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Director: Sylvester Stallone
Writers (WGA):
Dave Callaham (screenplay) and
Dave Callaham (screenplay) and
Sylvester Stallone (screenplay) and
Dave Callaham (story)
Release Date: 13 August 2010 (USA)
Release Date: 13 August 2010 (USA)
Genre: Action | Adventure | Thriller
Runtime: 103 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Filming Locations: Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Company: Millennium Films
Cast
Cast
 | Sylvester Stallone | ... | Barney Ross |
 | Jason Statham | ... | Lee Christmas |
 | Jet Li | ... | Ying Yang |
 | Dolph Lundgren | ... | Gunner Jensen |
 | Eric Roberts | ... | James Munroe |
 | Randy Couture | ... | Toll Road |
 | Steve Austin | ... | Paine |
 | David Zayas | ... | General Garza |
 | Giselle Itié | ... | Sandra |
 | Charisma Carpenter | ... | Lacy |
 | Gary Daniels | ... | The Brit |
 | Terry Crews | ... | Hale Caesar |
 | Mickey Rourke | ... | Tool |
 | Amin Joseph | ... | Pirate Leader |
 | Senyo Amoaku | ... | Tall Pirate |
MOVIE REVIEW
For a film that trades fantastical B-movie fun for deadly seriousness, The Expendables needs a reality check. It thinks that the actors have on-screen chemistry. They don’t. It thinks that the script has plenty of witty banter. It doesn’t. It thinks that there’s thought-provoking pathos in the story. There isn’t. At best, The Expendables is misguided and at worst, it’s an over-confident mess that fumbles completely except for a few action beats.
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his crew of mercenaries (played by Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews) are known as “The Expendables”. They have their own logo and everything. After showing us their acumen at killing the fuck out of Somali pirates, the crew is hired by a shadowy figure/cameo (Bruce Willis) to take down a general (David Zayas) and end his authoritarian rule over the fictional country of Vilena, but it turns out that the general is just a puppet of a rogue CIA agent (Eric Roberts) and his burly henchman (Steve Austin). This is a workable set-up for a kick-ass action movie.
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