With The Expendables, Sylvester Stallone almost single-handedly brought the 80s back to the cinema. Muscles, explosions and pithy sayings have rarely been seen on screen in such a compact way in recent years as in the mercenary saga about Barney Ross (Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) and their troops. With The Expendables 4 Stallone is now saying goodbye to his franchise. The film has been showing in cinemas since today.
The Expendables 4 in the cinema: Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham celebrate their return to action
When terrorist Rahmat (Iko Uwais) steals a series of nuclear detonators from Libya, CIA agent Marsh (Andy Garcia) sends Ross’ elite squad into the field. But a tragedy occurs during the mission threatens to tear the close-knit group apart.
Sylvester Stallone has already emphasized that he turn their backs on the action series after The Expendables 4 and wanted to hand over the baton to his colleague Statham. Many fans believe the 77-year-old actor’s age is the main reason. The Expendables 4 will be released in cinemas approximately 9 years after the release of its predecessor The Expendables 3.
This is what our colleague Yves from The Expendables 4 thinks:
A disappointment The Expendables 4 Review
In contrast to its predecessor The fourth part of the series again uses harsher depictions of violence, which results in an FSK 18 classification. It remains to be seen whether this will win over fans who have been driven away: The Expendables 4 still has to recoup a budget of $100 million (via The Numbers). In addition to Stallone and Statham, the cast includes Megan Fox (Till Death), Dolph Lundgren (Silent Trigger) and Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson (Criminal Squad).
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