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The Expendables

The Expendables

2010
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 43m
Barney (Sylvester Stallone) leads a ragtag band of hired guns charged with overthrowing a South American despot, a job no official military unit is willing to touch. But once on the ground, the team learns there's more to the mission than they were told. Their next move determines whether they survive -- or are, indeed, expendable.

Directed by:

Sylvester Stallone

Screenwriter:

Sylvester Stallone, Dave Callaham

Starring:

Mickey Rourke, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews, Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Eric Roberts, David Zayas, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Randy Couture

Franchise:

The Expendables

Genres:

Suspense/Thriller, Action, Adventure

Countries:

Belgium, Germany, Spain, USA

Languages:

English, Spanish
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2010
Suspense/Thriller, Action
1h 43m
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farzanFarzan
Rated 14 Aug 2010
34
22nd
After all the hype that even I fell into, let me just give it to you plainly. This movie sucked. The script is baffling; just mind blowingly terrible to be quite honest, but it had a few great lines (the end of the Schwarzenegger scene). The action has the now very popular shaky cam that everyone seems to hate, and extreme close ups. It was hard to tell what was going on. With a cast like this, I was expecting a brilliant action movie, but what I got was another Dolph Lundgren failure.
Rated 14 Aug 2010
chemtrailschemtrails
Rated 01 Sep 2010
35
17th
WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT, HULK HOGAN, BATMAN OR SANTA CLAUS
Rated 01 Sep 2010
kojilessKojiless
Rated 24 Oct 2010
48
52nd
Oh, how I wanted to love this. When I first saw the trailer, I immediately went onto eBay, purchased a Cabbage Patch KId, and upon its arrival, tore the head off in a frenzied fit of unadulterated glee. What could be more awesome than a movie that took all of my childhood action movie heroes and packaged them in one epic jack-in-the-box? Unfortunately, a few turns of the crank and a couple out-of-tune clunks later, the only thing that popped out was a besotted, ass-fondling Mickey Rourke.
Rated 24 Oct 2010
coffeecoffee
Rated 30 Aug 2010
20
2nd
Wow! It's incredible. Just when you think that "this shit can't get any worse" it really suprises you.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
barthalenBarthalen
Rated 16 Sep 2010
57
33rd
Dear Mr. Stallone, while I appreciated what you were trying to do I have some ideas for improving the sequel. No spazzy, confusing fight scenes, better one-liners, and action scenes like: a chainsaw fight in an underwater science lab, a freefight tournament inside a volcano, a shootout on an aircraft carrier sliding down an exploding Mt. Everest, Crews fighting a grizzly bear bare-handed, the finale inside the I.S.S. with the film's surprise villain Michael Dudikoff. Sounds better, right?
Rated 16 Sep 2010
okkervilOkkervil
Rated 27 Aug 2010
50
38th
Rarely has an English language film had so many people in it that cannot speak English! If you can understand a single word Sly, Lundgren, Li or Rourke manage to mumble through their steroid riddled lips then you deserve a medal. I doubt any of this matters however, as in true 80's action style "The Expendables" has literally no plot, or character development at all, so you won't be missing anything important. Loved the scene with Sly, Arnie & Brucie though... 50 right there. Statham is awful!
Rated 27 Aug 2010
ytadelYtadel
Rated 16 Aug 2010
4
44th
For a film featuring so many personalities it has a strange lack of personality itself. That the characters are flat and the dialogue bland isn't a huge problem in a movie like this, but that the action scenes are unimaginative and been-there-done-that is. Ironic that Rocky 6 and Rambo 4 were both released to jeers and turned out awesome, while this one was released to going on two years of absurd hype and turned out mediocre.
Rated 16 Aug 2010
doctor7doctor7
Rated 16 Aug 2010
75
62nd
This movie is literally the cheesy action-movies from the 80's except it's shot and directed with actual competence. The action scenes are brutally intense, over-the-top and awesome, all the characters are macho tough-guys beyond the realm of sanity while the story itself is just as bad and cliche as any 80's flick you can think of. Overall, if you just want to see shit explode, guns blaze and see a lot of great action stars in one movie then this is a must see.
Rated 16 Aug 2010
markjpMArkjp
Rated 21 Sep 2010
60
41st
Plotwise this film....no wait, let's not go there. This film features: Lots and lots of knives and big explosions, amusing cameos by Willis and Arnold Scwarzenegger, Terry Crews wielding the biggest piece of machine gun since ol' Painless, a Li vs. Lundgreen fight and Sly (Rambo?) leading a team of mercenaries whose masterplan is to infiltrate an island...only to blow it up. This is an action movie like my mother used to make 'em. Come to think of it: It does actually feature a "Yo' Mamma" joke.
Rated 21 Sep 2010
naikounaikou
Rated 28 Aug 2010
30
12th
If we're going for mindless explosiony action junk food, can we at least shoot the action scenes well?
Rated 28 Aug 2010
rossRoss
Rated 13 Aug 2010
50
44th
What a disappointment! After having hyped this movie since it was first announced, it had a lot to live up to - and it didn't. The worst part is the action. It is filmed way too close to the actors and with a combination of shaky cam and weird close-ups. You never have a clue of what is going on. On the positive side is the impressive physique from Sly, another good performance from Statham and the epic scene with Sly, Bruce and Arnie - The scene is not good, but it is awesome.
Rated 13 Aug 2010
pilgermannpilgermann
Rated 12 Aug 2010
40
13th
I was really looking forward to seeing this, but to put it plainly, it sucked. It wasn't as funny as it should've been and the cast didn't really seem like they were into it. The action is badly shot and incoherant, the music was lame, the blood 'n' gore was all phoney CGI (if I remember correctly, this was originally going to be PG-13 which would explain the silly looking violence), and I just didn't have much fun. Lundgren's scenes were amusing but he didn't have much screen time.
Rated 12 Aug 2010
mentaculusMentaculus
Rated 18 Sep 2019
44
18th
See what you did, Expendables? You made Mickey Rourke cry. For as many muscles grace the screen, it's strangely forgettable. It takes its time and tries to make us care which is a mistake for a movie about antique punching bags wielding automatic weapons.
Rated 18 Sep 2019
skiewulfyskiewulfy
Rated 30 Nov 2010
45
41st
The Expendables strives to be the lowest common denominator of all of the memorable action films of the 80s. An inexcusably flimsy script that seems written on the spot in most scenes to accommodate the ridiculous roster of B-list action stars, most of whom share barely one scene. Jet Li's English seems to have gotten worse, Lundgren acted drunk in every scene, Steve Austin seemed ready to turn into a tree at any moment. While Stantham remains a force of raw awesome, saving each scene he's in.
Rated 30 Nov 2010
fredericg54frederic_g54
Rated 10 Sep 2010
5
20th
The scripts is a mess, and most actors hardly get enough screen time. Even though they're likable, I was never taken aback by them. Gratuitous action makes it moderately enjoyable, but the film ultimately fails to build upon its exciting opening. I don't know what's funnier: Stallone's dried up face or Jet Li riding a Harley Davidson...
Rated 10 Sep 2010
td888td888
Rated 31 Aug 2010
30
18th
What a waste of this cast. Could be a big hommage to the 80's action movies. Instead it's a big disappointment. Expendable indeed.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
overratedoverrated
Rated 31 Aug 2010
22
13th
Feels like a 'dad rock' action film not just because of the soundtrack choices. I don't really know what I was expecting, but most things would have been better than this soulless montage of terrible CGI gore effects. No one has mentioned the disturbing fact that Stallone looks almost exactly like David Gest.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
andreasthauAndreasThau
Rated 02 Dec 2014
35
16th
What a cast! - of douchebags. The scene with Arnold makes it worth it, though. Great intertextuality, Sly. Really deep.
Rated 02 Dec 2014
pickpocketPickpocket
Rated 08 Dec 2012
6
55th
Avoided this for a long time because it could only be disappointing for me. And it was. But I still enjoyed parts of it. Obviously it needed more Arnold, like every movie. It did too much plot explanation and I still have no idea what the movie was about. Mickey Rourke is white people's Michael Jackson, what the hell happened to that guy's face?
Rated 08 Dec 2012
hellsditchhellsditch
Rated 22 Mar 2011
59
4th
Ugly, charmless money grab from Sly, who has just about squandered the goodwill earned with his surprisingly satisfying and sweet conclusion to his Rocky series. Did you know his character's name was Barney? I didn't. Or that Jet Li was billed third from the top for delivering his lines in a manner that made Natalie Portman's performances in the "Star Wars" prequels look positively excitable? Kudos to real life spouse abuser Steve Austin for decking that chick. Yeah bro, nice one DOOD.
Rated 22 Mar 2011
ewp805ewp805
Rated 25 Nov 2010
70
45th
I was expecting an over the top, star-filled, explosion studded action extravaganza, but all I got was a run-of-the-mill blockbuster. The script was horrendous. Now I wasn't expecting some sort of groundbreaking screenplay, but c'mon. It was just bad. All the lines were terribly awkward, and I can't understand a word coming out of half of these meatheads' mouths. There are a few decent action sequences thrown in there, but The Expendables fell short everywhere else. Disappointing.
Rated 25 Nov 2010
cambelcambel
Rated 08 Oct 2010
28
7th
The whole cast brought worst sides of their careers in this geriatric attempt. Don't they all look so pathetic? :))
Rated 08 Oct 2010
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 13 Sep 2010
70
76th
Good Movie
Rated 13 Sep 2010
abunchofcatsABUNCHOFCATS
Rated 06 Sep 2010
55
13th
Surprisingly boring for what's supposed to be the action movie to end all action movies. Everyone except Statham and Lundgren looked positively awkward to be in this movie with awkward line delivery and obvious scripted sequences, with notable cases Schwarzenegger, Willis, Li and Austin being the worst offenders. Some decent action sequences (Lundgren VS Li, Plane Takeoff) but all in all it's a boring, poorly paced, poorly written excuse for a cast of this calibre. For shame Stallone.
Rated 06 Sep 2010
mjvmoviemanMJVmovieMan
Rated 01 Sep 2010
37
9th
Where 'Expendables' should be an entertaining mash of senior and junior action stars in a fun storyline, Stallone botches the writing and directing immensely and does everything wrong that he possibly could have. The characters have no development, the plot is totally nonsensical, and the hand-me-down action sequences are saddled with poor CGI. Much of the film feels pasted together at the last minute, the shots are almost entirely in close-up, and the dialogue will make you gag. Mission: fail.
Rated 01 Sep 2010
johnsandwichJohnSandwich
Rated 31 Aug 2010
30
9th
PSA: You should not beat women. They are sweet because they look good, and you can fuck them. You can also interact with them, like chatting, which is an endearing if inconsequential (and sometimes confusing!) feature.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
sirstuckeySirStuckey
Rated 28 Aug 2010
65
45th
A very fun action movie. The main guys were all good except Randy Couture (give me The Rock) and the action scenes were a good mix of styles. The plot is pretty by-the-numbers and this isn't any type of movie that is going to blow your mind, but it's not a bad way to spend 2 hours of your life.
Rated 28 Aug 2010
silverSilver
Rated 28 Aug 2010
2
5th
Wow, now THAT was embarrasing to watch. (vomit) When you pass certain age it is better to start babysitting your grand-grand-children, instead of showing off, like we're still kids in the 80s. The scene between Bruce, Arnold and Stallone was particularly pathetic. Even the direction and the editing of the action was absolutely incompetent and annoying.
Rated 28 Aug 2010
weirdyodaweirdyoda
Rated 23 Aug 2010
39
3rd
The 10 minutes of Mickey Rourke screen time are so vastly superior to everything else in this movie. ...This film is great in theory...but I just don't really like action movies that much.
Rated 23 Aug 2010
dst7175dst7175
Rated 23 Aug 2010
88
96th
Who would have ever thought rocky and Ivan Drago being on the same team. Magic of movies. Lol
Rated 23 Aug 2010
kasperlKasperL
Rated 21 Aug 2010
70
65th
Why anyone would want a plot beyond serviceable in a movie like this baffles me. There are minor annoyances (Li, for one... kidding - but, really, he's not very good), the worst offender being Lundgren who looks the part but is trapped in campy overdrive. Not that camp has to be a bad thing, mind you. The movie's heart is the goofy give-and-take between Statham (cool incarnate) and Stallone (endlessly likeable). Roberts is fun, too, and the action is excessive without becoming overly disgusting.
Rated 21 Aug 2010
ducoDuco
Rated 21 Aug 2010
80
71st
The old school action movie that hasn't been done in the last 20 years. Pure kick-ass and legendary one-liners, plus the botox-pumped Sylvester Stallone make it a totally crazy train. Epic!
Rated 21 Aug 2010
langelundLangelund
Rated 20 Aug 2010
60
47th
No matter how primitive and self-indulgent it's impossible not to love a movie with a body count approx 100 times as high as its IQ-score. And yes, THE scene with Arnold, Stallone and Willis is worth the ticket price in itself.
Rated 20 Aug 2010
mwgerbmwgerb
Rated 18 Aug 2010
46
36th
There's some really great action in here. This is the movie to see for knives, guns, and explosions. Unfortunately, the film doesn't hit its dramatic notes as well, and it suffers from a bad case of invincible protagonist syndrome. It still manages to be a fun ride, though, because it doesn't take itself that seriously.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
eastondEastonD
Rated 18 Aug 2010
50
34th
Not nearly as gay or coherent as I had hoped.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
schnofelschnofel
Rated 16 Aug 2010
10
1st
A testament to the barbaric glorification of warfare and all the withered assholes who get rich off this shit.
Rated 16 Aug 2010
yiannosYiannos
Rated 25 Jul 2020
48
19th
The action shows none of the dynamism of Rambo IV, and it takes itself way too seriously. What's the point of assembling a multigenerational all-star cast without having any real fun? It's neither a celebration or affirmation of genre or talent, and it only starts to come alive in the explosion packed finale at Garza's compound. Until that point, it's just a glorified DTV actioner with a king sized budget, and Sly's direction is purely functional.
Rated 25 Jul 2020
dakota99Dakota99
Rated 10 May 2019
4
27th
I like my fair share of dumb, straight to the point, action flicks, I really do. This kind of film does pay homage to old action heroes and films in general. If that's your thing, it's great, it definitely has its fans. For me and many people of my generation, we didn't grow up with these guys. I like some of their films, but the acting is so average at best, it's premise is pretty generic and I'm so hit and miss with cheesy one liners, but these ones are too cringe for me to enjoy.
Rated 10 May 2019
misterlizardmisterlizard
Rated 20 Feb 2016
25
28th
A bunch of big-name 80s action stars get together to create a movie that completely misses what made 80s cheeseball action movies so fun.
Rated 20 Feb 2016
backwardsuitbackwardsuit
Rated 15 Nov 2014
40
7th
As if being conscious about your masturbatory self-referential laziness somehow makes it fine. No, it just adds cynicism to the mix.
Rated 15 Nov 2014
matija_dMatija D
Rated 08 Nov 2014
55
26th
Good action filled with cliche monologues, nothing more than that.
Rated 08 Nov 2014
zipsterZipster
Rated 11 Aug 2014
40
0th
As expected, you'll quickly find that you prefer your preconceived notion of this movie to how it turned out. Sly is too busy resting on his laurels with a gimmicky cast to remember to include energetic or interesting direction, dialogue that isn't stiffer than wood, characters with color or chemistry, blood that isn't digital or an enlivening spirit that might've recapture the thrill of the movies he's trying to remind us of.
Rated 11 Aug 2014
djrossdjross
Rated 06 Aug 2014
20
3rd
Wit and charm are fatally lacking.
Rated 06 Aug 2014
petroleumPetroleum
Rated 03 Apr 2013
3
0th
I love action. I hope they make a hundred more of these. The idea of having all these stars that are well-known and some big names in action and the film industry in general into the same movie, that's something you don't see very often. The action was amazing, and the story, surprisingly enough, wasn't lacking either.
Rated 03 Apr 2013
closefriendCloseFriend
Rated 16 Feb 2013
38
13th
Tattoos make for an uncannily accurate motif in this film, as the same thing evidently happens to both tattoos and myopic, egotistical action stars as they age. Enlisting stars from 90s action films, Hong Kong martial arts pics, the NFL, the WWE, and MMA in a cliché-redolent banana republic siege plot could have made the perfect satire of American bloodlust focused through Hollywood. Instead, I've never in my life seen so many things explode or fire out of a gun and cared so little.
Rated 16 Feb 2013
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 28 Dec 2012
2
17th
a genre's decomposing corpse dragged through the muck... [Full review]
Rated 28 Dec 2012
tjekhovTjekhov
Rated 06 Sep 2012
20
9th
kind of cool, but also very exhausting.
Rated 06 Sep 2012
andaybandayb
Rated 19 Aug 2012
30
7th
with all these old timers lining up, you'd expect a somewhat cohesive plot, some sort of character development and a half decent script. well Mr. Stallone disagrees. he says "FUCK you and FUCK the horse you rode in on" and proceeds to fuck shit up. but you know, in a cool way.
Rated 19 Aug 2012
baggerBagger
Rated 05 Jun 2012
35
9th
Funny how many people always wish for their own all-star casts in their dream movies, but they always rightly cringe when they actually see them.
Rated 05 Jun 2012
kammeyerKammeyer
Rated 06 May 2012
75
22nd
The acting was poor, the plot wasnt really any good and the dialoges was kind of.. well short. But was I entertained? Absolutely! Put together some of Hollywoods biggest meat-heads, and give them big guns.. Also the shotgun scene is legendary. Solid entertainment.
Rated 06 May 2012
paxtonPaxton
Rated 29 Jan 2012
67
54th
Could have used a few stars in the cast in my opinion.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
hellboy76hellboy76
Rated 05 Oct 2011
62
30th
Who cares what the plot is. If you seriously watched this film with any sort of expectations of a decent script you need to get your head checked. Where this film truly misses is in the editing. With some very talented martial artists (Li, Coture, and even Lundgren was a two time European Karate Champion, and to a lesser extent Statham) mixed with brawlers like Austin and Sly this should have been wide angle minimum cut scenes. Instead we are treated with incomprehensible non stop quick cuts.
Rated 05 Oct 2011
nobletNoblet
Rated 04 Sep 2011
38
13th
30 points for Terry Crews, 5 points for all the knives. Everything else was terrible.
Rated 04 Sep 2011
martrynmartryn
Rated 01 Aug 2011
63
33rd
Mother of all action films. Any movie that features Randy Couture pile-driving a FLAMING Stone Cold Steve Austin is alright in my book. Also it's funny at times. Definitely surpassed my expectations, and will go down as one of the great action movies of our time.
Rated 01 Aug 2011
whatismynamewhatismyname
Rated 23 Jun 2011
50
20th
It's like a match made in heaven, lots of action stars coming together to make a badass film, only it didn't quite turn out that way. Story was boring, action scenes were semi-decent, too many actors and so few time for them. Just a mess through and through.
Rated 23 Jun 2011
terrymacterrymac
Rated 31 May 2011
52
22nd
I'm unashamedly a fan of brainless action films, but was unfortunately a touch disappointed with this effort. I was perhaps hoping for this to be a spiritual successor to Commando (a real guilty pleasure for me), but felt that Stallone's own Rambo (2008), and the ludricrous Taken filled that role more competently. This is not to say that this is entirely without a smattering of fun; however, the promise lent by the cast doesn't really come to fruition, and overall the film feels a tad clumsy.
Rated 31 May 2011
zealot185Zealot185
Rated 01 May 2011
11
2nd
You're better off watching ANY 80s action movie. In terms of both action and plot, there is little to no creativity or depth to be found. This was a sad excuse to get a group of action stars together into one film. Disappointing because I thought Sly did a decent job with the latest Rambo.
Rated 01 May 2011
guy-piranhaguy piranha
Rated 21 Feb 2011
40
12th
This should have been an epic piece of nostalgia, not too serious, a bit shitty, but on purpose, and a bunch of testosterone vikings sticking it to the man, whoever he may be. Instead it rather serves as an obituary. A confusing and often nauseating one at that. You can not obfuscate a shitty plot, no matter how much you shake the camera. You can not hide the fact that stallone, arnie, willis and lundgren are old hacks, no matter how much you shake the camera. Stop shaking the fucking camera!!!
Rated 21 Feb 2011
davidblastDavidBlast
Rated 27 Jan 2011
40
28th
A strange mixture between a 'lost movie' accidentally recovered from the 80s and a cash-out reunion of has-been action stars that should know better. Sly's failure to acknowledge time is wonderfully predominant, meaning that this movie is exactly as plotless and stupid as anything you'd expect from the decade when he was king. Never reaching those wonderfully explicitly violent heights of 'Rambo', this should still win the Oscar for best movie in the history of the world.
Rated 27 Jan 2011
silencersilencer
Rated 10 Jan 2011
60
23rd
60/100 means: 30 for Stadham, 20 for Jet Li and 10 for the rest of the movie.
Rated 10 Jan 2011
kmcneilKMcNeil
Rated 25 Dec 2010
1
9th
Pretty terrible.
Rated 25 Dec 2010
muzak66muzak66
Rated 23 Dec 2010
94
95th
AWESOME so friggin AWESOME of a MOVIE.
Rated 23 Dec 2010
harukoHaruko
Rated 13 Dec 2010
60
18th
What's up with all the blurry close ups in fight scenes? I wanna see Jet Li kick some ass! Manly actors don't make a manly movie, not when all the characters weep about how hard it has been on them and how therapy is the solution while Mickey Rourke is having a bad hair day.
Rated 13 Dec 2010
shmendrekShmendrek
Rated 02 Dec 2010
1
10th
It obviously wants to pay homage to the ensemble shoot 'em up action flicks of the 80s, but sloppy writing and a noticeable lack of chemistry between the members of the ensemble leave this fucker dead in the water. Mickey Rourke's character manages to inject a little humanity into this shit, but he feels out of place given his surroundings.
Rated 02 Dec 2010
omgfridgeomgfridge
Rated 27 Nov 2010
1
8th
Everyone wanted an awesome action movie with a tacked on script about our favorite action guys doing action stuff. Failed on every front. Bland viewing.
Rated 27 Nov 2010
dmarquesdmarques
Rated 13 Nov 2010
48
21st
What the hell happened to Stallone's face?! Tries to hard to capture the feel of 80's/90's action movies, but ends up falling flat on its face. Plus, for Rourke, Statham and the Schwarzenegger cameo.
Rated 13 Nov 2010
saucyjacksaucyjack
Rated 17 Oct 2010
69
46th
If the last thirty minutes were the entire film, it would be fantastic. Unfortunately, there's like an hour around those thirty minutes that have some atrocious acting and writing. After Rambo, a pretty big disappointment, but helluva fun in the theater.
Rated 17 Oct 2010
bitch_alertBitch Alert
Rated 04 Oct 2010
40
25th
Awkward, formulaic and terribly unfunny, this ode to the "good ol' days" quite simply fucks up.
Rated 04 Oct 2010
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 02 Oct 2010
69
23rd
5 or 6 really well done action sequences, and that's about it. If that's something you enjoy they're definitely worth watching it for as the rest, while mediocre, is watchable.
Rated 02 Oct 2010
kavuKavu
Rated 23 Sep 2010
67
43rd
Quite bad directing in action scenes, but the action itself was great. Suitably cliched plot and "witty" dialogue. Great cast for a movie like this.
Rated 23 Sep 2010
tavingtonTavington
Rated 07 Sep 2010
1
11th
Besides epic cast there isn't much anything else worth mentioning. Well there are some action moments but too few of them for this kind of movie. It's a bit of disappointment for me yet it is watchable.
Rated 07 Sep 2010
nathandarkoNathanDarko
Rated 06 Sep 2010
75
38th
There were some great action scenes, the cast was cool ( even Dolph Lundgren as insane Gunnar) but the script was awful, so Ißve expected a much better story line. But in the end it was just cool to see all those old warhorses in one flick.
Rated 06 Sep 2010
tathieltathiel
Rated 31 Aug 2010
75
42nd
Quite ok for an hommage to 80s action movies. It was entertaining and funny. Of course, with so many great action stars in the cast there is not so much room for character development, but then: Who expected that? The action scenes are decent, the plot is not better or worse than any other of the 80's or today's action movies. What I really disliked was the camera work because it always was much too close to the actors, it felt crowded. You'll get entertained if you know what to expect.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
muutanetmuutanet
Rated 31 Aug 2010
13
10th
Well, I'm speachless. What was it all about? Lots of uneven famous actors, even more stunts. But the story was the worst of all. Violently cartoon black-and-white characters bounch around pointlessly.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
lennyneroLennyNero
Rated 30 Aug 2010
75
71st
If you grew up with the noisy 80's action movies, testosterone packed action heroes with machistic manierism and dumb but incredible funny oneliners, then this is denitely the best 80's action movie NOT made in the 80's. Lots of fun, great cast (Lundgren steals every scene he's in it) and great action scenes. The only negative thing is that Jet Li should have had more scenes.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
sumanaustinsuman.austin
Rated 30 Aug 2010
66
15th
If you are a fan of action movies and always fantasized about your favorite stars sharing the same screen, then this surely for you. But on the other hand you hate action movies, huge explosions, guns and knives then you will definitely not be impressed.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
mchaleMcHale
Rated 20 Aug 2010
79
53rd
What makes a man? Is it the power in his hands? Or his quest for glory?
Rated 20 Aug 2010
entrapmenentrapmen
Rated 19 Aug 2010
63
34th
old school action but not that hot. it seems old school action is really old nowadays. it just doesnt flow...
Rated 19 Aug 2010
deadmarshDeadmarsh
Rated 19 Aug 2010
60
34th
Ok so the script isn't the greatest (not that I expected it to be anyway), but the end result is highly entertaining.
Rated 19 Aug 2010
mlightle3mlightle3
Rated 19 Aug 2010
65
18th
Not as over the top and fun as I wanted, they took themselves a little too seriously. Besides that of course, the action is inventive and the plot isn't terrible, though it is a bit convoluted.
Rated 19 Aug 2010
billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 17 Aug 2010
50
21st
Why was the Expendables boring ? WHY?
Rated 17 Aug 2010
the_ethe e
Rated 16 Aug 2010
77
45th
GOOD: Jason Statham had some of the best action choreography of his career, great! -BAD: special effects looked like they were done with Microsoft Paint, cameos felt wasted
Rated 16 Aug 2010
crazybobcatcrazyBobcat
Rated 15 Aug 2010
74
75th
ultimately predictable, but good, mindless fun for the aging crowd.
Rated 15 Aug 2010
katje_iikatje_
Rated 15 Aug 2010
20
1st
Is this the best worst movie ever or what. And stop whinning about being disappointed, you have to be really stupid to expect something from this cast and script.
Rated 15 Aug 2010
stewballStewball
Rated 15 Aug 2010
50
14th
A huge disappointement, especially since I really liked his two last movies, particularly "Rambo". This was wanting on every level, especially the story. There were a few bright spots but I wouldn't have gone if I'd known.
Rated 15 Aug 2010
frederikaFrederikA
Rated 14 Aug 2010
50
33rd
Doesn't quite deliver on the promises Sly made us with Rambo, regarding over-the-top, and the whole thing feels a bit underdeveloped (even by 80s standards). But if you were a kid in the 80s, chances are you're gonna relish in the nostalgia.
Rated 14 Aug 2010
mightypotatomightypotato
Rated 14 Aug 2010
90
91st
Every action movie cliche you can think of is in this movie. But, the film knows exactly what it's doing and doesn't take itself seriously. It's been a long time since a really good "more macho than macho" action movie has come along.
Rated 14 Aug 2010
videoetronVideoetron
Rated 09 Aug 2024
61
49th
So many big names, so little acting. Some cool action scenes, some characters/actors done dirty. The generic aspect of the plot was a bit distracting even when trying to just turn my brain off to enjoy explosions. Why so mean to Jet Li??
Rated 09 Aug 2024
scuffedScuffed
Rated 18 Mar 2023
25
3rd
Gen x nostalgia slop. Treats their audience like mindless husks.
Rated 18 Mar 2023
badfurdayBadFurDay
Rated 01 Sep 2021
2
5th
If you're going to capitalize on 80s nostalgia at least don't use the charisma vacuum that is Stallone as the central character.
Rated 01 Sep 2021
evranaevrana
Rated 02 Jun 2021
60
24th
Well, as a nostalgic meta-story of Merc-for-hire films, it was interesting in the beginning, as it was over the top and cheeky; kind of a spoof without being a spoof movie (it is hard to achieve, only one that did this well up to now is Cabin in the Woods). The self-effacing manner they used Lundgren, Willis, etc. was entertaining also. but after the halfway, it becomes an actual Merc for hire film, the run-of-the-mill style, and stops being entertaining.
Rated 02 Jun 2021
doyler29doyler29
Rated 29 Mar 2021
40
7th
I hate this movie.
Rated 29 Mar 2021
julesfmbjulesfmb
Rated 03 Dec 2020
47
11th
Expendable
Rated 03 Dec 2020
elmayElmAy
Rated 15 Oct 2020
55
25th
Not great, but kind of entertaining if only just to see so many big names all in one movie.
Rated 15 Oct 2020
kgbelliveaukgbelliveau
Rated 01 Jun 2020
65
17th
It embodies all the elements of cliched action movies and thinks making the actors aged is going to give it that edge it needs to succeed but it doesn't even have anything worth selling to audience's that have been watching these guys do it for years. It's a misfire in that regard but on its own it actually stands as a fair and decent action set piece. It didn't have to feature all the big time action heroes it just needed to tell the same story and be confident enough to succeed on its own.
Rated 01 Jun 2020
petrostserPetrosTser
Rated 06 Jan 2020
50
23rd
Some of the action scenes are quite engaging (despite being sloppily directed and edited - and, seriously, what the fuck is up with all that ridiculous CGI blood?), yet probably the best thing about "The Expendables" is Mickey Rourke's monologue - he absolutely nails it. Elsewhere, everything is hastily put together and sketchy as fuck. Moreover, the dialogues are high on the cringe scale and the limited talent of a lot of the actors involved makes them even worse. A lot of potential wasted.
Rated 06 Jan 2020
mcproustMCProust
Rated 19 Aug 2019
10
1st
Nearly ten years on--and what a relentlessly boring and ugly movie this still is, all browns and greys and not a remotely original line to be heard. Simultaneously too expensive and too incompetent to recapture the joy of 80s B-movies, 'The Expendables' has very little that's at all likeable, from the charmlessness of its veiny, botoxed performers to its artless action scenes. The most disappointing thing is the Stallone script credit; difficult to imagine that the same man wrote 'Rocky'.
Rated 19 Aug 2019
sopachuco13sopachuco13
Rated 18 Aug 2018
70
36th
I'm conflicted with The Expendables. On one hand it is a dumb action movie that is easy to watch and there isn't much to digest concerning the story. On the other, the movie seems to normalize private security contracting and the paid murder that the men who take part in it do. I enjoyed parts ot this movie but there was a part of me that felt that I'm somehow complicit in a broader world of war that I don't agree with personally. The cast of characters in thsi movie is fantastic which helps.
Rated 18 Aug 2018
markberonteMarkBeronte
Rated 06 Jun 2018
2
0th
And expendable is what this movie is.
Rated 06 Jun 2018
jordanraidenjordanraiden
Rated 26 Sep 2017
11
12th
6/4
Rated 26 Sep 2017

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