It is really too bad, because I was so looking forward to this film, but really it is such a let down. It is awesome to have all these action stars together, but the story is mediocre at best, and even the action is not that impressive, with not much gore (and with most of it being digital). Honestly this needed a decent script as well. I mean they go in at the end without a plan and the building they are in blows up, but does not blow them up? WHAT?!?!??!?! And while it is great to see Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger on screen together, but the scene is really a throw away and didn’t need to be here (though it does have some funny lines it). Overall this film is really a let down, and not worth all the hype.

The Expendables are a group of Mercenaries who fight for the highest bidder. They are Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his best friend Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Toll Road (Randy Couture), Hale Ceasar (Terry Crews) and Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) They start by attacking some Somalian pirates and saving the hostages, but the junkie Gunnar goes too far trying to hang the pirates, so they kick him out. When they return Barney Ross goes to see his old friend Tool (Mickey Rourke) to see about work, and learns of a new job. Christmas goes to see his girlfriend, and finds her with another guy.

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Ross goes to meet with Tool’s contact’s and finds Mr Church (Bruce Willis) with the CIA with a job on an island in the gulf of Mexico. Trench (Arnold Schwarzenegger) shows up as a former friend and rival, who doesn’t want the job. The job is to take out a General Garza (David Zayas) on the island of Vilena.

Ross and Christmas go to Vilena to scout the job. They meet Sandra (Gisele Itié) who helps them, but the army gives chase, along with the former CIA man backing Garza James Munroe (Eric Roberts) and his right hand Dan Paine (Steve Austin).

Of course they manage to escape, and cause some serious damage with their sea planes guns, but Sandra refuses to go and is taken by the soldiers, and it turns out the general is her father.

Christmas goes and finds that his girlfriend has been beat up by the guy she was with, so he beats the hell out of him and his friends and gets her back.

They returns and decide not to do the job, because there is an army there to fight them, but Ross decides to go back and save Sandra. Ying Yang is first to say he is going to go, and they are attacked by Gunnar who has given them up, though they manage to take him and kill the minions with him.

The team all decide to go and they go in without a plan, and all split up. Ross manages to save Sandra.

Munroe kills the General, but the men kill him and save the day.

Back in the US they are back at Tool’s, and all are better. They all have their mojo back, and even Gunnar has returned to them.

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This should have and could have been so much better!