Expend4bles (2023)
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A team of elite mercenaries must stop a terrorist from obtaining nuclear warheads in a high-stakes international mission.
The story
The Expendables are sent to Libya to prevent mercenary Suarto Rahmat from stealing nuclear warheads for a mysterious terrorist named Ocelot. The team is led by Barney Ross and formed of members Lee Christmas, Toll Road, and Gunner Jensen, with Easy Day and Galan as their recruits. However, they are incapacitated when all of their vehicles are destroyed in the ensuing fight. When Rahmat shoots their plane down, the team finds what appears to be Barney's burned corpse in the wreckage, identified solely by his ring. At Barney's memorial service, CIA operative Marsh reveals the team will pursue Ocelot and Rahmat, but without Christmas, who jeopardized the mission trying to save Barney.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The Expendables are sent to Libya to prevent mercenary Suarto Rahmat from stealing nuclear warheads for a mysterious terrorist named Ocelot. The team is led by Barney Ross and formed of members Lee Christmas, Toll Road, and Gunner Jensen, with Easy Day and Galan as their recruits. They are incapacitated when their vehicles are destroyed, and a plane crash leads to the apparent death of Barney. At his memorial, CIA operative Marsh reveals the team will pursue Ocelot and Rahmat, replacing Christmas with Gina and a new operative, Lash. Meanwhile, Christmas is secretly tracking them. Ocelot plans to provoke World War III by detonating the warheads in the Russian Far East. As the Expendables board a ship carrying the warheads, they are taken hostage. Christmas travels to Thailand to recruit Decha, who joins him to rescue the team. During a confrontation on the ship, Christmas kills Rahmat. During a prisoner exchange, Marsh is revealed as Ocelot. While the team escapes on Decha's boat, Christmas stays behind to turn the ship away from a global conflict. He confronts Marsh before Marsh is killed by Barney, who faked his death. They escape the explosion and celebrate.
- First release year
- 2023
- Runtime (minutes)
- 104
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Scott Waugh
- Writers
- Kurt Wimmer · screenplay; Tad Daggerhart · screenplay; Max Adams · screenplay; Spenser Cohen · story; Kurt Wimmer · story; Tad Daggerhart · story
- Cast and characters
- Jason Statham · Lee Christmas; Sylvester Stallone · Barney Ross; Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson · Easy Day; Megan Fox · Agent Gina; Dolph Lundgren · Gunner Jensen; Tony Jaa · Decha Unai; Randy Couture · Toll Road; Andy Garcia · Agent Marsh / Ocelot
- Genres
- action; thriller
- Themes
- Mercenary warfare; Sacrifice; Betrayal
- Tone and mood
- Action-packed; Violent
- Setting
- Libya, Thailand, and a ship in the Russian Far East.
- Premise and plot tags
- Mercenaries; Nuclear threat; Action ensemble
- Franchise connections
- The Expendables
- Reception
- The film received negative reviews from critics and was considered a box-office bomb, though it received a 'B-' from audiences and a 64% positive score from PostTrak.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 30 · scale: 100 · review count: 33; PostTrak · score: 64% · scale: percentage
- Awards and nominations
- Golden Raspberry Award · Worst Supporting Actor · Win; Golden Raspberry Award · Worst Supporting Actress · Win
- Production trivia
- The title 'Expend4bles' was chosen to retain the brand identity despite being ridiculed.; The film was originally scheduled to be released in 2022.; The film's working title during development was 'The Expendables: A Christmas Story'.
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