When I first heard about the upcoming movie, “The Expendables”, my first thought was “Hoooolllyyyyyy crap!”. Being an 80′s kid, I naturally grew up on healthy diet of 80′s action movies, including Rocky, The Terminator, Die Hard etc etc, and this film seems to have an unbelieveable cast with nearly every 80′s action star and more at least making a cameo appearance in the film! Don’t believe me? Check out some of the cast…
- Sylvester Stallone (Rocky, Rambo)
- Dolph Lundgren (Red Scorpion, Universal Soldier)
- Eric Roberts (Best of the Best)
- Mickey Rourke (recently Domino, the Wrestler)
- Bruce Willis (Die Hard)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator, Predator)
Some newer faces include:
- Jason Statham (The Transporter, The One)
- Jet Li (Romeo Must Die, Unleashed)
- Steve Austin (WWF wrestler)
- Randy Couture (Prolific MMA fighter, Redbelt)
Unbelieveable right? It’s interesting reading the comments on YouTube and a number of other forums, where some people are saying that this will be the best film in the world even if it’s rubbish! Here are some of my favourite comments:
“Chuck Norris isn’t in this because they knew that if they put him in:
1. Every boy that watched this movie would be turned into a grown man instantly
2. Every man that watched this would explode from an overkill of pure manliness
3. Every female that watched this would be turned into a man
4. Riots would break out from every (real) man in the world flooding every theater this movie played in.
5. Forget the Gayon collider in europe, THIS would have made a black hole on earth.”
And…
“Let me just say, this is cinema history, f**king amazing to see sly, arnold and bruce willis together in a movie , even if its just for one scene , who cares, its f**king legendary, also great is that a we can see dolph lundgren and sly in the same movie once more, and that is cool in my opinion, apart from that the rest of the cast is also insane, austin, statham, lee, couture, roberts, rourke…”
There are of course some other famous 80′s action stars that aren’t in the film, and these are the most popular missing actors based on the forum discussions:
- Chuck Norris
- Jean Claude Van Damme
- Mel Gibson
- Steven Seagal
- Kurt Russell
- Wesley Snipes
It is believed however that Steven Seagal, Jean Claude Van Damme and Kurt Russell were all offered parts written specifically for them, but for one reason or another they turned them down. What a crying shame!?
The film itself looks pretty damn good! It is due for release in the UK on September 2010. My advice, keep you’re entire month free for this date, as this film is cinema history!!!