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The Expendables Premieres In The UK
Movie-Vault.com reporter Claire Bueno catches up with Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, and Jason Statham as The Expendables premieres in the UK.
Synopsis
Expendable: capable of being sacrificed in order to accomplish a military objective.
Modern day action heroes Jason Statham (Crank 2, Death Race, The Transporter Trilogy) and Jet Li (The Forbidden Kingdom, Unleashed) join forces with Rocky Nemesis Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, Universal Soldier, Masters of the Universe) and Bafta Winner Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler, Iron Man 2) alongside timeless heroes Bruce Willis (Die Hard) and Arnold Schwarzenegger to make the cinema a dangerous place to be this August. Rounding out the cast is wrestling superstar ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, Eric Roberts (The Specialist, The Dark Knight), Terry Crews, Randy Couture, David Zyas and Giselle Itie.
Barney Ross (Stallone) is a man with nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion, he is the leader of this tight-knit band of men who live on the fringe. The team behind him is made up of Lee Christmas (Statham), former SAS and a savant with anything that has a blade; Yin Yang (Li), a master at close-quarter combat; Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), who has known Barney for ten years and is a long-barrel weapons specialist; Toll Road (Randy Couture), a skilled demolitions expert and considered the intellect of the group; and Gunnar Jensen (Lundgren), a combat veteran and an expert in precision sniping who struggles with his own demons.
When the mysterious Church offers Barney a job no one else would take, Barney and his team embark on what appears to be a routine mission: overthrow General Gaza (David Zayas), the murderous dictator of the small island country of Vilena and end the years of death and destruction inflicted on its people. On a reconnaissance mission to Vilena, Barney and Christmas meet their contact Sandra (Giselle Itie), a local freedom-fighter with a dark secret. They also come to learn who their true enemy is: rogue ex-CIA operative James Monroe (Roberts) and his henchman Paine (
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My Favorite action film 2010
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this is cool
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Someone summed The Expendables up pretty well to me after viewing it - "It's fun! Movies are supposed to be fun and that's what this is!" Can't remember who said that as it was after a midnight showing and my 35-year-old-self can't hang with me from my 20's as far as staying awake late. I hear Sly is plotting out the sequel which I will see when it comes out.
As for the interview, it was very well-done and does outdo some of the major-league boys and girls. This is HOW an interview for a movie premiere should look and sound.Claire did a great job! By the way welcome aboard to the Movie-Vault.com staff Rory Dean! I checked out your site and it looks professional and I like your writing style. Looking forward to your work here as well!
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Thanks for this Claire! It is a nice addition to the movie. I didn't want to watch it before seeing and reviewing the movie for myself as I didn't want anything other than the film to influence my opinions. I really enjoyed the film. Even paid for my ticket just so nobody can say I'm biased in my review.
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O.K. so my first comment is floating about cyberspace and refuses to return to my clipboard. Does anyone still call 'it' cyberspace?
Anyhoo, I created my profile so I can add me own thoughts here. Well produced interview/premier coverage, lines up with others I've seen online in terms of a good balance between face-to-face time with Claire (nice job, btw) the actual movie trailer and then taking us into the press conference. I thought it was funny that you could see all the handheld, portable recorders in front of Stallone - the Maudio, Tascam and Sonys; I suppose that makes me a bit of a geek, but I'm alright with that. Claire makes the reportage interesting and fun, not awkward and stiff similarly seen elsewhere on the so-called big-boys and girls sites.
The expendables will be everything that it is supposed to be, part nostalgic throw back to when action stars actually possessed real muscles and physicality, sorry Tobey but a slick suit and web-slinging capability doesn't compare to a bulging bicep, not really anyway. Fans will love this one, critics will surely pan it for all the reasons we pan films with tissue-thin character development and implausible plots, but sometimes, every once in awhile, you just have to let go of the railing and allow the free fall take you.
cheers->
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