The Expendables 2 (2012)

Director:

Simon West

Writers (WGA):

Richard Wenk (screenplay) and
Sylvester Stallone (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 August 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Back for War.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Church | Hostage | Revenge | Mine | Plutonium

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

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
Nikolette Noel	...	Billy's Wife
George Zlatarev	...	Bojan
Alexander Moskov	...	Stephan
Denis Vasilev	...	Jarek
Nikola Dodov	...	Sick Man
Wenbo Li	...	Hostage - Dr. Zhou
Borislav Zahariev	...	Sang Leader / Sang Foreman
Penka Kodova	...	Bartender
Arkanay Boonsong	...	Rebel Leader
Dimo Alexiev	...	Sang Soldier
Velislav Pavlov	...	Sang
Liubo Simeonov	...	Talking Sang
Anton Trendafilov	...	Miner #1
Marii Rosen	...	Miner #2
Julian Stanishkov	...	Miner #3
Velimer Velev	...	Miner #4
Irina Krichely	...	Village Woman 1
Lyudmila Slaneva	...	Village Woman 2
Silvia Petkova	...	Village Woman 3
Alexandra Spasova	...	Village Woman 4
Juliana Saiska	...	Village Woman 5
Sanya Borisova	...	Village Woman 6
Biliana Petrinska	...	Village Woman 7
Diana Dobreva	...	Village Woman 8
Liubomir Simeonov	...	Giant Sang
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Niki Stanchev	...	Miner #5
Antoaneta Yordanova	...	Rebel Soldier
Novak Djokovic	...	Himself (uncredited)

Directed by
Simon West

Writing credits (WGA)
Richard Wenk		(screenplay) and
Sylvester Stallone		(screenplay)
Ken Kaufman		(story) &
David Agosto		(story) and
Richard Wenk		(story)
Dave Callaham		(characters) (as David Callaham)

Produced by
Guymon Casady	....	executive producer
Jason Constantine	....	executive producer
Boaz Davidson	....	executive producer
Danny Dimbort	....	executive producer
Robert Earl	....	executive producer
Jon Feltheimer	....	executive producer
Basil Iwanyk	....	executive producer
Avi Lerner	....	producer
Danny Lerner	....	producer
Matthew O'Toole	....	co-producer
Trevor Short	....	executive producer
Kevin King Templeton	....	producer
John Thompson	....	producer
Les Weldon	....	producer

Original Music by
Brian Tyler

Cinematography by
Shelly Johnson

Film Editing by
Todd E. Miller

Casting by
Marianne Stanicheva

Production Design by
Paul Cross

Art Direction by
Alexei Karagyaur
Adam A. Makin		(supervising art director)
Ivailo Nikolov
Keith Pain
Ivan Ranghelov
Sonya Savova

Costume Design by
Lizz Wolf

Makeup Department
Angela Angelova	....	assistant makeup artist
Scott H. Eddo	....	makeup department head
Dessislava Manassieva	....	additional makeup artist
Melizah Schmidt	....	key hair stylist
Petya Simeonova	....	key makeup artist: second unit
Yana Stoyanova	....	key makeup artist
Nicole Venables	....	department head hairstylist
Elena Zhekova	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Valentin Dimitrov	....	production manager
Gabriel Georgiev	....	production manager
Todd Gilbert	....	executive in charge of post-production
Veselin Karadjov	....	production manager
Natalie Samanon	....	post-production supervisor
Robert Van Norden	....	production supervisor: New Orleans

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vessela Bannzurkova	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ben Burt	....	key second assistant director
Asya Chakarova	....	third assistant director
Hristo Dimitrov	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Hristo Dimitrov	....	second assistant director
Petya Evtimova	....	first assistant director
Galina Kyuchukova	....	second second assistant director
Renee Marsella	....	key second assistant director: New Orleans
Jayson Merrill	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ivan Mitov	....	first assistant director: second unit
Natasha Roth	....	third assistant director: second unit
Tom Rye	....	second assistant director: second unit
Nick Satriano	....	first assistant director
Chad Stahelski	....	second unit director
Hirotatsu Taniguchi	....	second second assistant director: New Orleans (as Hiro Taniguchi)
Yana Viktorova	....	third assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Atanas Apostolov	....	stand-by props
Vasilena Boneva	....	set dressing coordinator
Willie Botha	....	head prop fabricator
Dirk Buchmann	....	property master
Francesca Cross	....	color styling
Anna Daverova	....	art department assistant coordinator
Ivan Dimitrov	....	set dresser
Maria Doicheva	....	stand-by painter: second unit
Stoyan Doychev	....	assistant painter
Jaime Fernandez	....	set dresser: reshoots
Orlin Grozdanov	....	greenery man
Anna Hadzhieva	....	art department coordinator
Jeff Hinds	....	assistant property master
Dimitar Hristovich	....	painter
Rositsa Ivanova	....	assistant to head prop maker
Kent H. Johnson	....	property master/weapons supervisor
Robert Jones	....	chief production buyer
Stefan Manchev	....	set designer
Rosen Marinkov	....	greenery
Yossif Mladenov	....	set designer
Axel Nicolet	....	construction manager
Nikolai Nikolov	....	assistant set decorator
Dimiter Petkov	....	head painter foreman
Vladimir Petkov	....	lead construction
Vladimir Petkov	....	leadman
Peter Rakovski	....	lead stand-by props
Dora Somova	....	props
Rosen Stefanov	....	leadman: set dressing
Kristian Stoyanov	....	set dresser
Peter Tsenov	....	assistant painter
Dan Walker	....	concept artist
Evgeni Yordanov	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Alexander Bachvarov	....	sound recordist: second unit
Velizar Bagarov	....	second boom operator
Wade Barnett	....	adr recordist
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Dunlop	....	foley editor
Christopher Eakins	....	supervising dialogue & ADR editor
Christopher Eakins	....	supervising sound editor
Jesse Ehredt	....	sound recordist
David Esparza	....	supervising sound effects editor
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Kiril Kaloyanov	....	boom operator
Vladimir Kaloyanov	....	sound mixer
Sang Kim	....	assistant sound editor
Tim Limer	....	sound recordist
Travis MacKay	....	adr mixer
Ivaylo Natzev	....	boom operator: second unit
A. Josh Reinhardt	....	sound mixer
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound re-recording mixer
Krasimir Shtabekov	....	sound mixer: second unit
Boris Tanchev	....	second boom operator
Amanda Ayres	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Callie Thurman	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Stefan Alamanov	....	special effects
Orlin Budinov	....	special effects technician
Anthony S. Ciccarelli	....	special effects technician
Garry Cooper	....	workshop supervisor
Jovko Dogandjiski	....	senior special effects technician: prep crew
Nikolay Furtunkov	....	senior special effects technician: prep-crew
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects supervisor
Matthew Horton	....	senior special effects technician
Ivo Jivkov	....	special effects supervisor: Bulgaria
Georgi Karadjov	....	special effects technician
Craig Leong	....	special effects technician
Jeff Little	....	senior special effects technician
Roger Mann	....	special effects technician
Julian Marsh	....	special effects technician
Doug McCarthy	....	special effects technician
Mark Meddings	....	effects consultant
Peter Nikolov	....	special effects technician
Stefan Razlojki	....	armourer
Marin Takov	....	key armorer: Bulgaria
Kevin Turner	....	senior special effects technician
Hayley J. Williams	....	special effects technician
Danny Yordanov	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Carlos Adarraga	....	digital compositor
Kiril Altakov	....	matchmove artist
Kantardjiev Anton	....	digital compositor
Hazra Anup	....	match move artist
Sonsoles Aranguren	....	digital compositor
Abhishek Arya	....	senior matchmove artist
Javor Asenov	....	compositor
Simeon Asenov	....	visual effects art director
Svilen Aynadzhiev	....	digital compositor
Yogesh Badhe	....	digital compositor: Reliance Media Works
Prakash Bhoir	....	digital compositor
Angelina Borisowa	....	visual effects editor
Maria Boyuklieva	....	digital compositor
Paco Castillo	....	digital compositor: Worldwide FX
Martina Chakarova	....	project coordinator
Vikas Chandel	....	visual effects artist
Galina Chaneva	....	digital compositor
Ronojoy Chatterji	....	visual effects
Jayesh Chavan	....	digital compositor
Rupesh Chetri	....	compositing supervisor
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Jaume Creus	....	digital compositor
Diego De Cata	....	visual effects cgi artist: Malditochroma VFX
Aníbal del Busto	....	digital compositor
Damien Delrue	....	digital compositor
Paounka Dimitrova	....	digital artist
Alexander Dimov	....	visual effects artist
Dinko Dimov	....	digital artist
Tinko Dimov	....	digital compositor
Ivelina Dobreva	....	digital compositor
Daniel Donchov	....	visual effects systems administrator
Stanislav Draganov	....	visual effects
Florence Dubin	....	matte painter
Domenico Ferraro	....	lighting technical director
Pablo José Fuertes	....	visual effects supervisor: Malditochroma VFX
Nikolay Gachev	....	sequence lead: Worldwide FX
Vasil Galabov	....	visual effects coordinator
Natali Gancheva	....	roto artist
Kremena Ganeva	....	lead compositor
Guillermo García Romero	....	digital compositor
Soledad García	....	visual effects digital artist: Malditochroma VFX
Georgi Gavanozov	....	digital artist
Hristo Gebrev	....	visual effects coordinator
Iñaki Gegúndez Vicente	....	digital artist
Georgi Georgiev	....	digital matte painter
Kiril Georgiev	....	visual effects coordinator
Martin Georgiev	....	matchmove artist
Yana Georgieva	....	visual effects coordinator
Sofia Gesheva-Aleksieva	....	digital compositor (as Sofia Aleksieva)
María Milena Girini	....	visual effects digital artist: Malditochroma VFX
Kiril Gizdov	....	digital compositor
Oleksiy Golovchenko	....	digital matte painter
Anup Gore	....	roto artist
Anup Gore	....	rotoscopy
Metin Gungor	....	digital environment supervisor
Danail Hadzhiyski	....	visual effects supervisor: WorldwideFX
Pablo Hernández-Meléndez	....	visual effects artist
Dobromir Hristov	....	rotoscoping supervisor
Milena Hristova	....	digital compositor
U-Sun I Hu	....	digital compositor
Lauren Hulsey	....	previs artist
Ilamuruguselvan	....	digital compositor: Reliance Media Works VFX
Veress Kovács István	....	senior matte painter
Ivan Gochev Ivanov	....	visual effects artist
Ivaylo Mechkata Ivanov	....	modeling supervisor
Rosen Ivanov	....	digital compositor
Venera Ivanova	....	matchmove artist
Georgi Karantilski	....	compositor
Pradeep Kumar Katta	....	rigging td
Peter Keranov	....	lead compositor
Delyan Ketipov	....	lead compositing artist
Lyubomir Kirkov	....	visual effects artist
Rumen Kirov	....	visual effects artist
Guntuku Kishore	....	lighting technical director
Sudheesh Kk	....	compositor
Nikolay Kolev	....	digital compositor
Stanislav Kolev	....	senior compositor
Elena Koleva	....	rotoscoping artist
Nikolay Kondarev	....	technical support
Toni Kondev	....	digital modeling and texturing artist
Jakub Kosmowski	....	CG artist
Jakub Kosmowski	....	lighting technical director
Lazarin Kouchev	....	lighting artist
Kalin Krumov	....	digital compositor
Antonio Lado	....	visual effects artist
Romina Lareu	....	visual effects coordinator: Malditochroma VFX
Ezequiel Larrú	....	digital compositor
Prashant Limkar	....	camera matchmove artist
Harrison Ly	....	digital compositor
Martin López Funes	....	additional visual effects
Krisztian Majdik	....	previs editor
Vasilena Makakova	....	rotoscoping artist
Ajoy Mani	....	visual effects supervisor
Ivailo Marinov	....	digital compositor
Peter Marinov	....	digital effects data manager
Silviya Mariyanova	....	visual effects project coordinator
Helen Marti Donoghue	....	visual effects producer (segments)
Emanuel Melgarejo	....	visual effects digital artist: Malditochroma VFX
Rudolf Menon	....	lighting team lead
Rudolf Menon	....	lighting technical director
Nikolay Mihailov	....	digital compositor
Nikolay Mihailov	....	visual effects editor
Nikolay Mihailov	....	visual effects photographer
Kalin Mihaylov	....	visual effects artist
Radoslav Misarokov	....	visual effects project manager
Svetoslav Mitev	....	visual effects coordinator
Diana Moneva	....	digital compositor
Steve R. Moore	....	visual effects editor
Nole Murphy	....	rigging td
Encho Nedevski	....	digital compositor
Quoc Hung Nguyen	....	previs artist
Vladimir Nikolov	....	visual effects coordinator
Dayal Nishith	....	digital compositor
Nikolay Pachov	....	visual effects editor
Saurabh Pandey	....	digital compositor: Reliance Media Works VFX
Uppu Pavanrajesh	....	senior compositor
Milena Peneva	....	visual effects coordinator
Nick Peshunoff	....	vfx coordinators and qc supervisor
Gabriela Petrova	....	rotoscoping artist
Julia Petrova	....	digital compositor
Joseph Vincent Pike	....	digital compositor
Iasen Pisarov	....	digital effects artist
Milen Piskuliyski	....	visual effects artist
Haralan Popov	....	roto and paint artist
Ivan Pulido Suarez	....	visual effects artist
Stefan Rachev	....	digital compositor
Maximiliano Daniel Radakoff	....	visual effects digital artist: Malditochroma VFX
Iavor Radev	....	lead visual effects coordinator
Sana Radeva	....	visual effects artist
Raju	....	lead cgi artist: VenSat Tech
Steven Ramirez	....	visual effects editor
Thorsten Rienth	....	digital compositor
Ignacio Suarez Rubio	....	visual effects lead compositor: Malditochroma VFX
Abhinav Sah	....	visual effects supervisor
Benito Sanz	....	digital compositor
Stalin Saravanan	....	visual effects supervisor
Yordan Savov	....	visual effects artist
Ruchira Sharma	....	digital compositor
Vaidehi Shinde	....	matte painter
Nikola Simeonov	....	visual effects artist
Marina Slatinska	....	research & development engineer
Georgi Slavov	....	visual effects
Ivailo Slavov	....	matchmove artist
Boris Sokolov	....	digital compositor
Sanjot Sonalkar	....	visual effects producer
Ariel Hernán Sotomayor	....	visual effects digital artist: Malditochroma VFX
Vivek Srivastava	....	visual effects editor: Reliance Media Works Mumbai
Georgi Staikov	....	visual effects artist
Plamen Statev	....	visual effects coordinator
Boyan Stoyanov	....	lead vfx
Stoimen Stoyanov	....	digital compositor
Althea Suarez Gata	....	previs artist
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects supervisor: Worldwide FX
Peter Tomov	....	matchmove head of department
Peter Tomov	....	visual effects artist
Dimitrina Torneva	....	visual effects
Carlos Trijueque	....	compositing supervisor
Hardik Trivedi	....	machmove artist
Adriyana Tsvetanova	....	lighting artist
Venkat Karunakar Uday	....	visual effects artist: Vensat Tech Services
Desislava Valcheva	....	digital compositing
Alexander Valev	....	sequence supervisor
Valeria Valeva	....	digital artist
Valentin Valkov	....	rotoscoping and paint artist
Daniel Vasev	....	digital compositor
Nikolay Velinov	....	visual effects artist
Rahul Venugopal	....	digital matte painter
Sachin Vishwas	....	digital compositor
Shivaji Waikhom	....	digital compositor
Kenneth Weide	....	lighting technical director
Radoslav Yanudov	....	digital compositor
Marcelo Santiago Yañes	....	visual effects digital artist: Malditochroma VFX
Petko Zhivkov	....	digital artist

Stunts
Boyan Anev	....	stunt performer
Angel Angelov	....	stunts
Asen Asenov	....	stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Yannick Ben	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Dermot Brogan	....	stunt rigger
Damon T Dana	....	stunts
Ivailo Dimitrov	....	stunt performer
Dimiter Doichinov	....	stunt double: Randy Couture
James Embree	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt performer
Genadiy Ganchev	....	stunts (as Genadii Ganchev)
Kyle Gardiner	....	Key Stunt Rigger
Kyle Gardiner	....	stunt performer
Alexander Gergov	....	stunts
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunt rigger
Zahari Grozdanov	....	stunt performer
Scott Helgert	....	stunt performer
Daniel Hernandez	....	stunts
Dian Hristov	....	stunt coordinator
Dian Hristov	....	stunt double: Dolph Lundgren
Radoslav Ignatov	....	stunt performer
Ivan Iliev	....	stunts
Danko Jordanov	....	fight team
Danko Jordanov	....	stunt double: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Danko Jordanov	....	stunt double: Liam Hemsworth
Todor Lazarov	....	stunts
Samuel Le	....	stunt double: Jet Li
Georgi Manchev	....	fight team
Georgi Manchev	....	stunt performer
Jeremy Marinas	....	stunts
Stilyan Mavrov	....	stunt performer
Trayan Milenov-Troy	....	fight team
Trayan Milenov-Troy	....	stunt double: Jean Claude Van Damme
Ivan Neshev	....	stunts
Megan Nguyen	....	stunt performer
Kai Nuuhiwa	....	stunts
Noon Orsatti	....	stunt coordinator
Radoslav Parvanov	....	fight team
Velizar Peev	....	stunts
Radka Petkova	....	utility stunts
Allan Poppleton	....	fight choreographer
Allan Poppleton	....	stunt double: Jason Statham
Elitsa Rajeva	....	stunt performer
Krasimir Simeonov	....	stunt performer
Jackson Spidell	....	fight team
Jackson Spidell	....	stunts
Chad Stahelski	....	stunt coordinator
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunt coordinator
Stanimir Stamatov	....	stunt double: Sylvester Stallone
Georgi Stanislavov	....	stunt performer
Vencislav Stojanov	....	stunt performer
Nuo Sun	....	stunt double: Jet Li
Don Thai Theerathada	....	fight coordinator (as Don Tai)
Teodor Tsolov	....	stunt unit director
Raicho Vasilev	....	stunt performer
Ivan Vodenicharov	....	stunts
Kaloian Vodenicharov	....	stunts
Mark Wickham	....	stunt rigger
Stuart F. Wilson	....	stunt double: Bruce Willis
Justin Yu	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Hristo Aleksandrov	....	focus puller
Ivan Aleksandrov	....	key grip: second unit
Yavor Aleksandrov	....	grip: second unit
Petar Anev	....	grip: rigging crew
Nikola Angelov	....	data manager
Mihail Apostolov	....	grip rigger
Michael Applebaum	....	camera operator: "a" camera, New Orleans
Jason Augustin	....	electrician
Anton Bakarski	....	camera operator: "a" camera, Hong Kong
Anton Bakarski	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Anton Bakarski	....	director of photography: second unit
Borislav Belberov	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Ian Bird	....	key grip
Mitko Bonev	....	a camera: second unit
Pepi Bonev	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Miroslav Borisov	....	grip: second unit
Danny Brazen	....	key grip: New Orleans unit
Dermot Brogan	....	cable cam operator
Julian Bucknall	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Michal Chadima	....	rf technician
Ross W. Clarkson	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Hong Kong
Ross W. Clarkson	....	steadicam operator: Hong Kong
Jake Czepiel	....	grip
Tim Dean	....	libra head technician
Nezben Deason	....	camera and electrical department
Desislav Dimitrov	....	grip
Dimitar Dimitrov	....	grip
Liudmil Donchev	....	second assistant camera
Guy Fernandez	....	best boy electric: re-shoots
Filip Filipov	....	grip: rigging crew
Vasil Galabov	....	grip
Hristo Genkov	....	camera operator: second unit
Nedialko Georgiev	....	grip: rigging crew
Stoyan Georgiev	....	grip
Michael Giannaccio	....	grip
Everett Grant	....	lighting technician
Harvey Harrison	....	director of photography: second unit
Hristo Idakiev	....	gaffer: second unit
Anton Ivanov	....	electrician
Plamen Jelyazkov	....	focus puller: second unit
Michael D. Kennedy	....	remote camera technician: scorpio head, New Orleans
Nikolai Kostov	....	rigging key grip
Peter Kostov	....	electrician
Tsvetan Kostov	....	best boy grip
Alexander Krumov	....	camera operator: second unit
Grigor Kumitski	....	first assistant camera: second unit
John Marzano	....	aerial director of photography
Frank Masi	....	still photographer
Griffin McCann	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, New Orleans
David McGill	....	camera operator
Dimitar Nikolov	....	grip: rigging crew
Vihar Nikolov	....	grip: second unit
Mike 'Chewie' Pappas	....	electrician
Emil Petkov	....	grip
Georgi Petkov	....	co-key grip
Radoslav Petkov	....	video assist playback
Kiril Prodanov	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Orlin Ruevski	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Lorenzo Senatore	....	steadicam operator: second unit
Wayne Sharp	....	best boy grip
James Allen Sheppard	....	video assist operator: New Orleans
Chavdar Simeonov	....	grip
Mario Spanna	....	libra head technician: second unit
Shawn Stone	....	grip
Attila Szalay	....	director of photography: second unit
Henry Tirl	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Henry Tirl	....	steadicam operator
Emil Topuzov	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Trajche Velichkovski	....	grip: second unit
Dimitar Vuchkov	....	grip
Des Whelan	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mihail Yanakiev	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Adriana Yankulova	....	epk
Iliya Yonev	....	grip
Yavor Zahariev	....	gaffer
Atanas Zapryanov	....	grip: rigging crew

Animation Department
Zoran Donchev	....	animator
Toma Genov	....	animator
Tsvetan Ivanov	....	animator
Sana Radeva	....	animator

Casting Department
Katerina Goranova	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Zoe Thompson	....	casting director: China

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Amanda Bujak	....	assistant costume designer
Ina Damianova	....	costume supervisor
Marieta Duncheva	....	wardrobe
Anna Gelinova	....	costume supervisor: second unit
Patricia Gorman	....	set costumer: New Orleans
Mustapha Mimis	....	key set costumer
Mark Peterson	....	costume supervisor
Jasmina Vasileva	....	key costumer (as Jasmina Vasileva-Stoichkova)

Editorial Department
Charles Irving Beale	....	post-production assistant
Ken Blackwell	....	additional editor
Jill Bogdanowicz	....	digital film colorist
Jivko Chakarov	....	assistant editor
Adam M. Duthie	....	vfx assistant editor
Brian Hayashi	....	post-production coordinator
Bruce Lomet	....	digital intermediate producer
Steve Mirkovich	....	additional editor
Steve R. Moore	....	editor: visual effects
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Derek M. Schneider	....	data management
Jim Schulte	....	associate editor
Dan Williams	....	digital intermediate assistant
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Selena Arizanovic	....	music supervisor
Jonathan Bartz	....	score coordinator
Kyle Clausen	....	assistant music editor
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
Joe Lisanti	....	music editor
Matthew Llewellyn	....	score coordinator
Robert Lydecker	....	musical score arrangements
John McMillan	....	music intern
Tony Morales	....	musical score arrangements
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Martin Roller	....	music recordist
Sarah Schachner	....	musical score arrangements
Marian Turner	....	conductor
Brian Tyler	....	conductor
Allan Wilson	....	conductor
Frank Wolf	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Milen Bozhichkov	....	star driver (as Milen Bojichkov)
Lubomir Evtimov	....	transportation coordinator: 2nd unit
Yavor Mantarkov	....	driver
Kalin Nikolov	....	transportation coordinator
Kenneth Rester	....	driver

Other crew
Ilina Alexandrova	....	assistant to director
Lauren Beale	....	production secretary
Josef Brandmaier	....	product placement: watches Jacques Lemans
Gregg Brilliant	....	unit publicist
Sam Cespedes	....	production assistant
Galina Chakarova	....	production assistant
Christy M. Corb	....	set medic: New Orleans
Ian Creed	....	marine coordinator
Tana David	....	post facilities manager
Annie Domingo	....	accounting: Millennium Films, No Image Inc.
Lilia Doychinova	....	assistant to Kevin King Templeton (as Lilia Doytchinova)
Lilia Doytchinova	....	assistant to kevin king-templeton
Brian Evans	....	first assistant accountant: New Orleans unit
Lucia Foster Found	....	aerial operations coordinator
Ashley Franklin	....	production coordinator: new orleans unit
Moira Glace	....	productions assistant: New Orleans Unit
Lori Grabowski	....	script supervisor
Jeffrey Greenstein	....	executive assistant: Avi Lerner
Matthew Logan Hood	....	training instructor
Marcin Janowski	....	executive in charge of marketing
'Rebecca' Qin Jiang	....	script supervisor
Gleb Kaminer	....	adr voice
Andrew Kim	....	production staff
Jared Lambert	....	production assistant
Malana Lea	....	adr
Malana Lea	....	voice actor
Shiri Lerner	....	production coordinator: USA
Valeria Marinova	....	assistant production coordinator
Diego J. Martinez	....	production executive
Norman F. May	....	production staff
Hristina Mechkova	....	accountant
Travis Mitchell	....	post production accountant
Tatyana Pedersen	....	product placement: watches Jacques Lemans
Chad Peterson	....	director's assistant new orleans unit
Violeta Piperevska	....	production coordinator
Susan Pusateri	....	production executive
Kristina Radicheva	....	production staff
Lonnie Ramati	....	production business affairs
Kalan Ray	....	assistant to mr. west
Tyler Samardick	....	craft service: second unit
Tzvetislav Samardjiev	....	stand-in
Ivan Sashov	....	stand-in
Dessy Sims	....	production staff
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager
Shelly Stoyanova	....	script supervisor second unit
Wentzel Stuart	....	armorer
Marin Takov	....	key armorer: Bulgaria
Ray Tamayo	....	accountant
Tanya Thanadpojanamart	....	distribution services
Robert Van Norden	....	production supervisor: New Orleans Unit
Brian Wentzel	....	key armourer
Stuart Wentzel	....	set armorer
Dana Wilkey	....	product placement
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator
Jonathan Yunger	....	assistant to mr. lerner

Production Companies

• Millennium Films (presents)
• Nu Image Films (as Nu Image)

Distributors

• Nu Image Films (2012) (Non-USA) (all media)
• Millennium Films (2012) (Non-USA) (all media)
• Alfa Films (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2012) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2012) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2012) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Le Vision Pictures (2012) (China) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Noble Entertainment (2012) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Norsk Filmdistribusjon AS (2012) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Pony Canyon (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Film Distributors (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Films (2012) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Shochiku Company (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Splendid Film (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Aurum Producciones (2012) (Spain) (all media)
• Cinemax (2012) (Russia) (all media) (CIS + Baltics)
• Eagle Films (2012) (Non-USA) (all media) (middle east)
• Intercontinental Video (2012) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Intercontinental Video (2012) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• MediaPro Distribution (2012) (Romania) (all media)
• Midget Entertainment (2012) (Denmark) (all media)
• Mongkol Major (2012) (Thailand) (all media)
• Pony Canyon (2013) (Japan) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2012) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Arcadia SFX
• Plowman Craven & Associates
• Vensat
• Worldwide FX

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Comerica Entertainment Group  production financing
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Ignition Print  poster design (uncredited)
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Lionsgate Records  soundtrack
• MoviePlacement..com  product placement
• Panavision Grips  Supertechno crane provided by
• Panavision Grips  camera dollies
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Pictorvision  Eclipse aerial camera system
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack
• Silver Screen Supply  production rentals
• Talent Partners Casting  extras casting
• Vantage Film  PSU-3 digital video assist provided by
• WIRED Camera & Stunt Flying Systems  cable cam
• Wildfire Studios  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #47686) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:15 | Ireland:16 | Finland:K-16 | Australia:MA15+ (2012) | Portugal:M/12 | France:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Italy:T | India:A | Argentina:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | South Korea:15 (cut) | Austria:16 | Brazil:16 | Germany:18 | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:PG12 | Mexico:B15 | Spain:16

Filming Locations:

Vitosha, Bulgaria

Company:

Millennium Films

Trivia:

Donnie Yen was offered a role but he declined.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: After the big fight at the airport, Booker, Church, Maggie and Trench are seen leaving in the helicopter. As the camera pans out on Barney, as viewed from the chopper, there is no wind gust at all and Barney's hair doesn't move from the vortex wind that would be created by the helicopter. Also in this situation you wouldn't be able to look at the chopper directly due to the wind vortex blowing in your eyes.

Quotes:

[Lee's cell phone rings]
Barney Ross:[mockingly] "Hello, darlin'."
Lee Christmas:Hello, darlin'.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.193" (2012)

Soundtrack:

Burning In The Skies

ATTENTION, can somebody please claim the body of the pg-13 action movie, its dead, thank you.

What we have here is an almost contemptuous lack of respect for property and human life. But, when that human life is vile, murderous, plutonium pilfering dirtballs, then its time chop, break, snap, blast, liquify, incinerate and decapitate (repeat).

There's very little point in going into a great deal of explanation of what makes this so worth a trip down to your local cinema. Suffice to say Sylvester Stallone has once again saved action movies and put the meat back on the bone.

Here he is aided and abetted by messrs Schwarzenegger, Willis, Norris, Van Damme, Statham, Li, Lundgren, Crews, Couture, who all dive into the proceedings with an enthusiastic amount of esprit de corps, taking the carnage to a hitherto undiscovered level.

This is an action movie with both feet planted firmly in the 80's and there nothing wrong with that one iota. The guys banter, crack jokes, shoot and cause things to blow up, the bad guys are hissable, murderous wretches to a man and are blown up.

Everybody is clearly having a blast, so in translation, so do you, of particular note, Jean Claude Van Damme provides a standout performance as sneery and arrogant Jean Villain.

If you like proper action movies i would be bewildered if you didn't enjoy this. Sly, you did it again, you are without a shadow of doubt "the man".

If they can deliver Eastwood, Ford, Cage, Snipes, Russell, Biehn, Weathers and T for the next one, then my money is already spent.