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Year: 2010
USA: Lionsgate
UK: Lionsgate UK
Cast: Sylvester Stallone,
Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Giselle
Itie, Eric Roberts, David Zayas, Steve Austin, Charisma Carpenter
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Country: USA
USA & UK: 113 mins
USA Rated: R for strong action and bloody violence
throughout, and for some language
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong sadistic violence
USA Release Date: 13 August 2010
UK Release Date: 19 August 2010
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Synopsis
Expendable: capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a
military objective.
THE EXPENDABLES is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of
mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and
overthrow its ruthless dictator.
Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t
quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web
of deceit and betrayal. With
their mission thwarted and an innocent life in danger, the men
struggle with an even tougher challenge – one that threatens to
destroy this band of brothers.
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is a man with nothing to lose.
Fearless and void of emotion, he is the leader, the sage and
the strategist of this tight-knit band of men who live on the
fringe. His only
attachment is to his pickup truck, his seaplane and his team of
loyal modern-day warriors. His
is a true cynic who describes what he does as “removing those hard
to get at stains.” The team behind him is made up of Lee Christmas (Jason
Statham), former SAS and a savant with anything that has a blade;
Yin Yang (Jet Li), a master at close-quarter combat; Hale Caesar
(Terry Crews), who has known Barney for ten years and is a
long-barrel weapons specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled
demolitions expert and considered the intellect of the group; and
Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in
precision sniping who struggles with his own demons.
When the mysterious Church offers Barney a job no one else would
take, Barney and his team embark on what appears to be a routine
mission: overthrow
General Gaza (David Zayas), the murderous dictator of the small
island country of Vilena and end the years of death and destruction
inflicted on its people. On
a reconnaissance mission to Vilena, Barney and Christmas meet their
contact Sandra (Giselle Itie), a local freedom-fighter with a dark
secret. They also come
to learn who their true enemy is:
rogue ex-CIA operative James Monroe (Eric Roberts) and his
henchman Paine (Steve Austin). When things go terribly wrong, Barney and Christmas are
forced to leave Sandra behind, essentially giving her a death
sentence. Haunted by
this failure, Barney convinces the team to return to Vilena to
rescue the hostage and finish the job he started.
And to perhaps save a soul: his own.
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