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We are the shadow, the smoke in your eyes, the ghosts that hide in the night.
A team of elite, highly-trained mercenaries, the Expendables, are deployed to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of
Somalia to halt local pirates from executing the hostages on a
merchant vessel. The team consists of leader Barney Ross (Sylvester
Stallone), former SAS soldier and blades specialist Lee
Christmas (Jason
Statham), martial
artist Yin Yang (Jet Li), sniper Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), weapons specialist Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) and demolitions expert Toll Road (Randy Couture). Jensen
instigates a firefight, causing casualties for the pirates. Yang and Jensen
fight over a moral disagreement about hanging a pirate, with Ross finally
intervening. As a result of his psychological problems and drug use, Ross
reluctantly releases Jensen from the Expendables. The team then travels to New Orleans where they are
based.
Ross and rival mercenary leader Trent Mauser (Arnold
Schwarzenegger) visit a church to meet a man, who takes the name "Mr.
Church" (Bruce Willis).
Church offers them a mission in Vilena, a fictional island in between the Gulf of Mexico and South America, to overthrow
a brutal dictator, General Garza (David Zayas). Busy with other things, Trent gives
the contract to Ross. Meanwhile, Christmas visits his girlfriend, Lacy (Charisma
Carpenter), who he discovers has left him for another man. He leaves in a
fit of rage, while Lacy insists her actions occurred because she does not see
Christmas often and does not even know what he does for a living.
Ross and Christmas fly to Vilena to do initial reconnaissance after meeting
their contact, Sandra (Gisele Itié), only for the mission to go awry.
Ross learns that Garza is backed by ruthless ex-CIA agent James Munroe (Eric Roberts) as well as his
henchmen Paine (Steve Austin) and The Brit (Gary Daniels), who manipulate
and keep Garza in power by making his people fear him. Sandra is revealed to be
Garza's daughter. Ross decides to abort and causes casualties among the army as
they escape, but Sandra refuses to leave. Meanwhile, a vengeful Jensen
approaches Garza and Munroe to help their side.
Christmas visits Lacy again to find that her new boyfriend has beaten her up.
Christmas beats him and his friends, showing Lacy what he does for a living and
winning her over. Later, Ross, Christmas, and Yang deduce that Mr. Church is a
member of the CIA and that the real target is Munroe, as the CIA could not kill
one of their own by sending in the Special Forces or the Navy Seals. Ross meets mission
coordinator and former teammate Tool (Mickey Rourke) to vent his feelings of guilt.
Tool makes an emotional confession to Ross about letting a woman commit suicide
during the Bosnian War, and
how he felt that if he had saved her, he could've saved what was left of his
soul. Hearing this, Ross decides to go back for Sandra, telling Christmas and
Yang he will do it alone. Yang however tags along; while driving they are chased
on the road by Jensen in a shootout. The pursuit ends in an abandoned warehouse,
where Yang and Jensen fight a second time. Jensen attempts to impale Yang on a
pipe, only to be shot by Ross. A wounded Jensen, believing he is about to die,
makes amends and gives the layout of Garza's palace. Ross boards the plane with
Yang and finds the rest of team, ready to aid their friend.
The Expendables infiltrate Garza's compound. Christmas, Yang, Caesar, and
Toll plant explosive charges throughout the site. When Garza has a change of
heart after Munroe tortures his daughter and realized he had changed for the
worst, Munroe kills him for his treachery, causing Garza's loyal men to think it
was the Expendables who killed him and scatter in rage. The entire team fights
and shoots their way through Garza's soldiers. Ross and Caesar manage to destroy
the helicopter Munroe was to escape on. Christmas and Yang manage to kill The
Brit while Toll kills Paine. Ross and Christmas catch up to Munroe and kill him,
saving Sandra. Instead of taking the payment for the mission, Ross gives it to
Sandra to restore Vilena. The team travels back to New Orleans and celebrate
their victory at Tool's tattoo parlor, with the reformed and recovering Jensen.
Christmas and Tool challenge each other to a game of knife throwing and Christmas recites a limerick about his
respect for Tool, walking through the door into the street, turning, then
throwing a bull's eye.  Copyright(c) 2007
- 2020. All rights reserved.
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