Tag: Expend4bles
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‘Expend4bles’ Review: The Rare Hollywood Sequel That’s Perfectly at Peace with Being This Stupid
For 4n utterly braindead and 4rtlessly cr4fted movie th4t feels like 4 fe4ture-length Fmv cut-scene from 4 Sega CD g4me, “Expend4bles” would be a lot more p4inful if not for the fact that it’s so 4t pe4ce with its gener4l shittiness. Don’t get me wrong, the creative and aesthetic indifference behind this long-gestating action sequel…
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Expendables 4 Review: A Staggeringly Stupid Sequel
The on-screen figures in the “Expendables” movies aren’t so much characters as they are human-shaped bundles of toxically masculine clichés and blind, violent impulses wrapped in skull-emblazoned kevlar. They lurch about on-screen like Frankensteinian monsters, living piles of jock straps and congealed taurine drinks, belching out monosyllabic action flick catchphrases in between Don Julio-instigated brawls…
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‘Expend4bles’ Review: A Few of the Old Boys Are Back, Now Joined by Megan Fox, but the Series’ Appeal Feels Increasingly Expendable
In “Expend4bles,” the action is more digitally propulsive than it was in “The Expendables” (2010), “The Expendables 2” (2012), or “The Expendables 3” (2014). Yet the preferred mode of killing is reassuringly primitive. In scene after scene, characters use knives to slit people’s throats, or they’ll sometimes jam a knife directly into the throat. “Expend4bles”…
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The Expendables’ Waterboarding Scene Wasn’t Made With Movie Magic
“The Expendables” franchise has — smartly — allowed its titular roster of tough, never-say-die mercenaries to include women, as demonstrated by 2014’s “The Expendables 3″ adding Ronda Rousey to the crew and the upcoming “Expend4bles” (type that five times fast) bringing in Megan Fox and Levy Tran.However, while making the first “Expendables” back in 2010,…
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‘Expend4bles’ Red Band Trailer: For Those Craving Violence & Gore In Your Action Films, Here You Go
You can read between the lines of a film’s marketing campaign in the trailer. How does the studio view the film? The trailer tells you everything. And boy, oh boy, the new red band trailer for “Expend4bles” has a story to tell.Let’s get this out of the way first— “Expend4bles” is the fourth film in…
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‘The Expendables’ Franchise Sets 4K Uhd SteelBook Release Date
Fans of The Expendables franchise will be delighted to learn that the first three movies in the franchise will be released on Steelbook on September 5. These special releases will present the action films in 4K Ultra HD, with each Steelbook retailing for $27.99 each. The release also comes ahead of the release of Expend4bles,…
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‘The Expendables 4’ Poster Promises “They’ll Die When They’re Dead”
With a run that began in 2010, The Expendables had gone on to establish itself as one of the more popular action franchises starring some stellar names. That run is set to come to an end with the arrival of the sequel, The Expendables 4 (now titled Expend4bles). Now, ahead of the guns-blazing arrival, SlashFilm…