The Expendables: 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 arent 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.
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 arent 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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Josh C Cadz
nive]\
8 months agoby @Josh-C-CadzFlag
Mm61675
great movie
2 years agoby @mm61675Flag
Aida Hasovic
can't wait second part
2 years agoby @Aida-HasovicFlag
CoreyBrownReviews
Lots of fun.
2 years agoby @CoreyBrownReviewsFlag
Jeanette Netten
great movie!!:D
2 years agoby @jeanette-nettenFlag
Nimitzmusketeers
to my Best Line - Dolph Lundgren did look great in his new age
3 years agoby @nimitzmusketeersFlag
RKO_4_EVER
This Movie Is Great!!! 10/10
3 years agoby @rko-4-everFlag
Gammakryptonizer
great action movie + awesome actors = Expendables
3 years agoby @gammakryptonizerFlag
DoubleR0522
THIS WAS ACTION PACK MOVIE, LOVE IT CAN'T FOR EXPENDABLES 2 !!!
3 years agoby @doubler0522Flag
Dfella504
this film is tha sh*t!!!! can't vwait 4 part 2...they should have van dam in it too that would b great...
3 years agoby @dfellaFlag
Phantanos
TOTAL CARNAGE!!!! I haven't seen that much gore, since I played DOOM!
3 years agoby @phantanosFlag
RojoDiablo
I thought Crews and his gun/ammo was hilarious once he got going with it! Talk about total destruction.
3 years agoby @rojodiabloFlag
Dparks
With Lungren in, I'm just curious who Carl Weathers pissed off to get excluded from this? The dude has a history with at lest both Stallone and Arny - and IMO way more name recognition that "Crews", who?
3 years agoby @dparksFlag
Phantanos
When Arnold gets out of office... Get ready for : The Expendables 2- Lock and Load.
3 years agoby @phantanosFlag
Spongebob_Boxofficepants
@Diaigma
You're Right
Just keep us updated w/ the RT & Metacritic scores , box-office results and some new popcorn ok!
3 years agoby @spongebob-boxofficepantsFlag
Diaigma
Vampires Suck just beat this yesterday :P
3 years agoby @diaigmaFlag
Paifa
This is gonna be f*ckin awesome! Can't wait to see it!
3 years agoby @paifaFlag
RojoDiablo
Three stars, you have to be kidding me! I'd say more like four and a half easy!!
3 years agoby @rojodiabloFlag
IamBATMAN
Best action movie I have seen in a very, very, very long time!
3 years agoby @iambatmanFlag
Phantanos
Sit back put reality on auto pilot; while some action boys play with their toys. Too bad they couldn't add Chuck Norris to the mix! Story reminded me of the game metal slug. Because the was plenty flying around!
3 years agoby @phantanosFlag
WiseGuy
Just saw The Expendables and believe me it was pretty damn badass and had some awesome and very cool action scenes. However, it did not live up to my expectation. I mean if you're looking for a kick ass, fun and entertaining action flick this is for you and I did enjoy it too but I wasn't fully satisfied and thought it could have been longer and better. Overall, I give it 3 stars out of 5.
3 years agoby @zgcorleone072Flag
Huntsman
I had my hopes up for this movie. Maybe that's why I feel let down after I watched it and only gave it 3 stars.
The action was good, the chemistry between the characters was decent, and the story wasn't very good. What made this movie entertaining for me was seeing all the action stars I grew up watching from the 80's in the same film along Jason Statham, Steve Austin, and Jet Li among others. It was just fun seeing them all together.
Otherwise it's a above average to bad action movie.
3 years agoby @huntsmanFlag
Remy72883
Awesome action delivered with a good story, truly doing justice to action films everywhere, something a hard core action fan needed, an injection of pure adrenaline right to the heart, the all star cast completely delivered and gave more, truly a awesome work of violent art, man i cant wait to see this again, if your an action junkie this movie is the only one that can give you a fix, ENJOY
3 years agoby @remy72883Flag
Na'vi Hater
hooh hooh hooh this is going to be epic, that much is assured. The decades greatest action charecters in one EPIC movie. Gotta love it guys
3 years agoby @petergqolaFlag
DoubleR0522
THIS MOVIE IS GOING 2 B KICK-ASS 4REAL !!!!
3 years agoby @doubler0522Flag
Summit10
awesome lineup!!!
3 years agoby @summit10Flag
RojoDiablo
Can't wait for this one, man what a solid cast Sly has put together.
3 years agoby @rojodiabloFlag
Sun23
i like it
3 years agoby @sun23Flag
TheNewDrug89
This movies is going to blow the sh*t out of every other movie that comes out around the same time lol.
3 years agoby @thenewdrug89Flag
LilZook
this movie will be AMAZING!!
3 years agoby @lilzookFlag