
Marine John Smilee, nightclub bouncer Luna, computer expert Thorn, and weapons expert Mars. Blaming himself for Caesar's injuries, Ross disbands the Expendables and leaves for Las Vegas, where he enlists retired mercenary-turned-recruiter Bonaparte to help him find a new team of younger mercenaries. They are forced to retreat when Stonebanks drops a glide bomb on them from his helicopter, and Caesar is severely injured.īack in the United States, CIA operative Max Drummer, the Expendables' new missions manager, gives Ross a mission to capture Stonebanks to bring him to the International Criminal Court to be tried for war crimes. In the ensuing firefight, The Expendables kill all but Stonebanks, who shoots Caesar. Arriving there, they reunite with Hale Caesar, who directs them to the drop point, where Ross is surprised to find out that the arms trader providing the bombs is Conrad Stonebanks, a former co-founder of the Expendables who went rogue and was presumed dead. They recruit Doctor Death to assist them in intercepting a shipment of bombs meant to be delivered to a warlord in Somalia. The Expendables-led by Barney Ross and formed by Lee Christmas, Gunner Jensen, and Toll Road-extract former member Doctor Death, a knives specialist, and team medic, from a military prison during his transfer on a train.

A sequel, The Expendables 4, is scheduled to be released in 2023. Partly due to negative critical reviews and being leaked three weeks before its scheduled release, the film grossed $214 million worldwide on an estimated $90–100 million budget, becoming the lowest-grossing film of the trilogy. Unlike the first two films in the franchise, The Expendables 3 received a PG-13 rating instead of an R rating, which upset many fans of the franchise. The film premiered in London on Aug and was released theatrically on August 15, 2014, by Lionsgate. The story follows the mercenary group known as The Expendables as they come into conflict with ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks, the Expendables' co-founder, who is determined to destroy the team.

The film features an ensemble cast of largely action film stars including Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, Victor Ortiz, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is the third installment in The Expendables franchise and the sequel to The Expendables (2010) and The Expendables 2 (2012).


The Expendables 3 is a 2014 American action film directed by Patrick Hughes and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Sylvester Stallone.
