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If The Expendables was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
“Even the credits needed a rewrite.”
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2010 · Thriller / Adventure / Action
The Expendables
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
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Barney Ross leads a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, a martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road, and a loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee visit the remote locale to scout out their opposition and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city.
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@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-28 10:00 UTC
Watched The Expendables so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-14 01:00 UTC
The science in The Expendables has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.
@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-06 15:00 UTC
The Expendables is what happens when a writers' room confuses "ambiguous" with "didn't finish the draft".
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r/flicks · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 4.5k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in The Expendables?
Director clearly thought The Expendables was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ExpositionDump🔥 4.2k points
Unpopular opinion: The Expendables is the most overrated film of the decade
Just got out of The Expendables and I'm convinced critics are being paid in residuals. Two genuinely good scenes do not make a film. Convince me otherwise.
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r/movies · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 1.9k points
The cinematography in The Expendables is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Rewatched The Expendables last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.
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r/TrueFilm · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 4.1k points
Hot Take: The Expendables's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Honestly, The Expendables would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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