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The Expendables
The film received mixed reviews from critics but was very successful commercially, opening at number one at the box office in the United States,[3] the United Kingdom,[4] China[5] and India.[6]
A sequel is currently filming for a release date of August 17, 2012.
Plot
A team of elite, highly-trained mercenaries, the Expendables, are deployed to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to halt local pirates from executing the hostages on a merchant vessel. The team consists of leader Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), former SAS soldier and blades specialist Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), martial artist Yin Yang (Jet Li), sniper Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), weapons specialist Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) and demolitions expert Toll Road (Randy Couture). Jensen instigates a firefight, causing casualties for the pirates. Yang and Jensen have a moral disagreement about hanging a pirate, with Ross finally intervening. As a result of his psychological problems and drug use, Ross reluctantly releases Jensen from the Expendables. The team then travels to New Orleans where they are based.
Ross and rival mercenary leader Trent Mauser (Arnold Schwarzenegger) visit a church to meet a man, who takes the name “Mr. Church” (Bruce Willis). Church offers them a mission in Vilena, an island in between the Gulf of Mexico and South America, to overthrow a brutal dictator, General Garza (David Zayas). Busy with other things, Trent gives the contract to Ross. Meanwhile, Christmas visits his girlfriend, Lacy (Charisma Carpenter), who he discovers has left him for another man. He leaves in a fit of rage, while Lacy insists her actions occurred because she does not see Christmas often and does not even know what he does for a living.
Ross and Christmas fly to Vilena to do initial reconnaissance after meeting their contact, Sandra (Gisele Itié), only for the mission to go awry. Ross learns that Garza is backed by ruthless ex-CIA officer James Munroe (Eric Roberts) and his henchmen Paine (Steve Austin) and The Brit (Gary Daniels), who manipulate and keep Garza in power by making his people fear him. Sandra is revealed to be Garza’s daughter. Ross decides to abort and causes multiple casualties among the army as they escape, but Sandra refuses to leave. Meanwhile, a vengeful Jensen approaches Garza and Munroe to help their side.
Christmas visits Lacy again to find that her new boyfriend has beaten her up. Christmas beats him and his friends, avenging her honor, and taking her home. However, their relationship status is left ambivalent. Later, Ross, Christmas, and Yang deduce that Mr. Church is a member of the CIA and that the real target is Munroe, as the CIA could not kill one of their own by sending in the Special Forces or the Navy SEALs. Ross meets mission coordinator and former teammate Tool (Mickey Rourke) to vent his feelings of guilt. Tool makes an emotional confession to Ross about letting a woman commit suicide during the Bosnian War, and how he felt that if he had saved her, he could’ve saved what was left of his soul. Hearing this, Ross decides to go back for Sandra, telling Christmas and Yang he will do it alone. Yang however tags along; while driving they are chased on the road by Jensen in a shootout. The pursuit ends in an abandoned warehouse, where Yang and Jensen fight a second time. Jensen attempts to impale Yang on a pipe, only to be shot by Ross. A wounded Jensen, believing he is about to die, makes amends and gives the layout of Garza’s palace. Ross boards the plane with Yang and finds the rest of team, ready to aid their friend.
The Expendables infiltrate Garza’s compound. Christmas, Yang, Caesar, and Toll plant explosive charges throughout the site. Ross is captured by the Brit and Paine, but is saved by Yang, Christmas, and Toll, who are able to kill the Brit. Paine escapes while they are pinned by Garza’s elite soldiers. Caesar saves them with an automatic shotgun. Garza has a change of heart about Munroe after realizing he has changed for the worst after seeing his daughter tortured, but before he can act the team is again cornered by Garza’s men. Munroe and Paine kill him and his guards for his treachery, causing Garza’s loyal men to think it was the Expendables who killed him and scatter in rage.
The entire team fights and shoots their way through Garza’s soldiers. Ross and Caesar manage to destroy the helicopter Munroe was to escape on by throwing a bomb at the helicopter and shooting it. Toll kills Paine by burning him alive. Ross and Christmas catch up to Munroe and kill him with Ross shooting him several times in the body and Christmas throwing a knife through his chest from behind, saving Sandra. Instead of taking the payment for the mission, Ross gives it to Sandra to restore Vilena. The team travels back to New Orleans and celebrate their victory at Tool’s tattoo parlor, with the reformed and recovering Jensen. Christmas and Tool challenge each other to a game of knife throwing and Christmas recites a limerick about his respect for Tool, walking through the door into the street, turning, then throwing a bull’s eye.
