The Expendables (2010)

A CIA operative hires a team of mercenaries to eliminate a Latin dictator and a renegade CIA agent.

Director:

Sylvester Stallone

Writers:

Dave Callaham (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay),

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvester Stallone	...	Barney Ross
Jason Statham	...	Lee Christmas
Jet Li	...	Yin 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
Hank Amos	...	Paul
Amin Joseph	...	Pirate Leader

Storyline

Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul.

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Plot Keywords:

island | mercenary | sniper | mission | dictator | 

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Taglines:

Every movie has a hero. This one has them all.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong action and bloody violence throughout, and for some language

Details

Official Sites:

Midget Entertainment [dk] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

13 August 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los indestructibles

Filming Locations:

Louisiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£3,910,596 (UK) (20 August 2010)

Gross:

$102,981,571 (USA) (15 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Nu Image Films, Rogue Marble

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min 113 min (extended director's cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The motorcycle that Jason Statham's character Lee Christmas is riding is the Italian made street legal MotoGP race inspired Ducati Desmosedici RR. This sport-bike carries a price tag of $75,000 has a top speed of +190 mph (305 km/h). This 989cc 4 cylinder produces 200hp while only weighing 377 pounds (171 kg). Of the only 1,500 made 500 made it to the U.S. and they all sold out within five hours. Tom Cruise was the lucky recipient to receive the first one imported to the U.S.

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Goofs

After Barney tells Gunner he can't trust him no more, gunner walks away. As he does he lifts his right hand to point at Barney. When the camera changes angle he's pointing at Barney with his left hand.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Barney Ross: We are the shadows and the smoke, we rise. We are the ghosts that hide in the night.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Movie Review: The Great 2010 Review (2010)

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Soundtracks

"Castille"
Written by David Bradnum (ASCAP)
Published by Le Rouge Music, Ltd (ASCAP)
Master under license from Conexion Entertainment Group and Corelli-Jacobs Recording Inc

User Reviews

Sex and the city,.... for men!

I laugh at many of the hate comments as what the hell did they expect? a romantic comedy? award winning performances? deep dialogues? Freudian complex character study?

common give me a break!!! from the beginning you should know this is all about guns,explosives and oneliners from start to finish and homage to silly 80's action flicks.

and this is simply exactly what you get.

while i will never understand what most woman think so great about sex and the city( fashion? shoes? what the hell?)

so this is for men/boys who will be thrilled to see their old heroes from back in the days once more on screen kicking everybody's ass! (oh and no i also like deep intellectual movies, its all about expectations)