Where to watch The Expendables (2010)
The Expendables is available to stream in CA on Netflix and Crave. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
A veteran mercenary team accepts a dangerous assignment to overthrow a dictator on a small South American island. While scouting the target, the team discovers that the conflict is more complicated than expected, forcing them to decide how far they are willing to go to complete the mission.
Cast: Jason Statham, Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas, Giselle Itié, Charisma Carpenter, Gary Daniels, Terry Crews
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Trivia & production notes
- Jean-Claude Van Damme rejected a role in The Expendables because he felt the character lacked substance and development.
- Wesley Snipes was originally written for the role of Hale Caesar but couldn't leave the United States due to tax issues and court restrictions.
- Terry Crews ultimately played Hale Caesar after Forest Whitaker had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts and 50 Cent was brought in as a replacement.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger was first offered the role of Mr. Church but chose to play fellow mercenary leader Trench instead.
- Kurt Russell's agent declined a role in the film, citing that Russell was not interested in ensemble acting at that time.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis filmed their scene together without compensation, according to Stallone's Blu-ray commentary.
- The film was shot in Brazil and Louisiana with principal photography beginning in Rio de Janeiro in March 2009.
- Stallone had UFC champions Anderson Silva and the Nogueira brothers make casting calls for soldiers and then cast them in cameos.
- West Coast Customs built three customized 1955 Ford F100s for the production: one for a crash scene, one for green screen, and one for Stallone to keep.
- The script for The Expendables began as a spec script titled Barrow that writer David Callaham submitted to Warner Bros. in 2005, which Stallone then used as a starting point.
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