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| Directed by | Sylvester Stallone |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Avi Lerner Kevin King Templeton John Thompson |
| Written by | Sylvester Stallone (screenplay) David Callaham (story and screenplay) |
| Starring | Sylvester Stallone Jason Statham Jet Li Dolph Lundgren Randy Couture Steve Austin Terry Crews Mickey Rourke Bruce Willis |
| Music by | Brian Tyler |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey Kimball |
| Editing by | Ken Blackwell Paul Harb |
| Studio | Nu Image Millennium Films |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
| Release date(s) | August 13, 2010 |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $82 million[1] |
| Gross revenue | $53,339,000[2](United States) |
MOVIE REVIEW
A group of elite mercenaries, the Expendables, are deployed to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to halt local pirates from executing the hostages. The team consists of leader Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), former SAS soldier and blades specialist Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), martial artist Yin Yang (Jet Li), sniper Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), weapons specialist Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) and demolitions expert Toll Road (Randy Couture). When the pirate leader demands more money than the agreed amount, Jensen instigates a firefight, causing casualties for the pirates. With moral disagreements over hanging a pirate, Yang and Jensen fight and Ross intervenes. As a result of his psychological problems, Ross reluctantly releases Jensen from the Expendables.
Ross and his rival mercenary leader Trench (Arnold Schwarzenegger), go to see Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) who names himself after the church they meet in. He offers them a mission in Vilena, a fictional island in the Gulf of Mexico, to overthrow a brutal dictator, General Garza (David Zayas). Busy with other things, Trench gives the contract to Ross. Christmas visits his girlfriend Lacy (Charisma Carpenter), whom he discovers has left him for another man, Paul. Ross and Christmas do initial reconnaissance after meeting with their contact, Sandra (Gisele Itié), only for the mission to go awry. Ross learns that Garza is backed by ex-CIA agent James Munroe (Eric Roberts) and henchmen Paine (Steve Austin) and Wickham (Gary Daniels), who control and keep Garza in power by making his people fear him. Sandra is revealed to be Garza's daughter. Ross then decides to abort and causes casualties among the army as they escape. Meanwhile, Jensen approaches Garza and Munroe to help their side.
Christmas visits Lacy again to find that Paul beats her. He fights and defeats Paul and tells Lacy that she should have waited for him, after she realizes what he does for a living. Ross, Yang, Christmas and Ross deduce that Mr. Church is a member of the CIA who hired them to kill Garza and Munroe, since the CIA could not. Mission coordinator and former teammate, Tool (Mickey Rourke) makes an emotional revelation about his experience in the Bosnian War to Ross, where he let a woman commit suicide. Hearing this, Ross decides to go back for Sandra. Yang tags along, and they are chased on the road by Jensen in an intense shootout. The pursuit ends in an abandoned warehouse, where Yang and Jensen fight a second time. Jensen attempts to impale Yang on a pipe, only for Ross to shoot Jensen. A wounded Jensen makes amends and gives the layout of Garza's palace. Ross boards the plane with Yang and finds the rest of team, who decided to fight alongside him.
The Expendables infiltrate Garza's compound. Christmas, Yang, Caesar, and Toll plant explosive charges throughout the site. When Garza has a change of heart after hearing of the team's reputation, Munroe kills him. The entire team fights and shoots their way through scores of Garza's soldiers. Ross and Caesar manage to destroy the helicopter Munroe was to escape on, and Christmas, Yang and Road kill Paine and The Brit. Ross and Christmas catch up to Munroe and kill him and save Sandra. Instead of taking the payment for the mission, Ross gives it to Sandra to restore Vilena. The team celebrates their victory at Tool's tattoo parlour, with the reformed and recovering Jensen. Lee and Tool challenge each other to a game of knife throwing and Lee recites a poem about his respect for Tool, before throwing the knife perfectly in the centre of the board.
Ross and his rival mercenary leader Trench (Arnold Schwarzenegger), go to see Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) who names himself after the church they meet in. He offers them a mission in Vilena, a fictional island in the Gulf of Mexico, to overthrow a brutal dictator, General Garza (David Zayas). Busy with other things, Trench gives the contract to Ross. Christmas visits his girlfriend Lacy (Charisma Carpenter), whom he discovers has left him for another man, Paul. Ross and Christmas do initial reconnaissance after meeting with their contact, Sandra (Gisele Itié), only for the mission to go awry. Ross learns that Garza is backed by ex-CIA agent James Munroe (Eric Roberts) and henchmen Paine (Steve Austin) and Wickham (Gary Daniels), who control and keep Garza in power by making his people fear him. Sandra is revealed to be Garza's daughter. Ross then decides to abort and causes casualties among the army as they escape. Meanwhile, Jensen approaches Garza and Munroe to help their side.
Christmas visits Lacy again to find that Paul beats her. He fights and defeats Paul and tells Lacy that she should have waited for him, after she realizes what he does for a living. Ross, Yang, Christmas and Ross deduce that Mr. Church is a member of the CIA who hired them to kill Garza and Munroe, since the CIA could not. Mission coordinator and former teammate, Tool (Mickey Rourke) makes an emotional revelation about his experience in the Bosnian War to Ross, where he let a woman commit suicide. Hearing this, Ross decides to go back for Sandra. Yang tags along, and they are chased on the road by Jensen in an intense shootout. The pursuit ends in an abandoned warehouse, where Yang and Jensen fight a second time. Jensen attempts to impale Yang on a pipe, only for Ross to shoot Jensen. A wounded Jensen makes amends and gives the layout of Garza's palace. Ross boards the plane with Yang and finds the rest of team, who decided to fight alongside him.
The Expendables infiltrate Garza's compound. Christmas, Yang, Caesar, and Toll plant explosive charges throughout the site. When Garza has a change of heart after hearing of the team's reputation, Munroe kills him. The entire team fights and shoots their way through scores of Garza's soldiers. Ross and Caesar manage to destroy the helicopter Munroe was to escape on, and Christmas, Yang and Road kill Paine and The Brit. Ross and Christmas catch up to Munroe and kill him and save Sandra. Instead of taking the payment for the mission, Ross gives it to Sandra to restore Vilena. The team celebrates their victory at Tool's tattoo parlour, with the reformed and recovering Jensen. Lee and Tool challenge each other to a game of knife throwing and Lee recites a poem about his respect for Tool, before throwing the knife perfectly in the centre of the board.
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