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"The Expendables 2" is a 2012 action film directed by Simon West that reunites a team of aging mercenaries for another high-stakes mission. The movie is part of a franchise known for assembling casts of veteran action stars to appeal to fans of explosive, large-scale action cinema.
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6.4Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.
Cast
- Sylvester Stallone as Barney Ross
- Jason Statham as Lee Christmas
- Jet Li as Yin Yang
- Dolph Lundgren as Gunner Jensen
- Chuck Norris as Booker
- Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean Vilain
Themes
- airplane
- loss of loved one
- mercenary
- airplane crash
- beard
- airport lounge
- asian woman
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
334,324 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 4 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Simon West
- Screenplay by
- Sylvester Stallone Richard Wenk
- Story by
- David Agosto Ken Kaufman Richard Wenk
- Based on
- Characters, by David Callaham
- Produced by
- Avi Lerner Danny Lerner Kevin King Templeton Les Weldon
- Starring
- Sylvester Stallone Jason Statham Jet Li Dolph Lundgren Chuck Norris Jean-Claude Van Damme Bruce Willis Arnold Schwarzenegger Terry Crews Randy Couture Liam Hemsworth Scott Adkins Amanda Ooms Charisma Carpenter
- Cinematography
- Shelly Johnson
- Edited by
- Todd E. Miller
- Music by
- Brian Tyler
- Production companies
- Millennium Films Nu Image
- Distributed by
- Lionsgate
- Release dates
- August 13, 2012 ( 2012-08-13 ) (London) August 17, 2012 ( 2012-08-17 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $315 million
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone, who also starred in the lead role. The film is based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. Brian Tyler returned to score the film. It is the sequel to The Expendables (2010), and is the second installment in The Expendables franchise. The film co-stars an ensemble cast of largely action film actors consisting of Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the film, The Expendables undertake a mission which evolves into a quest for revenge against rival mercenary Jean Vilain, who murders one of their own men and threatens the world with a deadly secret weapon.
Principal photography took place over 14 weeks (beginning in September 2011) on an estimated $100 million budget. Film locations included Bulgaria, Hong Kong and New Orleans. Controversy arose over the accidental death of a stuntman and environmental damage caused during filming in Bulgaria.
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