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- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 43 m
- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 43 m
Summary A new generation join the world’s top action stars for an adrenaline-fueled adventure in Expend4bles. Reuniting as the team of elite mercenaries, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, and Sylvester Stallone are joined for the first time by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran, and Andy...
Directed By: Scott Waugh
Written By: Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart, Max Adams, Spenser Cohen, Dave Callaham
- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 43 m
- 2023
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 43 m
Expend4bles
30
4.0
Where to Watch
Summary A new generation join the world’s top action stars for an adrenaline-fueled adventure in Expend4bles. Reuniting as the team of elite mercenaries, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Randy Couture, and Sylvester Stallone are joined for the first time by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran, and Andy...
Directed By: Scott Waugh
Written By: Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart, Max Adams, Spenser Cohen, Dave Callaham
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
30
9% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
58% Negative
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
30
9% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
33% Mixed
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
58% Negative
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
It took the franchise four tries, but with Expend4bles, they’ve finally made a solid and consistently effective action movie.
The Expendables movies had one trick, and that trick has been played out. Director Scott Waugh has to resort to something else with Expend4bles: finally trying to turn one of these projects into a good action movie.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 64 User Ratings
4.0
19% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
36% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
45% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 64 User Ratings
4.0
19% Positive
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
36% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
45% Negative
29 Ratings
29 Ratings
Apologetic sequel brings back franchise veterans Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren and ups the violence from ‘Expendables 3’ – but that’s not enough.
Merely more of the same gung-ho corniness, delivered with a chintziness and wink-wink self-consciousness that undercuts its aggro appeal.
Expend4bles feels like a movie that never should have been made for a franchise that, having lain dormant for nine years, didn’t deserve a resurrection.
The first thing you need to know about Expendables 4 is that its studio somehow made the grating decision to fashion its title as Expend4ble. It’s a needless spelling challenge for a dull and vulgar flick with a lot of empty-calories muscle, but little-to-no skill or fun to spare.
The problem is that for all its R-rated ambitions, none of the kills in Expend4bles is particularly inventive, memorable, or even base-level fun. For a movie centred on the cathartic pleasures of mercenary murder, the only death wish that audiences will walk away muttering is one directed straight at the screen.
Expend4bles, the fourth installment in this mostly average franchise, with the second Expendables movie being the only one i like, the good news is Expend4bles was the other one that i can safely say i mostly like but the movie also have so many flawed, one of them was that Expend4bles contains some of if not the worst green screen in movie i've ever seen, The Expendables franchise was already been known for not having the best green screen and special effects in their movies, but this one was just too horrendous and terrible looking, i wish the movie has more to the new characters, and the story itself while i'm still engaged and fine with it at the end, it still could've been better with another decision, performances was mostly good, Iko Uwais while he is a terrific fighter and that what makes his villain charisma still works even though he's acting wasn't the best but wasn't terrible either, so comes the positive of Expend4bles and it's no other than the action, the action was exciting and brutal which i really enjoyed, Jason Statham was again the most badass, the story while it flawed i was still engaged, i was completely fine with all the new characters and they were simply way better than the new characters they have in the third movie, performances again already mentioned was mostly good, and i was very entertained and not bored the whole time and that's the most important and the best thing, i was bored on the first and the third movie, this one i was entertained and really enjoying the madness, so it leaves me with positive feeling mostly for Expend4bles, a very flawed but also very entertaining action movie.
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IN A NUTSHELL:
This new film was directed by Scott Waugh. Writing credits go to Kurt Wimmer, Tad Daggerhart, and Max Adams.
This action franchise has featured a team of elite mercenaries who are the world’s last line of defense when all other options are off the table. Get ready for more macho mayhem.
THINGS I LIKED:
We get to see some of our favorites in this franchise again like Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jason Statham, and Tony Jaa. We’re also introduced to some new characters played by 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Iko Uwais, Randy Couture, and Jacob Scipio. Sadly missing is Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews, Bruce Willis, Jean Claude Van Damme, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Wesley Snipes, Steven Seagal, Ronda Rousey, and Antonio Banderas.
There is plenty of blistering action from start to finish.
If you’re looking for unbridled testosterone, this movie is for you.
The rockin soundtrack hits hard, just like the team.
There is some amusing, snarky dialogue, especially between Jason Statham’s and Sylvester Stallone’s characters.
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
The lack of many of our favorite actors in this installment of the franchise is noticeable and disappointing.
It doesn’t really feel like an ensemble cast, but more of a Jason Statham movie.
Instead of clever quips, entertaining dialogue is usually replaced by grunts and yells during fighting sequences.
No fighting sequence can ever top anything from the John Wick franchise. Just saying…
It’s hard to take a female warrior seriously when she’s wearing a crop top, no body armor, perfect makeup, and hair sprayed hair.
The ending twist is super hokey.
I actually got bored during a lot of the action sequences. Sad, right?
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
This movie is NOT appropriate for kids.
Lots of blood, brutal murders, and dead bodies
Profanity and lots of F-bombs.
Tons of explosions and destruction.
Dirty talk.
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I know nothing about this film, so I can't give it a proper rating. It'll be at 5 for now.
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I guess they should have stopped on 2
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(Mauro Lanari)
Mega(n) flop of delusion of omniviolence costing $100 million.
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Production Company
Campbell Grobman Films,
Media Capital Technologies,
Millennium Films
Release Date Sep 22, 2023
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
Tagline They'll Die When They're Dead
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 2 Wins & 7 Nominations
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 1 Nomination
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 1 Nomination
