The Expendables 4k Ultra-HD [Blu-ray] [2018]

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Guns, explosions, more guns and more explosions, knife throwing, sly growling what more could you want from an action film? This is back to great action film making, it's escapism and nothing to be taken to seriously. Sit back and enjoy the ride!I loved every minute of this film, just like the late 80's and early 90's action films where our hero's are totally out numbered but always come out on top.Great sound quality on blu rayGreat picture qualityAmazon never seem to list the Extra features on any of their DVD's or Blu Rays, so these are the extras on the steel tin version of the film:Disc 1: Blu Ray version of the film.Audio commentary by sly stalloneBonus view The Expendables ultimate recon modeFrom the ashes - post production docGag reelDeleted scenePromo GalleryD-Box metamenu BD Touch Lionsgate LiveDisc 2: DVD Version of the film. Extra feature on the DVD version also included in the steel tin set which is not on the Blu Ray: Before the battle - Making of the ExpendablesDisc 3: Inferno - Sly stallone provides an unprecedented look at his career, producing and directing methods and complete access to the film making process. His candid revelations about the price of a film action hero, both mental and physical, underscore the fragility of stardom and the tenacity of one of Hollywood's biggest stars. In Stallone's own words: "I want you to see the guys while they are sweaty and hurting; the confusion, the mayhem, the solidarity and perseverance"Before the battle - The making of the Expendables

This film is one you will remember! The film basically goes lke this: BANG! BANG! BANG! and then people die. It was very entertaining to say the least. The violence was so comical like being shot and blown up (that actually does happen at the start when the guys are shooting terrorists).The basic outline of the story was simple. The team going back to an island where they need to kill a drug lord and save the generals daughter who was captured early on. The violence in this film will definately make you smile and laugh as the deaths are soooo weird. I especially liked the part when a big gun with big bullets is activated and the bodies are flying half a mile backwards in the air. I enjoyed all of Steve Austins's fights with Stallone and Jet Li. I think all the names in it speak for them selves in terms of cheesyness. There's a guy called Tool who is good with tools and a guy called Gunner who is good with... GUNS! It was weird for Stallone to give himself a name like Barney Ross. It should have been something like killer or slasher.If i had any critisms they would be:1) Arnie needs to be in it more2) Stallone can't really act, even if it is pretty funny3) Jason Statham is better with knives than poetry

The Expendables was an excellent movie in it's original version - the only issue I had with the original version was the climax - the action sequences did not live up to what was seen at the beginning of the movie -This new version titled The Expendables: Extended Directors Cut - does fix that issue with the ending - and the ending is far more dramatic and spectacular now - the action sequences are longer in the climax which makes the ending more satisfying.However with this new extended cut comes a few new extra scenes at the start which kind of slow the pace down - and don't really do anything new for the plot.For example there are some music-video type narrative scenes, if you don't know what I mean there are a number of these types of scenes in COBRA and ROCKY IV - these ruin the pace and are really not required - if a scene can be done without sticking a song over it, it should be done that way - it's just lazyness on the moviemaker's part.Also there is a rather dumb sequence showing Dolph Lundgren's character somehow coming out of the plane that Sly and Jason Statham have travelled on to the island of Vilaina at the start of the movie (somehow Dolph managed to misaculously avoid being caught by the other 2 expendables en-route.) this only serves to ruin what were otherwise alread excellently edited scenes in the original movie. Which is why I give this an excellent 4 star rating rather than the perfect 5 it should have been.out of the two versions I prefer the previous uncut bluray release - however this disc is still a must-buy just to see the excellent end action sequences in their newly edited form.If Sly had simply slapped the new ending on the otherwise excellent original this would've been the perfect special edition.This is still an excellent version to watch however and an excellent companion piece to the original movie and worthy of being part of your collection.