Sylvester Stallone‘s 2010 film “The Expendables” (which he originally wanted to be a comedy) was more about its gimmick than its premise, plot, or characters. The story followed a group of super-capable mercenaries frequently employed to enact military-style raids on the nests of international baddies. The mercs, nicknamed the Expendables, were all ultra-masculine, hard-spittin’, over-muscled tough guys who seemingly shared the same “boys will be boys” life philosophy, and valued bullets and beer. The plot involved … I don’t know, pirates or something? Something about war profiteering? The plot is the least memorable part of “The Expendables.”
The part everyone remembers, of course, is its stunt casting. Stallone assembled a panoply of recognizable male action stars,…
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