Rotten
The rest of the mayhem is simply ultraviolent, nonstop, and numbing. Better jokes might have helped.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
The Expendables
Choose your weapon.
2010 · 1h 43m · R
Action, Adventure, Thriller
Directed by
Sylvester Stallone
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Sylvester Stallone Director
- Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross
- Jason Statham as Lee Christmas
- Dolph Lundgren as Gunnar Jensen
- Eric Roberts as Monroe
- Randy Couture as Toll Road
- Steve Austin as Dan Paine
- David Zayas as General Garza
- Giselle Itié as Sandra
- Terry Crews as Hale Caesar
- Mickey Rourke as Tool
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
41%
Tomatometer
Rotten
If you like watching men with no necks thumping each other, this could be your Citizen Kane.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Fresh
What you will find is both familiar in its contours and unique in its casting.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Rotten
The movie had been billed as a throwback to the action flicks of the 1980s, but that pitch turns out to be false advertising.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten
It's not the age of the actors that makes The Expendables expendable. It's the stale storytelling.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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