The Expendables 2 (2012)

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Director:

Simon West

Writers:

Richard Wenk (screenplay), Sylvester Stallone (screenplay),

Stars:

Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Randy Couture

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sylvester Stallone	...	Barney Ross
Jason Statham	...	Lee Christmas
Jet Li	...	Yin Yang
Dolph Lundgren	...	Gunnar Jensen
Chuck Norris	...	Booker
Jean-Claude Van Damme	...	Vilain
Bruce Willis	...	Church
Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Trench
Terry Crews	...	Hale Caesar
Randy Couture	...	Toll Road
Liam Hemsworth	...	Billy The Kid
Scott Adkins	...	Hector
Nan Yu	...	Maggie
Amanda Ooms	...	Pilar
Charisma Carpenter	...	Lacy

Storyline

Barney Ross is approached by CIA man Church, who wants him and his guns for hire to go to the former Soviet Union to retrieve something that was on a plane that crashed. Church doesn't tell him what he is getting. And Church sends a woman, Maggie with him to make sure he gets it. They find the plane and get the thing but some men take one of Barney's people hostage and the leader tells him to give him what they got or he'll kill his hostage. The give it to him but he kills his hostage anyway. Barney asks Maggie what was so important about that thing. She says that it showed the location of a Russian plutonium storage mine. Barney decides to track the man down and deal with him. They track them down and discover that the man they seek is Vilain who leads a group known as The Sangs and that they have taken all the men from the surrounding villages to work the mine.

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Plot Keywords:

church | hostage | revenge | mine | plutonium | 

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Taglines:

Back for War.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout

Details

Official Sites:

Lionsgate [us] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los indestructibles 2

Filming Locations:

Vitosha, Bulgaria

Box Office

Budget:

$92,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$28,591,370 (USA) (17 August 2012)

Gross:

$85,017,401 (USA) (16 November 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Millennium Films, Nu Image Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A stuntman died and another was left in a critical condition while filming an action scene for the movie in Bulgaria, that included an explosion on a rubber boat.

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Goofs

During the airport battle there is one quick shot of Hail Caeser using his automatic shotgun he gave to Trench in the beginning of the movie, and then in the next shot of Trench he's using the same gun. Finally, when it shows Caeser again he's only got his regular pump action shotgun.

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Quotes

Trench: I need a weapon. Something big.
[looks at Caesar's gun]
Trench: Yours.
Hale Caesar: Whoa, whoa, whoa. My big weapon's hangin' right where it is.
Barney Ross: Come on, Caesar. You got a backup.
[Caesar reluctantly hands over his gun]
Hale Caesar: If I don't get this back, your ass is terminated.
Trench: In your dreams.

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, as the actors image and name appears, there is a lightning flash on the actor's face. When this occurs, an image of a "skull" appears superimposed over the face with the flash and then fades.

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Connections

Followed by The Expendables 3

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Soundtracks

"Gangsta Walk"
Written by Sergio Fertitta
Performed by Coolio featuring Snoop Dogg
Produced by Battlecat & Sergio Fertitta

User Reviews

Utter Rubbish

I'm an eighties kid. So it's fair to say I love every single actor in this as iv grown up with them.

But what a bad film!! Possibly the worst script ever combined with great special effects and stupid far fetched battle scenes. I think that sums it up.

One to watch when bored.

I'm not hating on the actors, in fact I loved the cast, it's just seriously come on! Do they actually watch the film after they've shot it and think "yea! That's a great film" Or do they just take the pay check and forget about it.