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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Dave Callaham (screenplay) and
Sylvester Stallone (screenplay) and
Dave Callaham (story)
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Release Date:
13 August 2010 (USA) See more »
Tagline:
Choose your weapon. See more »
Plot:
A team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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User Reviews:
Pure unredeemable dog's excrement See more (378 total) »


Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Expendables" - Japan (English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong action and bloody violence throughout, and for some language.
Runtime:
103 min
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West Coast Customs Street Customs have built 3 customized 1955 Ford F100s for the film. One was built for a crash scene, the second for green-screen, and the third for Stallone to keep.See more »
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Crew or equipment visible: In a scene where Sandra and Barney are talking in her truck, a large piece of plywood is seen bouncing in the bed of the truck through the back window. In a shot of the back of the truck as it is driving away, the plywood is gone.See more »
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Lee Christmas:[from trailer] You know it's not easy being your friend.See more »
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References Happy Feet (2006)See more »
Soundtrack:
The Boys Are Back in TownSee more »

FAQ

How is Arnold Schwarzenegger in the film if he is still governor of California?
Is "The Expendables" based on a book?
Does the song "Diamond Eyes" play anywhere in the film itself?
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12 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
Pure unredeemable dog's excrement, 1 September 2010
Author: abarsby from UK

I love action movies, but I HATE this movie, it is a real abomination.

An awful script, terrible Direction, wooden acting and rubbish explosions that would shame even Steven 'Straight to DVD' Segal (though this movie missed him, Van Damme, and Carl Weathers)

When I first heard the '12 hardened mercenaries travel to the jungles of Central America' thing, I thought it was going to be a serious action movie, with jungle scenes like those in 'Predator', or even 'Rambo IV', not the half-assed attempted action-comedy that it is.

Stallone's god awful rucked up in the neck toupee, Jet-Li's grating Beijing accent (sounds like a seal), Steve Austin's cretinous goon, Eric Roberts pantomime villainy ! So many reasons to hate this on a character level alone.

What we discover happened to Dolph Lundgren's imaginatively named character; 'Gunnar Hansen' at the end of the movie just beggars belief, and is truly a Plan 9 From Outer Space moment !

The only good thing for me was seeing Sly with Arnie and Bruce - although poor Arnie walks like a 63 year old man crippled with arthritis.

That 28% of IMDb members have voted this as a '10' (the largest by far) is just laughable.

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Wish the heroes showed signs of injury! acehit
THE EXPENDABLES 10.7 M $ IN CHINA IN JUST THREE DAYS !!! andresmartin
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