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Genres:
Action & Adventure
Language:
English
Subtitles:
English
Running time:
1:42:42
Partner rating:
R
Released:

Cast & Crew

Cast

  1. Sylvester Stallone Barney Ross
  2. Jason Statham Lee Christmas
  3. Jet Li Yin Yang
  4. Dolph Lundgren Gunnar Jensen
  5. Chuck Norris Booker
  6. Terry Crews Hale Caesar
  7. Randy Couture Toll Road
  8. Liam Hemsworth Billy the Kid
  9. Scott Adkins Hector
  10. Yu Nan Maggie
  11. Jean-Claude Van Damme
  12. Bruce Willis
  13. Arnold Schwarzenegger

Directors

  1. Simon West

Producers

  1. Avi Lerner
  2. Kevin King-Templeton
  3. Les Weldon
  4. Danny Lerner

Writers

  1. Richard Wenk
  2. Sylvester Stallone

The Expendables 2


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The Expendables return with a vengeance in this follow-up to the 2010 surprise hit. Con Air's Simon West directed from a script by Sylvester Stallone and David Agosto. This time, Barney Ross (Stallone) and his merry band of mercentaries (including Jason Statham, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, and Terry Crews) take on a mission from Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) to clear Ross' record. The mission in question involves acquiring a black box from a do... The Expendables return with a vengeance in this follow-up to the 2010 surprise hit. Con Air's Simon West directed from a script by Sylvester Stallone and David Agosto. This time, Barney Ross (Stallone) and his merry band of mercentaries (including Jason Statham, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, and Terry Crews) take on a mission from Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) to clear Ross' record. The mission in question involves acquiring a black box from a downed airplane, with the caveat that they bring along Maggie (Yu Nan), a military-trained soldier who throws a gendered wrench into the team's manly ranks. When another mercenary, Jean Vilain (Jean Claude Van Damme), ambushes the team and mess up their newest member (The Hunger Games' Liam Hemsworth), it's hunt and kill time for the Expendables. Jet Li returns in an extended cameo, as does Arnold Schwarzenegger, with fellow '80s action star Chuck Norris coming along for the ride. Undisputed III's Scott Adkins co-stars as Vilain's henchman, Hector.
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Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

Scored 'fresh' by Rotten Tomatoes

65%Tomatometer score: 65% positive reviews from professional critics.

percent positive reviews

  1. Negative review
    Patrick Kolan, IGN Movies AU Perhaps we're pawns in an elaborate homage to excess and macho stupidity. It's purposefully - even wilfully - bad. Given that I can't prove that Simon West isn't actually that kind of... Full review External link
  2. Positive review
    Jim Schembri, 3AW It's cheesy, fun, disposable action pap on a big scale - but, boy, is it lazy. Full review External link
  3. Positive review
    Paul Byrnes, Sydney Morning Herald The film thunders through its paces, under the energetic direction of Simon West. Full review External link
  4. Positive review
    Travis Johnson, FILMINK (Australia) The plot is limp and the attempts at pathos are close to cringe-worthy, but there's no denying this sequel absolutely delivers in terms of classic testosterone-fuelled action. Full review External link
  5. Negative review
    Leigh Paatsch, Herald Sun (Australia) The best that can be said of these spectacularly stoo-pid scenes is that you can't look away from them. But my, oh my, you can laugh at them. Full review External link

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