The Expendables (2010)
- The incredible score for The Expendables was composed in just a few weeks after the original composer dropped out.
- Before Sylvester Stallone was cast, several major A-list stars turned down the lead role because they felt the script was too risky.
- During the filming of The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone improvised one of the most famous lines in the movie.
The Expendables is a 2010 American action film directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, assembling the most impressive collection of action stars ever gathered in a single film. Stallone leads a team of elite mercenaries β including Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, and Terry Crews β who are hired to overthrow a dictator on a small South American island. The mission becomes personal when they discover the true power behind the regime is a rogue CIA operative played by Eric Roberts, and Stallone's Barney Ross must decide whether the payday is worth the risk.
The Expendables was conceived as a celebration of the practical-stunts, no-CGI action filmmaking tradition, and the novelty of seeing Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis share screen time β even briefly, in a church meeting scene β was a cinematic event for action fans. The film earned $274 million worldwide on a $80 million budget and spawned a franchise that continued adding action legends in subsequent entries.
