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The Extendables

The Extendables
The Extendables 2014 movie poster.jpeg
Directed by Brian Thompson
Produced by Sharon Braun
Brian Thompson
Written by Brian Thompson
Starring Brian Thompson
Marisa Ramirez
Ian Patrick Williams
Gary Graham
Music by Alan Derian
Cinematography Reinhart Peschke
Edited by Peter Bayer
Sherwood Jones
Production
company
Big Guy Films
Release date
  • August 3, 2014 (2014-08-03)
Running time
85 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Extendables (also known as Action Hero) is a 2014 American parody film directed by Brian Thompson. The film is a parody of The Expendables and similar action movies. The director, Brian Thompson said it contained actual events he had witnessed. The film was released on iTunes.

At the beginning, Brian Thompson explains that the movie is his answer to the question "What's it like to work with Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Seagal or Jean-Claude Van Damme?". By combining actual situations and traits of these movie stars, he created one fictional character, Vardell Düsseldorfer or VD. VD is an aged and retired action movie star, who is now a drug addict and alcoholic.

After a session of training, VD is watching the TV show "Excess Hollywood" (a parody of Access Hollywood). Anchor Tara Gray talks about the return of VD to acting after some political initiatives and goldfish advertising. VD's work is commented on by his fans and colleagues Ralek Gracie, Martin Kove and Kevin Sorbo. VD is going to direct and star in a science fiction movie called "Hard Time on Mars", filmed in Uzbekistan. Infuriated by the mocking, VD shoots the TV.

The shooting begins at "Kremlenski Studios 17". On Day 1 VD shoots a Lightsaber duel between himself and Sir Jeffrey, another aged actor who has had no roles for two years. VD doesn't understand what it means to lock the scene. Also, he intrudes into set decorating. Producer Burton advises the director's first assistant to speak with VD about genitals in order to confuse him and make him get back to work. VD then suggests adding new scenes in the screenplay, but they have no time for this. VD calls his cook, Louie. He cooks the meal that he is asked to, but VD doesn't like it and leaves the set. Sir Jeffrey asks Burton about the script, because it is full of cliches, and the producer says it cost $100,000.


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