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

3 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 | church | cia | mercenary | 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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Certificate:

18A

Details

Official Sites:

Midget Entertainment [Denmark] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

13 August 2010 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Les sacrifiés

Filming Locations:

Fort McComb, 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, Nimar Studios

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

In the Church scene, Arnold Schwarzenegger's character says that Mr. Church should give the job to Ross (Sylvester Stallone) because he "loves running through the jungle", an obvious reference to the Rambo franchise.

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Goofs

When Paine hits Sandra we can clearly see her face bruised, but later when he takes her to the torture room the bruise is gone.

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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

Spoofed in Dirty Cops: Ta Batsonia (2012)

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Soundtracks

Mississippi Queen
Written by Corky Laing (as Laurence Laing), Felix Pappalardi, David Rea and Leslie West (as Leslie A. Weinstein)
Performed by Mountain
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Thank you Stallone, thank you

Wow.. this movie was very good. I have been looking forward to this movie for over a year and it did not disappoint me. Yes the story is not the best. But that's OK because you don't need a 'very' good story line as long as the movie is entertaining as hell. The acting could have been better but its still good acting. This movie has action, funny moments,intense moments, insane violence just anything you want in an action movie! Most Critics are giving this film negative reviews on but this movie is mostly for the fans. Bottom line very good action packed action movie thats brings back the memories of the 80's. Stallone, Statham, Li, Couture, Crews, Lundgren, Austin, Willis, Schwarzenegger, Rourke, the gang is here!

Very nice work Stallone!