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Expendable: capable of being
sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.
THE EXPENDABLES is a hard-hitting
action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate
a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator.
Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite
as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web
of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent
life in danger, the men struggle with an even tougher challenge
– one that threatens to destroy this band of brothers.
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone)
is a man with nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion,
he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of this tight-knit
band of men who live on the fringe. His only attachment is to
his pickup truck, his seaplane and his team of loyal modern-day
warriors. His is a true cynic who describes what he does as “removing
those hard to get at stains.” The team behind him is made
up of Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), former SAS and a savant
with anything that has a blade; Yin Yang (Jet Li), a master at
close-quarter combat; Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known
Barney for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons specialist;
Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled demolitions expert and considered
the intellect of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),
a combat veteran and an expert in precision sniping who struggles
with his own demons.
When the mysterious Church offers
Barney a job no one else would take, Barney and his team embark
on what appears to be a routine mission: overthrow General Gaza
(David Zayas), the murderous dictator of the small island country
of Vilena and end the years of death and destruction inflicted
on its people. On a reconnaissance mission to Vilena, Barney
and Christmas meet their contact Sandra (Giselle Itie), a local
freedom-fighter with a dark secret. They also come to learn who
their true enemy is: rogue ex-CIA operative James Monroe (Eric
Roberts) and his henchman Paine (Steve Austin). When things go
terribly wrong, Barney and Christmas are forced to leave Sandra
behind, essentially giving her a death sentence. Haunted by this
failure, Barney convinces the team to return to Vilena to rescue
the hostage and finish the job he started. And to perhaps save
a soul: his own. |
