Tag: The Expendables 3

  • The Expendables 4 Was Always Going To Be Rated R [Exclusive]

    The Expendables 4 Was Always Going To Be Rated R [Exclusive]

    It’s almost time to see your favorite action stars from across the decades team up to fight the bad guys again in “Expend4bles.” The first two films — 2010’s “The Expendables” and 2012’s “The Expendables 2″ — were action packed with some wild violence. Of course, they were rated R for some juicy and intense…

  • Box Office: ‘Expend4bles’ Scrapes Up Franchise-Low $3.2 Million Opening Day

    Box Office: ‘Expend4bles’ Scrapes Up Franchise-Low $3.2 Million Opening Day

    Audiences don’t seem to intend to attend the latest “Expendables.” The fourth entry in the ensemble action franchise is notching a series-low opening day from 3,518 theaters with $3.2 million, a figure that includes a meagre $750,000 in Thursday previews.“Expend4bles” is projecting a debut that’ll fall well short of the $15 million to $17 million…

  • The Expendables 4 Is Dead On Arrival With Dismal $8 Million Opening Weekend

    The Expendables 4 Is Dead On Arrival With Dismal $8 Million Opening Weekend

    They’ll die when they’re dead … or when the franchise is, anyway. That time might not be too far away, as “The Expendables 4” (aka “Expend4bles”) is on track for the worst opening weekend of the franchise so far. The sequel grossed just $750,000 in Thursday previews, which is less than “The Expendables 3” managed…

  • Box Office: ‘Expend4bles’ Scrapes Up Franchise-Low $3 Million Opening Day

    Box Office: ‘Expend4bles’ Scrapes Up Franchise-Low $3 Million Opening Day

    Audiences don’t seem to intend to attend the latest “Expendables.” The fourth entry in the ensemble action franchise is notching a series-low opening day from 3,518 theaters with about $3 million, a figure that includes a meagre $750,000 in Thursday previews.Produced by Millennium Media and released by Lionsgate, “Expend4bles” is projecting a debut that’ll fall…

  • Expendables 4 Ending Explained: The Dead Don’t Die

    Expendables 4 Ending Explained: The Dead Don’t Die

    Major spoilers for “Expend4bles” follow.Ever since “The Expendables” was released in 2010, the identity and tone of the franchise has been heavily in question. That first film seemed to want to have things both ways, presenting the trials and tribulations of the (very fictional) titular team of mercenaries while metatextually commenting on (and piggybacking off…

  • ‘Expend4bles’ Review: A Few of the Old Boys Are Back, Now Joined by Megan Fox, but the Series’ Appeal Feels Increasingly Expendable

    ‘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”…

  • Glen Powell Is an “Ideal Collaborator” For Director Richard Linklater

    Glen Powell Is an “Ideal Collaborator” For Director Richard Linklater

    Ever since he was a teenager, Glen Powell has been a frequent collaborator for Academy Award nominee Richard Linklater. The pair first linked up on 2006’s Fast Food Nation which was released shortly after Powell’s eighteenth birthday, and now they’re back together for the action comedy Hit Man. In that time, Powell has grown significantly…

  • The Expendables’ Waterboarding Scene Wasn’t Made With Movie Magic

    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,…

  • ‘The Expendables 4’: Everything We Know So Far

    ‘The Expendables 4’: Everything We Know So Far

    What began 11 years ago is finally coming to an end. The invincible veteran mercenary Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his entourage will return in The Expendables 4, the fourth installment of the ensemble action-thriller franchise. The movie is a sequel to The Expendables 3 and the final outing in the series for Stallone. The…

  • Jason Statham exits Kevin Hart action-comedy weeks before production start

    Jason Statham exits Kevin Hart action-comedy weeks before production start

    It would appear that Jason Statham is having a last minute change of heart. The actor was expected to join Kevin Hart in the action-comedy The Man From Toronto but Statham has now excited the project mere weeks before the start of production. Helmed by Patrick Hughes, the man behind The Expendables 3 & The…