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The Expendables 2

2012Movie1 h 43 minR

62

DecentGoodWatch score

62

DecentGoodWatch score

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Summary

Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Good for

Friends night
Party vibe
Comfort watch

Skip it if

Graphic violence bothers you
You want something quiet and calm

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Gets your pulse racing.
Puts you on the battlefield.

Not for big ideas, warmth or scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+5)
Critics 60Audiences 65GoodWatch 62
Tomatometer68%
Metascore51
User score7.1
Audience score67%
IMDb6.6
Letterboxd · 162 K ratings2.8/5
Box office
3.1×its budget
Budget
$100 M
Worldwide
$315 M
Worldwide it earned $215 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for action movies, −5 min on the typical 108
typical 108103
Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 67 countries, rent or buy in 11 more
+57
Released
2012
August 15, 2012
14 years ago
Genres
ActionAdventureThriller
Language
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Bulgaria
Germany
Rated
- RUnited States
What's in it
ViolenceIntense
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesMild
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesMild
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibeSolo WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure Escapism
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 43
Directing · 4
Simon West Director
Chad Stahelski Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
Lori Grabowski Script Supervisor
Rebecca Qin Jiang Script Supervisor
Writing · 5
Sylvester Stallone Screenplay
Richard Wenk Story, Screenplay
Ken Kaufman Story
David Agosto Story
David Callaham Characters
Production · 22
Jason Constantine Executive Producer
Boaz Davidson Executive Producer
Basil Iwanyk Executive Producer
Guymon Casady Executive Producer
Danny Dimbort Executive Producer
Trevor Short Executive Producer
Camera · 16
Shelly Johnson Director of Photography
Des Whelan Camera Operator
Harvey Harrison Second Unit Director of Photography
Alexander Krumov Camera Operator
Emil Topuzov Camera Operator
Attila Szalay Second Unit Director of Photography
Editing · 4
Todd E. Miller Editor
Mark Sahagun Digital Intermediate
Bruce Lomet Digital Intermediate
Christopher Eakins Dialogue Editor
Sound · 9
Brian Tyler Original Music Composer
Chris David Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ellen Heuer Foley
Tim Limer Sound Recordist
Gabriel J. Serrano Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joe Lisanti Music Editor
Art · 17
Keith Pain Art Direction
Adam A. Makin Supervising Art Director
Dirk Buchmann Property Master
Ivan Ranghelov Art Direction
Sonya Savova Art Direction
Yossif Mladenov Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 16
Lizz Wolf Costume Design
Scott H. Eddo Makeup Department Head
Assen Karanikolov Set Costumer
Ina Damianova Costume Supervisor
Aneta Velizar Kounova Set Costumer
Valentin Valov Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 10
Stefan Tchakarov Visual Effects Supervisor
Pablo José Fuertes Visual Effects Supervisor
Ajoy Mani Visual Effects Supervisor
Danail Hadzhiyski Visual Effects Supervisor
Abhinav Sah Visual Effects Supervisor
Stalin Saravanan Visual Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 73
Noon Orsatti Stunt Coordinator
Dian Hristov Stunt Coordinator
Asim Ahmad Stunt Coordinator
Max Zhang Stunts
Megan Le Stunts
Raicho Vasilev Stunts

Tropes

Stupid SurrenderRare · in 3 titlesThe Expendables find themselves in a Mexican Standoff with Vilain and his goons early in the movie.Hollywood Densityin 159 titlesThe plutonium in the second film is handled easily; one man was shown to casually carry three rather large "bars" in his hands in one scene.All 60 tropes

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