Friday, 8 October 2010

Expendables

Expendables was released in the cinema on 19 August 2010 (UK). It was directed by Sylvester Stallone, it stars high ranked actors such as, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews.  The film company for this film was Nu Image/Millennium Films.  The Distribution Company that was used for the UK is Lionsgate. Unfortunately this film was not made in 3D. This film has some of the greatest action actors the world has, Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo), Jason Statham (Crank, Transporter), Jet Li (One of the greatest martial artist the film industry has), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator, Body Builer) and many more.  This film is aimed at teens, or just generally people who like action movies, it has the rating 15 it contains some language, violence and some disturbing images. On IMBD this film is rated 7 out of 10, with that there were 47,803 votes! So a pretty solid figure!
Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life - or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/).

Box Office
Budget:
$80,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend:
$34,825,135 (USA) (15 August 2010) (3270 Screens)
Gross:
$102,070,047 (USA) (26 September 2010)

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