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THE EXPENDABLES
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Cast |
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Filmmakers |
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Sylvester Stallone |
Barney Ross |
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Written and Directed by |
Sylvester Stallone |
Jason Statham |
Lee Christmas |
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Produced by |
Avi Lerner |
Jet Li |
Yin Yang |
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John Thompson |
Terry Crews |
Hale Caesar |
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Kevin King Templeton |
Randy Couture |
Toll Road |
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Executive Producer |
Danny Dimbort |
Dolph Lundgren |
Gunnar Jensen |
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Trevor Short |
Giselle Litie |
Sandra |
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Boaz Davidson |
Eric Roberts |
James Monroe |
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Co-Producer |
Robert Earl |
David Zayas |
General Garza |
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Director of Photography |
Jeffrey Kimball |
Steve Austin |
Paine |
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Production Designer |
Franco Carbone |
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Editor |
Ken Blackwell |
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Costume Designer |
Lizz Wolf |
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Casting by |
Deborah Aquila, CSA |
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Tricia Wood, CSA |
*credits not yet final
SYNOPSIS
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.
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