The Expendables (film series)
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| Directed by |
Sylvester Stallone (1) Simon West (2) Patrick Hughes (3) |
| Produced by | Avi Lerner |
| Screenplay by |
Sylvester Stallone (1-3) David Callaham (1) Richard Wenk (2) Creighton Rothenberger (3) Katrin Benedikt (3) |
| Starring | See below - Character list |
| Music by | Brian Tyler |
| Cinematography | Jeffrey L. Kimball, Shelly Johnson, Peter Manzies. Jr |
| Edited by | Ken Blackwell, Paul Harb, Todd E. Miller, Sean Albertson |
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| Distributed by | Lionsgate |
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Release date
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2010 – present |
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Running time
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342 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $272 million |
| Box office | $804,100,000 |
The Expendables is an American series of action films written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and originally created by David Callaham. The film series itself was created to pay homage to the blockbuster action films of the 1980s and 90s and also pays gratitude to the action stars of those decades, as well as more recent stars in action. The series consists of three films: The Expendables (2010), The Expendables 2 (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014), with a final fourth film scheduled to be released in 2018. The series has received mixed critical reception, in regard to its plots and dialogue between the characters; however, many critics praised the use of humor and action scenes. The films have been box office successes.
The Expendables, a group of elite mercenaries who carry out all sorts of missions, ranging from assassination to rescue, are deployed to a South American island, Vilena, to overthrow a Latin American dictator, General Garza, who is interfering with the plans of a group of "people" led by a man known only as Mr. Church. However, the team leader, Barney Ross, soon realises that Garza is merely a puppet being controlled by a ruthless rogue CIA officer, James Monroe, who is Mr. Church's real target. Ross decides to abort the mission, but...
A while after the first film, the Expendables accept another mission from Mr. Church to make up for losses caused by the mission in Vilena, but they end up in a conflict with a rival mercenary group, the Sangs, and their newest and youngest member is murdered by their leader, Jean Vilain. Ross swears vengeance on Vilain for his protegé's death and starts to track him down, in the process learning that Villain threatens the world with five tons of weapons grade plutonium he intends to excavate from an abandoned Soviet mine and sell to the highest bidder.
The Expendables come face to face with the team's co-founder Conrad Stonebanks. Ross was forced to kill Stonebanks after he became a ruthless arms trader, but Stonebanks survived and has now made it his mission to destroy The Expendables. Ross resorts to recruiting a new and younger generation of Expendables to help the team overcome his old adversary.
In March 2014, Pierce Brosnan stated that he had agreed with Avi Lerner to star in an Expendables film, but added that he was not sure which one he would appear in, saying "I have no idea which one it would be, I just said yes. It could be [Expendables 7]". Stallone revealed his first choice for the villain was Jack Nicholson.The Expendables 4 might receive an R rating. In December 2016, Stallone announced in a interview with The Hollywood Reporter that the fourth film will be the last film in the series and is set for a 2018 release date.
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