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The Expendables Extended Director’s Cut Blu-ray. Featuring 10 minutes of brand new footage, new extras including an introduction to the film from Sylvester Stallone, Feature length making of documentary ‘Inferno’ plus new features including “Sylvester Stallone: A Director in Action”. Sylvester Stallone stars as Barney Ross, leader of The Expendables, a tight-knit team of skilled combat vets turned mercenaries. Hired by a powerful covert operator, the team jets off to a small South American country to overthrow a ruthless dictator. Once there, they find themselves caught in a deadly web of deceit and betrayal. Using every weapon at their disposal, they set out to save the innocent and punish the guilty in this blistering action-packed thriller.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The eighties were a great time for us lovers of testosterone fuelled shoot-em-ups, where some muscle bound heroic type would wade in and save the day with lots of good punch ups and some big bangs along the way. Times have changed, and trips to the cinema to see an action film tend to be more restrained affairs as actors and directors try to show us complex characters and difficult moral dilemmas that require a bit more cerebral activity. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it's just that quite often I yearn for a good old fashioned thriller with no complex undercurrents, just a straight forward high octane action fest with plenty of thrills and spills along the way. And that is just what is served up here.
It's an inspired idea. Line up some of the greatest action heroes of the past and modern day, arm them to the teeth and unleash them on some villainous types. Don't worry too much about plot, characterisation or complex and modern angst dilemmas, just let them blow up anything in sight whilst eviscerating the bad guys in some great hand to hand stuff. It's an unashamed paean to those old fashioned big thrillers, and all the better for it. A friend of mine said he didn't really understand the plot. A what now? A plot? It doesn't need one - which is just as well as it doesn't really have one. And the one it does have has holes large enough to drive a large tank through. But it matters not, just slip brain into neutral, kick back and relax to the sound of lots of bangs and breaking bones.
Writer, director and star Sylvester Stallone does a fine job. I confess to often being surprised at just how good he is in films, and as a director.... Read more ›
It's an inspired idea. Line up some of the greatest action heroes of the past and modern day, arm them to the teeth and unleash them on some villainous types. Don't worry too much about plot, characterisation or complex and modern angst dilemmas, just let them blow up anything in sight whilst eviscerating the bad guys in some great hand to hand stuff. It's an unashamed paean to those old fashioned big thrillers, and all the better for it. A friend of mine said he didn't really understand the plot. A what now? A plot? It doesn't need one - which is just as well as it doesn't really have one. And the one it does have has holes large enough to drive a large tank through. But it matters not, just slip brain into neutral, kick back and relax to the sound of lots of bangs and breaking bones.
Writer, director and star Sylvester Stallone does a fine job. I confess to often being surprised at just how good he is in films, and as a director.... Read more ›
29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By LRJ Burne
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
First of all, if you're looking at this review for the Director's Cut, you've probably seen The Expendables already, so I shan't bother talking about the pros and cons of film itself. Instead I'll stick to why, in many people's opinions (including my own), this is the better version of the film.
To be honest, the vast majority of the changes made here are quite small, but it's definitely a case of the whole being greater than the sum of it's parts. A lot of the new dialogue is not only funnier than what was in the theatrical version, but much of it also serves to make the characters more interesting and well-rounded; while I'm not going to claim they're now deep, thought-provoking and complex people (after all, this is still an action movie), they do seem more human and less like the cardboard cut-outs they were before. Sly has also tinkered with the editing in some of the action scenes, and while it may not be easy to spot what exactly is different, the sequences as a whole flow more easily and seem a bit more lucid.
The major changes involve the new opening credits sequence and the new soundtrack applied to the big finale, and how you feel about these differences will probably be down to personal taste more than anything. While I liked the new footage used during the opening credits, I felt the choice of music was out of place and was trying to make the scene far too downbeat. Conversely, I thought the use of Shinedown's "Diamond Eyes" over the final firefight was a big improvement - it gave the scene a lot more energy and to me the rock soundtrack made it feel far more oldschool (which was surely what the entire movie was trying to be, right?).... Read more ›
To be honest, the vast majority of the changes made here are quite small, but it's definitely a case of the whole being greater than the sum of it's parts. A lot of the new dialogue is not only funnier than what was in the theatrical version, but much of it also serves to make the characters more interesting and well-rounded; while I'm not going to claim they're now deep, thought-provoking and complex people (after all, this is still an action movie), they do seem more human and less like the cardboard cut-outs they were before. Sly has also tinkered with the editing in some of the action scenes, and while it may not be easy to spot what exactly is different, the sequences as a whole flow more easily and seem a bit more lucid.
The major changes involve the new opening credits sequence and the new soundtrack applied to the big finale, and how you feel about these differences will probably be down to personal taste more than anything. While I liked the new footage used during the opening credits, I felt the choice of music was out of place and was trying to make the scene far too downbeat. Conversely, I thought the use of Shinedown's "Diamond Eyes" over the final firefight was a big improvement - it gave the scene a lot more energy and to me the rock soundtrack made it feel far more oldschool (which was surely what the entire movie was trying to be, right?).... Read more ›
124 of 152 people found the following review helpful
By Maciej
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Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
"The Expendables" is a merry cheerful genocide between old friends à la sauce testosterone, a very violent and in the same time surprisingly tender, nostalgic, full of humour and less than half serious movie - and I loved every minute of it!
The story is in principle about a group of mercenaries, many of them a little bit aged, who are hired by the CIA to eliminate the military dictator ruling a little island in the Caribbean - but the plot is really really NOT important, and so it will not be discussed further.
The team of mercenaries is small but lethal (of course!). Its leader Barney Ross is (of course!) played by Stallone himself, who also wrote the scenario and directed the film. Ross is the oldest member of the team; he is also a man of few words, without much personal life, very calm and slightly sad. His great pride is to be the fastest man to draw and shoot the gun - "Only light is faster"...
The second in command, Lee Christmas, is played by Jason Statham, who gives an IMPRESSIVE performance!! Christmas is much younger than his commander (and best friend), much more extraverted and with a gorgeous, although unfaithful girlfriend played by Charisma Carpenter. He is an excellent marksman and an accomplished martial arts expert, but his personal specialty is knife fight and especially knife throwing. In homage to the "Magnificent seven" old western classic, Ross and Christmas have at every possible occasion a friendly speed competition between knife and revolver...
The third most important member of the team is Gunner Jensen, a gigantic sociopathic and borderline insane sniper played with great brio by Dolph Lundgren - who gives in this movie his (in my modest opinion) best screen performance ever.... Read more ›
The story is in principle about a group of mercenaries, many of them a little bit aged, who are hired by the CIA to eliminate the military dictator ruling a little island in the Caribbean - but the plot is really really NOT important, and so it will not be discussed further.
The team of mercenaries is small but lethal (of course!). Its leader Barney Ross is (of course!) played by Stallone himself, who also wrote the scenario and directed the film. Ross is the oldest member of the team; he is also a man of few words, without much personal life, very calm and slightly sad. His great pride is to be the fastest man to draw and shoot the gun - "Only light is faster"...
The second in command, Lee Christmas, is played by Jason Statham, who gives an IMPRESSIVE performance!! Christmas is much younger than his commander (and best friend), much more extraverted and with a gorgeous, although unfaithful girlfriend played by Charisma Carpenter. He is an excellent marksman and an accomplished martial arts expert, but his personal specialty is knife fight and especially knife throwing. In homage to the "Magnificent seven" old western classic, Ross and Christmas have at every possible occasion a friendly speed competition between knife and revolver...
The third most important member of the team is Gunner Jensen, a gigantic sociopathic and borderline insane sniper played with great brio by Dolph Lundgren - who gives in this movie his (in my modest opinion) best screen performance ever.... Read more ›
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Exciting
I enjoyed this move more that the first. It had loads of action and many old and new faces. It had some funny moments, very entertaining.
Published 15 days ago by Mrs. P. A. Wheatley
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Daft, Cheesy perfect Stallone
He knows what hes doing silly over the top and action everywhere with constant muscley men everywhere. Read more
Published 20 days ago by Ben Russ
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Good
Seen all the expendables and the second one for me was better, but you have to see this one aswell
Published 1 month ago by Mrs Beverley Hughes
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Oldies but goodies
Good to see all the old action heroes in one film typical 80s action film they are getting on but still pack a punch
Published 1 month ago by Mr. S. Parsons
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Good Value
I bought this for my brother in law as I felt he would enjoy it. His feed back was he did and so did his sons and son in laws
Published 1 month ago by kathy
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Does what it says on the tin...
This is a film full of explosions, violent killings, special effects, lame one-liner dialogue and lots and lots of testosterone. Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Schulten
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good film full of action
Would recommend this film, really enjoyed this. Sat late in the evening watching it without falling asleep, I something I haven't done for along time!
Published 2 months ago by Irene
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great Expendables
Very prompt delivery, great action and I enjoyed it. Am so glad I own my copy and can watch it over and over
Published 2 months ago by Ingrid A. Wilson
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this film had been recomended to me from a lot of friends and family.glad i bought it excellant film very enjoyable.
Published 2 months ago by j claydon
4.0 out of 5 stars
Despite it being a little bit average....
... its still a fun film with lots of explosions. I like the idea of all the old 'action hero crew' being in it together and for that reason - it was worth buying. Read more
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