Starring: Barney (Sylvester "Rambo" Stallone), Christmas (Jason "The Transporter" Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Church (Bruce "Diehard" Willis), Arnold Scharzenegger, Mickey "Ironman 2" Roarke, Gunner (Dolph "Universal Soldier" Lundgren), Steve 'former pro wrestler' Austin, Eric Roberts, Etc.
The selling point of this film is that practically every action star of the last twenty some-odd years (except Mel Gibson, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Steven Segal, among others) appears as a major character or as a cameo. The premise of this move is as follows: A group of commando mercenaries, led by Sylvester Stallone's character, accept international assignments as soldiers of fortune, where they shoot as many bullets as is possible at their foes. On one of their missions, the "Expendables" go to a backwards 3rd-world Spanish-speaking island run by a ruthless dictator funded by an equally ruthless American and cause quite a bit of mayhem . Predictably, at one point they get betrayed by one of their own. Also, they attempt to rescue a relative of the dictator, who may or may not want to be rescued. This movie was ok if you like action films, but a previous movie "The Losers" had a very similar storyline and was a much better movie (other than the unnecessary sideplot about a girl's soccer game).
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