The Expendables (2010)

The Expendables is a 2010 American ensemble action film written by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone, and directed by Stallone. Filming began on March 28, 2009, in Rio de Janeiro, New Orleans, and Los Angeles, and the film was released in theaters on August 13, 2010 in North America. It is the first installment in The Expendables film series. A sequel was released on August 17, 2012.
==Plot==
After a successful assignment to save hostages from pirates in Somalia, Barney Ross and his team of mercenaries, the "Expendables" are invited by Mr. Church to kill the corrupt General Garza, who is the dictator of the Vilena Island in the Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Church offers 5 million dollars and Barney travels with his partner Lee Christmas in their plane to Vilena to meet their local contact, Sandra. They have an incident with one troop and they flee from the island, but Sandra refuses to leave her country and is left behind. They investigate and discover that Church is actually from CIA, that wants them to do the dirty work to destroy the powerful drug dealer and rogue FBI agent James Munroe, who is using the island to grow coke. But Barney also feels divided between staying safe in USA or risk his life to save Sandra and his own soul.
==Cast==
*Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross
*Jason Statham as Lee Christmas
*Jet Li as Yin Yang
*Dolph Lundgren as Gunner Jensen
*Eric Roberts as James Munroe
*Randy Couture as Toll Road
*Steve Austin as Dan Paine
*David Zayas as General Garza
*Giselle Itié as Sandra
*Charisma Carpenter as Lacy
*Gary Daniels as Lawrence Sparks/The Brit
*Terry Crews as Hale Caesar
*Mickey Rourke as Tool
*Bruce Willis as Mr. Church
*Arnold Schwarzenegger as Trench Mauser
==Reception==
===Critical response===
The film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes shows that 41% of critics gave the film a positive review based upon reviews by 192 critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics, the film has received a mean score of 45, based on 35 reviews. CinemaScore polls, however, reflect solid audience approval with a B+ average grade.
==Videos==
The Expendables (2010) - Teaser Trailer
The Expendables (2010) - Official Trailer -1
The Expendables (2010) - Official Trailer -2
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