The Expendables 4

The Expendables 4

Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world’s last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give “new blood” a whole new meaning.

  • Released: 2023-09-22
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Genre: Action, Adventure, Thrillers
  • Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, 50 Cent, Randy Couture, Levy Tran, Sheila Shah, Jacob Scipio, Liam Neeson, Steven Seagal, Mike Möller, Cokey Falkow, Iko Uwais, Nicole Andrews, Dan Chupong, Jason Lines, Tjaša Perko
  • Director: Scott Waugh
 Comments
  • ashley-crookes - 23 June 2024
    Expendi-dull
    I enjoyed watching the first 3 movies at the movie theatre. Somehow this film got so little screen time at our local theater that I completely missed it even being on circuit, so TV it was.

    Most reviewers have already said it, but I'll mention it as well. The plot is ok, some of the Expendibles are back. They shoved in some random characters, like 50 cent (never listened to his music but if his voice is as dull and flat as he is in this film I'll definitely not bother with his music), Megan Fox (really, if you are looking for eye candy, look elsewhere. I'm a guy and I do not find that woman appealing at all, especially with her inflated lips and foul mouth that added nothing to the story), the white haired female? Who is she? She had about 3 lines in the whole film)

    All in all a disappointing film. Had they paid homage with the actors from older films and not try to shove random new faces in, then I would prefer it. Stick to the winning formula!
  • knoxfan2008 - 23 May 2024
    Incompetent and cringe in every way
    • Expendables 4 is like if Tim Heidecker made a feature length "Decker" movie. If you released this movie with Heidecker and Gregg Turkington in the main roles, and changed nothing else, it would be a brilliant satire on celebrity ego and power-fantasies from Hollywood Prima-donnas.


    • I'd say that this is a movie made by a guy going through a midlife crisis, but Stallone is like 80, so it's just a desperate attempt by himself to look cool, but is comes off a desperate and try hard. He thinks skulls and motorbikes and rock is so cool, he comes off as the most out-of-touch boomer in the world. There's a scene with a 'social media influencer', and it's so phoney and poorly handled, that I wonder if Stallone has ever seen a insta or livestream video. I know this wasn't directed by Stallone, but he is obviously the lead creative voice. This whole movie is just there to make all the guys in it feel tough and relevant. It's embarrassing. Statham is a producer, and in this flick much more than Stallone, so the power fantasy BS might be his fault.


    • This film is bad in every way, but the script is probably the most amateur part. Every line is cliched, and the attempts at "fun banter" between characters comes off as something you'd see in a parody like MacGruber, or again, Decker. Stallone and Statham's dialogue is solely them jabbing at each-other, and it's forced and unbelievable every time. Every insult is awkward and stilted. There's a scene where Stallone and Statham beat up an entire bar of men, because Stallone wants a ring he lost in a bet, fair and square. Somehow they think the viewers wouldn't think these characters are total psychopaths? If the ring was so important to you, why even bet it in the first place?


    • The music choices are cringeworthy, there's a trash country song by Kaleo early on that make my skin crawl. Every needle drop is awkward, it's like Stallone intentionally chose the worst songs he could find.


    • Stallone knows that things like "cover me!", and "fire in the hole!" are shouted by characters in action movies, but he doesn't seem to know why. He just slots them in, but doesn't edit the scenes around them so it makes sense.


    • The acting all round is the career worst from all of these actors. Stallone is more unintelligible than ever, literally his first lines are mumbled to the point you can't understand him. Statham is wooden and completely confused, Megan Fox is laughably bad when trying to actually act, 50 Cent continues to be the worst actor in Hollywood who is only in movies because he pays to be in them, Randy Couture might as well be wall paper, and Dolph Lungren is the only one who is funny-bad rather than just embarrassing. Even Andy Garcia is atrocious in this, he slurs his words so much that I'm 90% sure he was drunk during shooting.


    • Not only are the special effects as poorly utilised as I've ever seen in a Hollywood blockbuster, but the CGI is used at the most inappropriate times. Simple shots are digital and green-screened, you could put these shots in a comedy movie and assume they made it bad on purpose as a joke.


    Terrible, trash movie. I haven't seen a movie this poorly made, with this much star power, possibly ever. An untalented YouTuber could make a better action movie than this. It was 90 minutes, but felt 2 and a half hours. Genuinely stunned by how bad, predictable and corny it is. I'm so happy this failed at the box office.
  • amusicfrog - 9 May 2024
    Good
    It was a good movie, just to me it couldn't top 3 plus I loved Charisma Carpenter with Jason Statham they had great chemistry!! Megan Fox was ok just not the same, plus to me she doesn't have any bad ass in her!!! Too bad Rhonda didn't come back!! Sorry not trying to bash her, I like her and she was good. Just was hoping for more!

    I loved all the characters just wished there were more than there were. I think the other three made me want more! Missed some of the chemistry between Jason and Sylvester!! They are hilarious together!! I did love the ending! I love to sit and binge watch all day!!