The Expendables (2010) (GUEST: Karl Urban Actor Thor: Ragnarok, Star Trek: Beyond)
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After Mat asks a lone question for actor Karl Urban (Star Trek: Beyond, Thor: Ragnarok) at Rose City Comic Con 2018 in Portland, Oregon, hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss The Expendables. Throughout Sylvester Stallone's career, he's attempted to launch franchise after franchise. While some of these has been successful (Rocky, Rambo), others have not been prone to box office success (Cliffhanger, Cobra).

Inspired by the massive concerts consisting of classic rock band superstars, Stallone gathered a murder of action star mavens for The Expendables. It was a huge success, spawning a franchise of films as well as a possible TV series in the works. The Expendables, a group of aging mercenaries such as Yin-Yang (Jet Li), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), and leader Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) take on an assignment to liberate Vilena from General Garza (David Zayas).

At times dark, humorous, and explosion packed, this first Expendables film struggles to find a solid tone. There is soap opera theatrics of Lee Christmas' girlfriend, oddball Charlotte's Web monologues from their tatoo artist pal Tool (Mickey Rourke), and threatened beheadings of terrorists all within 15 minutes of each other. Despite its wheezing plot machinations, The Expendables is novel for collecting a grab-bag of action superstars in a mediocre premise. Better things are yet to come.

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