Expendables never die, or at least that’s the lesson to be learned from this curiously enduring action series.
The first film sounded like a joke when it arrived in cinemas way back in 2010 and the gag hasn’t gotten funnier since. Take some old dudes who used to be in action films and force them to run very slowly into and out of danger, while you cut away to stunt people whenever possible.
Five years on we’ve had three films which have hardly set the world alight, though there was a comedic edge to 2014’s third movie which I actually quite enjoyed. Now Sylvester Stallone has confirmed that a fourth film is in the works, planned for release in 2017.
That means shooting in 2016 and one thing is for certain – it’s not going to be PG-13. Stallone has openly admitted it was a terrible idea to cut out the blood and bad language which are calling cards of the kinds of films The Expendables wants us to remember so fondly. And the decision to head into that territory certainly contributed to the lower box office earnings of the third film.
So it will be bloody, now let’s just hope we get to see more of folks like Jason Statham and Terry Crews – who can actually move without looking like they’re going to break in half. Antonio Banderas was a great find too!
Look for The Expendables 4 in 2017, provided none of the major cast passes away before then.
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