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"The Expendables" is a 2010 action film directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone that features an ensemble cast of veteran action stars. The film became notable for bringing together multiple generations of action movie heroes in a single project.
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6.3Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross
- Jason Statham as Lee Christmas
- Jet Li as Yin Yang
- Dolph Lundgren as Gunner Jensen
- Eric Roberts as James Monroe
- Randy Couture as Toll Road
Themes
- rescue
- sniper
- island
- martial arts
- tattoo
- escape
- mercenary
- bridge
- church
- drugs
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
380,153 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
41%
Metacritic
45/100
- Year
- 2010
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 550106
- Official website
- www.expendablesthemovie.com/#/home
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- publication date
- 2010-08-26
- title
- The Expendables
- Commons category
- The Expendables (2010 film)
- box office
- 274500000
- capital cost
- 80000000
- review score
- 45/100
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The Expendables is a 2010 American action film directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, who co-wrote the screenplay with David Callaham. The first installment in The Expendables franchise, the film co-stars an ensemble cast of mostly action film actors, including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Steve Austin, Mickey Rourke, and Bruce Willis. The film is about a team of elite mercenaries tasked with a mission to overthrow a Latin American dictator whom they soon discover to be a mere puppet controlled by a corrupt ex-CIA agent. It pays tribute to the blockbuster action films of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
The Expendables was released in the United States on August 13, 2010 by Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews from critics, with some praise for the action sequences, and grossed $274 million. It was followed by three sequels: The Expendables 2 (2012), The Expendables 3 (2014), and Expend4bles (2023).