I'm seriously surprised this movie hasn't had its own thread yet... or I havent been looking hard enough
Basically it's the ultimate 80s action movie experience.
Written, Directed and Starring Sylvester Stallone. It's the story of a group of mercs overthrowing a dictator.
The cast is the main draw of the film:
Stallone is Barney Ross
Jason Statham plays Lee Christmas, the young sidekick to Stallone.
Jet Li plays.... Yin Yang
Mickey Rourke plays some guy called Tool
Bruce Willis, Danny Trejo and the legend that is Arnold Schwarzenneger make cameo appearances
Other cast include
Terry Crews (aka that big dude who plays Chris Rock's dad)
Dolph Lundgren (The russian from Rocky IV)
Eric Roberts (Crime Boss Salvatore Moroni from The Dark Knight)
Randy Couture (Former two-time UFC Light-Heavyweight champion and three-time UFC Heavyweight champion.)
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Giselle Itié (Mexican actress, this is her first english film. It is set in South America.)
Charisma Carpenter
Gary Daniels (who's done a ton of these kinds of action films.)
Hank Amos (Bigtime stuntman. He was in Avatar.)
Aaron Aguilera (Pro Wrestler)
Lauren Jones III (Former Miss New York)
Yes it's gonna be racist, yes it's gonna be sexist, but really would you ever expect anything else from such a film?
Little extra bits
The extras they are using are actual Brazilian mercenaries. Sly said himself that these guys could snap the cast like twigs. These guys take down countries for a living!
Oh yeah and speaking of snapping Sylvester Stallone, during filming he broke his neck... and carried on filming
I just think it's made of pure 80s awesome
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