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Expend4bles
Expend4bles

6.2

Expend4bles

R·2023·103m

Summary

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning.

Crew

Director

Scott Waugh

Characters

David Callaham

Screenplay

Max Adams

Screenplay, Story

Kurt Wimmer

Screenplay, Story

Tad Daggerhart

Story

Spenser Cohen

Reviews

Geronimo1967

Geronimo1967

October 8, 2023

6

To be honest, there's very little new in this formulaic action adventure. It's the usual old who has got the launch codes mystery that sees Sly Stallone's "Barney" recruit his best mate "Christmas" (Jason Statham) and their lethal gang of expendables to thwart the ambitions of an unknown criminal mastermind who is hoping to arm a boat load of nuclear missiles and start WWIII. Thing is, tragedy strikes very early on in the film and "Christmas" is taken off the team that is sent to avenge that. Is he staying home to fester? Of course not, and lucky too - for soon he is trying to free his pals from captivity before all hell breaks loose. Plenty of pyrotechnics, a bit of contrived sexual chemistry (with Megan Fox's "Gina") and loads of bullets and missiles flying around keep the film moving along well enough, but the story is the thinnest of the thin; the baddie's identity is hardly a challenge to discover nor is the twist in the tale at the end remotely unexpected. Good to see that the acting colossus that is Dolph Lundgren is still getting on screen nowadays, but otherwise this really is unremarkable stuff that even the usually charismatic Statham can't really sustain.

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$100,000,000.00

Revenue:

$37,917,985.00

Keywords

sequel
nuclear bomb
cargo ship
ring