Sylvester Stallone built his Expendables empire around everything Expend4bles fails to be. The third sequel whiffs on delivering the nostalgic bliss of our favorite Action Seniors trading each other’s famous catchphrases while gunsmoke stings our nostrils. Expend4bles feels like an ‘80s action sequel generated by an AI, fed only C-tier made-for-television releases, where actors never even spent a day on set together. You can probably pin the absurd green screen reliance on Covid-19 shooting restrictions, but that doesn’t change how strangely appalling set pieces present themselves.
