A sequel, The Expendables 3, was released on August 15, 2014. [74] Empire's Danny Graydon awarded the soundtrack a score of 4 out of 5, and said "Tyler’s action fare is, as ever, superbly judged, mixing real thrills with some dramatic weight... resulting in a score that is affectionately nostalgic and not riddled with cliché." The railcar used within the cave was also digitally built alongside a practical version, but the digital versions versatility saw it largely replace its practical counterpart. Using over 5,000 photographs taken at different times of day, the cave was accurately illuminated and rendered down to crevices and moss. Seemingly every action star from the 1980s has found his way into The Expendables 2: Sly Stallone, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren … they’re all here, brandishing weapons and flexing muscles and hurling in … [47] In April 2011, the film was given a scheduled release date of August 17, 2012[48] and a teaser poster for the film was released at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Semlyen criticized the plot and what he judged an overuse of references, set pieces and dialogue from the cast's filmography without creating memorable moments of its own. Quotes. After locating Vilain and the mine, the team assaults the area with their plane before deliberately crashing into the mine. "[56] However, the visual effects supervisor said that The Expendables 2 was shot as a PG-13 film, with all bullet wounds being dust-hits. Title: Church doesn't tell him what he is getting. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. For the scene in which the Expendables crash their Canadair CL-215 amphibious plane into a cave, the effects team intended to use Miniature effects, filming using a 1/3 scale model of the 90-feet wing span plane. "[107] The New York Times' Neil Genzlinger judged the film "pleasantly-dumb fun if you watch with the right mindset", but considered its dialog "embarrassing" (if intended seriously) and the plot formulaic. Barney asks Maggie what was so important about that thing. They give it to him but he kills his hostage anyway. [45] In an interview in August 2010 he noted that he did not have a new script yet, but "It's plotted out in my mind's eye. [53] Lionsgate Films purchased the North American and United Kingdom distribution rights to the film for $35 million. Before he departs, Booker informs the group of a nearby village whose residents oppose Vilain. In Albania the Expendables retrieve the item, but are then ambushed by international criminal and arms dealer Jean Vilain, his right-hand man Hector and his mercenary group (the Sangs), who have captured Billy. ", "Stallone promises "radical" 'Expendables 2, "Sly Stallone: I'm Not Directing 'Expendables' Sequel! Barney decides to track the man down and deal with him. The team saves the enslaved miners from execution, but Vilain and Hector escape with the plutonium. Funny Chuck Norris scene in The Expendables 2Chuck Norris making his own jokes :) It is the sequel to the 2010 action film The Expendables, and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Your Favorite Action Movie From 2010-2015? (2012) "Back for War." The Expendables are able to weakly track the computer's signal and follow Vilain, which leads them to Bulgaria where they stay overnight at an abandoned Russian military base. [95], Outside North America the film grossed $24.7 million during its opening weekend (August 17–19) in 18 markets, including Italy ($1.9 million), Mexico, Russia ($8 million) and the United Kingdom ($3 million). You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Barney Ross (Stallone), Lee Christmas (Statham), Yin Yang (Li), Gunnar Jensen (Lundgren),Toll Road (Couture) and Hale Caesar (Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Hemsworth) and Maggie (Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker which requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working. Unlike the first film (which was restricted to viewers over age 17), this would have made the sequel available to all viewers over 13 years of age (and younger children, with parental consent). The Veliko Tarnovo Appellate stated that the Lovech Environmental Ministry failed to investigate violations made by The Expendables 2's crew. I'll be back! Sun underwent a five-hour operation, which left him in stable condition. Frank Martin, who "transports" packages for unknown clients, is asked to move a package that soon begins moving, and complications arise. It is the sequel to the 2010 action film The Expendables, and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. [72][73] Several popular songs also appear in the film, including "The Wanderer" by Dion DiMucci, "Mustang Sally" by Mack Rice, "Crystal Blue Persuasion" by Tommy James & the Shondells, "Groovin'" and "Beautiful Morning" by The Young Rascals, "Rip It Up" by Little Richard, "I Just Want to Celebrate" by Rare Earth, and "You Don't Want to Fight with Me" by Stallone's younger brother Frank Stallone. Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory. [111] The Village Voice's Nick Pinkerton found the violence creative, but said that the film was negatively impacted by self-referencing, "joyless one-line nods" and "outright cash-in cynicism" (referring to cameo appearances by some of the actors). A helicopter used in the opening sequence was required to perform more dynamic moves, and so it was digitally removed entirely and replaced with a digital recreation that better fit the scene's requirements. [98] The film also had successful September opening weekends in Germany ($4.2 million), Brazil ($3.7 million) and Australia ($3.1 million). Digital effects were used to remove the snow and deciduous trees present and replace them with tropical flora. [50], In August 2011, it was reported that Nu Image/Millennium Films was in negotiations with an unnamed Chinese distributor. [61][62], Filming also took place at Devetashka Cave in Lovech Province. The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American action film directed by Simon West, written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone and based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,992. [28] In November 2010, Charlie Sheen was reported to be in consideration for the role of a CIA agent hunting down Willis' Mr. The story follows the mercenary group known a… The main effects studio was Worldwide FX (WWFX), which produced 1,186 of the shots, and a further 800 shots which were discarded in response to changes to the film's story. In July 2012 the family of Kun Liu (the stuntman killed during filming) filed a wrongful death suit against the producers of the film, Nu Image and Millennium Films, and stunt coordinator Chad Stahelski. [7], Several sets were rendered digitally, and almost all of the sets had some form of digital enhancement. When the trucks break through glass to exit the airport, the scene is entirely digital and was filmed on Chroma screens in the middle of Sofia. The film premiered on August 8, 2012, in Madrid, Spain,[76] followed by premieres in Paris on August 9,[77] London on August 13[78] and Hollywood on August 15. "[55] It was reported that the change was requested by Norris before he would take part in the film, because he did not appreciate the swearing in the script. They also rescue the captured mercenary Trench, Ross's rival. With Sylvester Stallone, Liam Hemsworth, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme. Church sends technical expert Maggie Chan with the team. Digital effect pre-production began in July 2011 and was completed one year later. A fish tank in the opening was filled with digital eels based on South Asian river eels, but increased in size by three times, after the real fish died and sank to the bottom. 22. [63] As part of the cave shoot, BGN600,000 ($408,762) was spent rebuilding a 114 metres (125 yd) bridge from the cave over the Osam River; only the concrete bridge columns remained from the original structure. Principal photography took place over 14 weeks (beginning in September 2011) on an estimated $100 million budget. The Expendables 2 Videogame is a downloadable four-player cooperative shoot 'em up video game. [63], However, later that month Bulgarian environmentalists stated that the bat population in the cave had been reduced by up to 75% (from about 30,000 in 2010 to 8,000 in 2011). The distributor would produce the film, in exchange for a Chinese actor (Donnie Yen) being cast and filming in China. Once it was decided that the film would be R-rated, blood, decapitations, eviscerations and severed limbs were digitally added in post-production. [67] On January 16, 2012, the Veliko Tarnovo Appellate Prosecutor's Office overturned a ruling by its Lovech equivalent to prevent an investigation of what environmentalists stated to be an "excessive" number of dead bats found in the cave after filming (including several endangered species). Ross recovers a note for Sophia from Billy's body; the team buries their fallen comrade, swearing vengeance on Vilain. 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