Movie Review:Expendables 2

  

  Directed bySimon West

Produced by

Avi Lerner

Danny Lerner

Kevin King Templeton

Les Weldon

Screenplay byRichard Wenk

Sylvester Stallone

Story byKen Kaufman

David Agosto

Richard Wenk

Based onCharacters by

David Callaham

Starring

Sylvester Stallone

Jason Statham

Jet Li

Dolph Lundgren

Chuck Norris

Terry Crews

Randy Couture

Liam Hemsworth

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Bruce Willis

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Music byBrian Tyler

CinematographyShelly Johnson

Editing byTodd E. Miller

Studio

Nu Image

Millennium Films

Distributed byLionsgate

Release date(s)

August 17, 2012

Running time103 minutes[1]

CountryUnited States

LanguageEnglish

Budget$100 million[2]

Box office$121.7 million[3]

The Expendables 2 is a 2012 American ensemble action film directed by Simon West and written by Richard Wenk and Sylvester Stallone, based on a story by Ken Kaufman, David Agosto and Wenk. It is a sequel to the 2010 action film The Expendables, and stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film follows the mercenary group The Expendables as they undertake a seemingly simple mission that evolves into a quest for revenge against Jean Vilain, a rival mercenary who has murdered one of their own, and who threatens the world with a deadly weapon.

Principal photography took place over 14 weeks beginning in September 2011 on an estimated $100 million budget, with filming occurring in Bulgaria, Hong Kong and New Orleans.