Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning.
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Expend4bles
Overview:
Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a
Cast:
- Lee Christmas: Jason Statham
- Barney Ross: Sylvester Stallone
- Drew ‘Easy Day’ Farrell: 50 Cent
- Gina: Megan Fox
- Gunner Jensen: Dolph Lundgren
- Toll Road: Randy Couture
- Rahmat: Iko Uwais
- Marsh: Andy García
- Decha: Tony Jaa
- Galan: Jacob Scipio
- Lash: Levy Tran
- Russo: Lucy Newman-Williams
- Bok: Daren Nop
- Anton: Kenny “Cowboy” Bartram
- Pavel: Cody Mackie
- Bartender: Cokey Falkow
- Bartender: Eddie Hall
- Bai: Chupong Changprung
- Fezzan: Karim Saidi
- Ahmad: Adam Masto
- Adele: Sheila Shah
- Charlie: Nicole Andrews
- Thai Bartender: Oat Jenner
- AC/DC Fan: Susanne Potrock
- Jumbo Shrimp: Mike Möller
- Armed Merc: Alexander Hristozov
- Muscle Merc: Antoni Davidov
- Thai Merc: David Nop
- Singing Merc: Igor Pečenjev
- Lead Merc: Stefan Ivanov
- Merc Captain: Vladimir Mihailov
- New Merc Captain: Martin Ghiaurov
- Fezzan’s Wife: Tjaša Perko
- Libyan Guard: Stefan Bahrun
- Bikini Girl (uncredited): Caroline Wilde
- Nightclub Biker (uncredited): Jason Lines
- Libyan Guard: Asen Karanikolov
- Randall: Sam Black
Crew:
- Story: Kurt Wimmer
- Screenplay: Max Adams
- Executive Producer: Spenser Cohen
- In Memory Of: Michael J. Duthie
- Production Design: Ricky Eyres
- Art Direction: Biljana Jovanovic
- Art Direction: Kira Kemble
- Costume Supervisor: Rebekah Russell
- Supervising Sound Editor: Kris Casavant
- Executive Producer: Christa Campbell
- Executive Producer: Trevor Short
- Executive Producer: Boaz Davidson
- Co-Producer: Abby Mills
- Executive Producer: Avi Lerner
- Executive Producer: Lati Grobman
- Producer: Yariv Lerner
- Producer: Les Weldon
- Producer: Jeffrey Greenstein
- Producer: Jonathan Yunger
- Director: Scott Waugh
- Producer: Kevin King Templeton
- Producer: Jason Statham
- Stunts: MJ Chan
- Orchestrator: Guillaume Roussel
- Co-Executive Producer: Lonnie Ramati
- VFX Supervisor: Veselina Georgieva
- Stunt Coordinator: Alan Ng Wing-Lun
- Makeup Designer: Daniela Avramova
- Stunts: Steve Kelso
- Stunt Coordinator: Ilko Iliev
- Visual Effects Producer: Danail Hadzhiyski
- “A” Camera Operator: Malcolm McLean
- Best Boy Grip: Nic Cupac
- Second Assistant Camera: Lawrence Fish
- Music Editor: Richard Armstrong
- Third Assistant Director: Aliki Nakopoulou
- Supervising Art Director: Martyn John
- Script Supervisor: Xenia Taylor
- Post Production Supervisor: Jivko Chakarov
- Director of Photography: Tim Maurice-Jones
- Post Production Supervisor: Paula Crickard
- Gaffer: Martin Cox
- Key Grip: Terry Williams
- Co-Executive Producer: Claiton Fernandes
- Co-Executive Producer: Euzebio Munhoz Jr.
- Executive Producer: Jon Feltheimer
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Gord Hillier
- Sound Effects Editor: Ryan Thompson
- Executive Producer: Guymon Casady
- Boom Operator: Tzvetan Kadiysk
- Sound Designer: Ryan Nowak
- Executive Producer: Allen Dam
- Boom Operator: Alexander Popov
- Executive Producer: Jason Constantine
- Sound Mixer: Ivaylo Natzev
- Foley Artist: Tapio Liukkonen
- Music Supervisor: Ryan Svendsen
- Line Producer: Michael S. Constable
- Co-Executive Producer: Balan Melarkode
- Colorist: Tom Aston
- Executive Producer: Gareth West
- Dialogue Editor: Zahary Borisov
- Executive Producer: Anna Halberg
- Executive Producer: Basil Iwanyk
- Co-Executive Producer: Vladimir Fernandes
- Co-Producer: Gisella Marengo
- Still Photographer: Dan Smith
- Dialogue Editor: Adrian Gougov
- Executive Producer: Stephen Paul
- Co-Executive Producer: Victor Hadida
- Sound Effects Editor: Nikolay Bakalov
- Line Producer: Yanko Ushatov
- First Assistant Director: Zornitsa Tsvetanova
- Line Producer: Simeon Vasilev
- First Assistant Director: Ben Lanning
- Executive Producer: Eda Kowan
- Co-Producer: Robert Earl
- Line Producer: Vessela Bannzurkova
- Co-Producer: Matthew O’Toole
- Line Producer: Aleksander Kenanov
- Stunts: Shashwad Babalgaon
- Set Decoration: Neil Floyd
- Set Decoration: Arta Tozzi
- Casting: Elaine Grainger
- Set Decoration: Orlin Grozdanov
- Costume Design: Neil McClean
- Third Assistant Director: Maya Markova
- Video Assist Operator: Yannis Papanastasopoulos
- Additional Writing: Phillip Murphy
- Story: Tad Daggerhart
- Characters: Dave Callaham
- Executive Producer: K. Blaine Johnston
- Executive Producer: Christopher Woodrow
- Additional Third Assistant Director: Elena Mateva
- Set Designer: Yossif Mladenov
- Stunt Double: Dom Dumaresq
- Stunts: Filip Kržišnik
- Stunt Double: Aleksandra Dragova
- Stunts: Chi Lewis Parry
- Second Unit Director: Brian Smrz
- Stunts: Dimitar Ilkov
- Stunt Coordinator: Rok Cvetkov
- Stunts: Greg Burridge
- Stunt Driver: Scott Cook
- Stunt Driver: Mike Gassaway
- Stunt Double: Blaž Slanič
- Stunt Double: Elmo Walker
- Stunt Double: Safi El Masri
- Stunts: Phillip Ray Tommy
- Stunt Double: Gabrielle-Anne Désy
- Stunts: Sahin Karakus
- Stunts: Georgi Nikolov
- Stunt Coordinator: Peter Pedrero
- Stunts: Nathan Aldous
- Stunts: Lee Charles
- Stunt Double: Isky Fay
- Stunt Coordinator: Antoni Davidov
- Stunts: Joseph Racki
- Stunts: Tjaša Perko
- Stunts: Sara Ratosa
- Stunts: Steen Young
- Stunt Double: Billy Clements
- Stunts: Zeljko Matovina
Catogories:
Action,Adventure,Thriller
These modules are smart!!
They’ll die when they’re dead.
Language:
English
Production:
Bulgaria,France,United States of America
Company:
Millennium Media,Campbell Grobman Films,Lionsgate,Nu Boyana Film Studios,Templeton Media,Thunder Road,Davis Films,Media Capital Technologies
Popularity:
111.908
Date:
2023-09-15
Year:
2023
- CinemaSerf: To be honest, there’s very little new in this formulaic action adventure. It’s the usual old who has got the launch codes mystery that sees Sly Stallone’s “Barney” recruit his best mate “Christmas” (Jason Statham) and their lethal gang of expendables to thwart the ambitions of an unknown criminal mastermind who is hoping to arm a boat load of nuclear missiles and start WWIII. Thing is, tragedy strikes very early on in the film and “Christmas” is taken off the team that is sent to avenge that. Is he staying home to fester? Of course not, and lucky too – for soon he is trying to free his pals from captivity before all hell breaks loose. Plenty of pyrotechnics, a bit of contrived sexual chemistry (with Megan Fox’s “Gina”) and loads of bullets and missiles flying around keep the film moving along well enough, but the story is the thinnest of the thin; the baddie’s identity is hardly a challenge to discover nor is the twist in the tale at the end remotely unexpected. Good to see that the acting colossus that is Dolph Lundgren is still getting on screen nowadays, but otherwise this really is unremarkable stuff that even the usually charismatic Statham can’t really sustain.
- MovieGuys: A B grade action flick masquerading as a A list title. That’s my reaction to Expendables 4.
Yes, its a tired formula but at least previous Expendable films in this cheesy action franchise, showed a little genuine enthusiasm and included a cast of well worn but also well known, action stars.
By contrast, the latest flick is easily forgettable with a good number of cast members, I’ve never heard of or seen on screen, infrequently.
In summary, looks and behaves like a decidedly B grade action film with a sparse sprinkling of A grade action talent. Feels too, likes its going through the motions but not really delivering, if that makes sense.
- kipo: I love all 3 parts before this 3rd class movie. The story is classic not bad not good for this type of movies and lots of actors from the previous movies are missing, but they bring us Megan Fox and ruin everything. I hope that this will last movie in this series.
- r96sk: ‘Expend4bles’ is a mixed bag. I was never entertained, though I was also never all that bored – odd.
I think it’s ever so slightly watchable because of those who are in it, given they all fit their roles to the T. However, I can’t class it as anything ‘good’ because the sole job of these films is to be entertaining – and this just isn’t, even if I wasn’t necessarily craving the end credits. It’s all simply rather dull.
Jason Statham and Sylvester Stallone (who is strangely, given he is the series’ star, sidelined) are a solid pairing, while Megan Fox does quite well throughout – her best performance that I’ve seen, admittedly I haven’t yet checked out anything with her in a lead role; ‘Transformers‘ (meh) aside. Andy García, meanwhile, is alright, the best of the rest if I was forced to pick one of ’em.
I’m kinda surprised this franchise even got a fourth entry, since its release I kept forgetting it even existed… and sadly, post-watch, I don’t see that changing. Weakest of the tetralogy, for me.
- TinaAdams: I was not impressed by this addition to The Expendables series directed by Scott Waugh.
This might be the very last one since the entire hook of these movies is a homage to old skool action stars from the decades 80s and 90s kicking ass in a new type of role lead by Syvester Stallone. Jason Statham basically takes over this entire movie. His fighting style is ruthless and filled with snarky comments for almost every kill.
There really isn’t much for the other actors to do in this movie.
I wouldn’t say skip this movie because it does deliver loads of actions. But if you are a fan of the series from the beginning, then you probably won’t like this movie compared to the previous ones.
I give this 2/5 stars
