The Expendables (2010 movie)

The Expendables is a 2010 action movie that was produced by Avi Lerner, Kevin King Templeton, John Thompson and Robert Earl and was directed by Sylvester Stallone.

The Expendables
Directed by	Sylvester Stallone
Written by	Dave Callaham (story & screenplay) Sylvester Stallone (screenplay)
Produced by	Avi Lerner Kevin King Templeton John Thompson Robert Earl
Starring	Sylvester Stallone Jason Statham Jet Li Dolph Lundgren Mickey Rourke Randy Couture Terry Crews Eric Roberts Steve Austin David Zayas Gisele Itié Charisma Carpenter Gary Daniels Bruce Willis Arnold Schwarzenegger
Cinematography	Jeffrey Kimball
Edited by	Brent White
Music by	Brian Tyler
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (USA)
Release dates	August 13, 2010
Running time	105 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$85 million
Box office	$174,803,493

Plot

The movie is about a team of mercenaries that are sent to a South American country to overthrow a cold-blooded dictator.

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 The Brit
• Terry Crews as Hale Caesar
• Mickey Rourke as Tool
• Bruce Willis as Mr. Church
• Arnold Schwarzenegger as Trent "Trench" Mauser

Ratings

The Expendables gained mixed reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes - 42%
• Metacritic - 45% out of 100

Sequels

The Expendables 2, The Expendables 3 and Expend4bles were respectively released in 2012, 2014 and 2023.

Other websites

• The Expendables on IMDb
• The Expendables at AllMovie