The Expendables 2 - WE'RE BACK!

Directed By: Simon West

Produced By: Avi Lerner, Danny Lemper, Kevin King Templeton, Les Weldon

Story By: Ken Kaufman, David Agosto, Richard Wenk

Cinematography: Shelly Johnson

Editing By: Todd E. Miller

Studio: Nu Image, Millennium Films

Distributed By: Lionsgate

Running Time: 103 Minutes

Budget: $100 Million

Box Office Prediction: $165 Million

Cast

Sylvester Stallone (as Barney Ross) – leader of the Expendables. 

After a CIA job goes wrong, Ross starts a personal war against a villain and his group of murderous mercenaries. Another thing is, that he has to rescue Fiona, Tool’s (Mickey Rourke) daughter.

Jason Statham (as Lee Christmas) – As Ross’s closest friend.

Christmas supports Ross in his vendetta. Ross also sees him as his successor for his eventual retirement/death (this we might see in the next film, who knows?)

Jet Li (as Ying Yang) – a martial arts expert, member of the Expendables. 

After quitting the Expendables after the events of the first movie, Ross and his team travel to China to find Yang, and recruit him back into the team.

Mickey Rourke (as Tool) – former Expendables member, a mentor. 

In this movie, Tool will reportedly join the team once again, for one mission in Gazak (?), where he will be killed. Later on, his death will be avenged.

Randy Couture (as Toll Road) – a demolition expert for the Expendables. 

With a newfound faith following his survival of the first film, he follows Ross and Christmas to avenge Tool, yet still hindered by his rigorous superstitions.

Terry Crews (as Hale Caesar) – weapons expert for the Expendables. 

Another loyal member of the team, he is seriously wounded when kidnapping Church. Yet he stays with the group for their final stand.

Dolph Lundgren (as Gunnar Jensen) – rehabilitated strong-arm of the Expendables (bad-ass, cool, and unstable). 

Despite saving Lee and Ross in Gazak, Jensen is often seen as the least trustworthy of the team, and this mental weak link is the one that Church sees to exploit.

Bruce Willis (as agent Church) – a corrupt CIA Agent. 

Church is seen as the one responsible for Tool’s death, he is forced to be the brains of their revenge operation whilst manipulating the Expendables against one another once Tool’s daughter is kidnapped.

Arnold Schwarzenegger (as Trent Mauser) – former rival of Barney Ross. 

Mauser joins the team of Expendables, to help them kidnap Church, and avenge the death of their mutual friend, Tool. However, he way have an underlying motive to his newfound friendship with the Expendables.

Jean-Claude Van Damme as the Main Villain. 

Van Damme plays a former Expendables, who was kicked out of the team by Ross, after he kills his teammate. Thus, Van Damme’s character decides to kill Tool, as an act of revenge. When he takes on a job of suppressing the Gazak revolution, he finds himself at odds with both The Expendables. and Tool’s bloodthirsty daughter.

Chuck Norris (as Richter Argo) – a former expendable, who meets Ross at Tool’s funeral. 

He inspires Ross to get revenge, yet he cannot join in because he has to stay and watch over Fiona.

Scott Adkins portrays villain’s 2nd-in-command. 

Dishonorably discharged from British SAS, he finds pride in fighting the Expendables, especially seeking the death of Lee Christmas for reputation’s sake.

Liam Hemsworth (as Easton) – an Iragi war veteran.

A sniper, who goes on his first mission to Gazak, as part of the expendables. However, in the resulting vendetta, his inexperience puts the team at risk.

Synopsis

The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal. Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard -- are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that's nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother.