5.4 Score

2010 • 1h 43min • R • Action, Adventure, Thriller

The Expendables

"Choose your weapon."

Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.

IMDb 6.4

RT 42%

MC 45

Director

Sylvester Stallone

Writers

David Callaham

Sylvester Stallone

David Callaham

Composer

Brian Tyler

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Sylvester Stallone

Barney Ross

Jason Statham

Lee Christmas

Jet Li

Yin Yang

Dolph Lundgren

Gunner Jensen

Eric Roberts

James Monroe

Randy Couture

Toll Road

Steve Austin

Paine

David Zayas

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