts) and his henchman Paine (Steve
Austin). When things go terribly wrong, Barney
and Christmas are forced to leave Sandra behind,
essentially giving her a death sentence. Haunted
by this failure, Barney convinces the team to
return to Vilena to rescue the hostage and
finish the job he started. And to perhaps save a
soul: his own.
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5 Second Review:
It's exactly as bad and as bad-ass as it should
be. Stallone, Willis, and and Arnold have a
blast and you will too.
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