The Expendables (franchise): Difference between revisions

A 2010 action movie that intentionally contains [[George Lucas Throwback|pretty much every trope associated with 1980s action movies]].

* [[George Lucas Throwback]] - If Stallone, Willis, and Schwarzenegger's involvement doesn't tell you anything. Stallone is trying to wrangle in even more 80s action stars for the sequel.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Yang's fighting scenes ''will'' include several kicks to the balls. Used multiple times when Ross and Christmas take on a truckload of [[Mooks|bad guys]] in the field.

* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: Munroe calls Garza's men out on this, for letting Ross and Lee into the country. Special mentions go to the idiot tasked with guarding Munroe and the General. He lets Gunnar walk in with a shotgun (!) because "He wouldn't let me take it from him."

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Ross

** Implied with Hale Caesar, if his application of the shaving razor is any indication.

* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Gunnar. It gets him kicked off the team.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The sequel will be PG-13. Now averted. Stallone, despite originally saying the movie would be PG-13, has since said the movie will be rated R. Dolph Lundgren has also stated that last he heard the movie was being rated R.

* [[Loud of War]]: Hale Caesar mentions how the sound of the AA-12 automatic shotgun is just as effective as any weapon on the battlefield. Never mind that it ''[[More Dakka|fires shotgun shells at something like]] [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|110 per minute.]]''

* [[Man On Fire]]: {{spoiler|A CMOA results when Toll knocks down Paine with a flying punch while Paine is on fire.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]:

** The team's name "Expendables", given the plot of the movie, although it also borders on [[Non-Indicative Name]]. {{spoiler|The CIA considered them expendable, but they showed themselves to be a [[Badass]] crew of [[Invincible Hero|invincible supermen]].}}

** Is Mauser as a last name merely a cliched stock reference... [[Actor Allusion|or a portmanteau of]] [[Total Recall|'Mars' and 'Hauser'?]]

* [[Psycho Party Member]]: Gunnar.

* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]: Never quite invoked, but heavily implied, as the two [[Mooks|guards]] who go into Sandra's prison cell talk as if they'd better do it without any of their superiors knowing.

** Just see this [http://www.youtube.com/v/X9N5dNkZ4Zk fan-made trailer].

** A review shown in the trailer outright calls it the manliest movie ever made.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: [[Badass Grandpa|Sylvester Stallone]]'s character and his ''insane'' abs.

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Barney to Gunnar}}

* [[Showy Invincible Hero]] - It wouldn't be an old school movie throwback without one.

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: "I didn't come for you, fucknuts; I came for her!"

** One could see the Austin/Couture fight as a Take That from MMA to pro wrestling.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: The guys' motto, it seems.

* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: {{spoiler|If several .45 bullets doesn't end Munroe's life, a huge honking Bowie knife clear through the heart will.}}

* [[Title Drop]]: Averted. While the name "Expendables" appears on weapons and motorcycle decals, the name of the group is never actually spoken. Some countries call the film ''[[Completely Different Title|The Mercenaries]],'' and that term shows up a lot.

* [[Warrior Poet]]: {{spoiler|Lee Christmas, at the end.}}

* [[Weaponized Car|Weaponized Seaplane]]: with four machine guns hidden in the nosecone, and a fuel dump to ignite and use as a Fuel/Air Explosion. Very very good at spreading out a cushion of air that turns people's innards to jelly.

** Ross: [[The Gunslinger|Handguns or pistols]], most notably a [[Guns Akimbo|pair of M1911s]] and a [[Revolvers Are Just Better|Colt Single Action Army]].

** Lee: [[Knife Nut|Throwing knives]].

** Caesar: [[BFG|Automatic shotgun with explosive rounds]], [[Improbable Weapon User|straight razor]].

** Road: [[Stuff Blowing Up|Explosives]].

* [[World of Badass]]: Everyone but the girl fits.

* [[World of Ham]]: Considering it's a movie with [[Sylvester Stallone]], [[Dolph Lundgren]], Stone Cold [[Steve Austin]] and [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], this trope was pretty much unavoidable.