Hosts Mat Bradley-Tschirgi and William Thrasher discuss The Expendables 3. Trying to go for bigger box office, The Expendables 3 went for a PG-13 rating. A pirated copy of the full film hit the Internet months before the official release, resulting in a lower box office gross. Former Expendable Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson) has gone rogue selling weapons on the black market. After much of The Expendables is injured during a mission, Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) decides to staff the squad with some young pups instead. This attempt backfires, so Barney has to get the old gang back together to save the kiddos and save the day.

This one has less overt humor than the second film, but The Expendables 3 is less fun as a result. It takes nearly half an hour for the villain to reveal himself, too much of the movie is spent recruiting the younger crew consisting of MMA fighters and Twilight alumni, and the finale at the bar tries for some unearned pathos. Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, and Kelsey Grammer are amusing in their brief roles.

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The Expendables 3 (2014)