The Expendables 3

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The Expendables 3

film by Hughes [2014]

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The Expendables 3 is a 2014 action film directed by Patrick Hughes and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the third installment in The Expendables film series, which features a team of veteran mercenaries. The film continues the adventures of Barney Ross (Stallone) and his team as they face new challenges and recruit new members. The series is known for its ensemble cast of action stars and its focus on high-octane action sequences.1

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Harrison Ford
Later work
…appearing in the action thriller The Expendables 3 (2014), Ford reprised his role as Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He then starred in Blade Runner 2049 (2017), a sequel to the 1982 classic. Ford later lent his voice to the animated comedy The Secret Life of…
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…appearing in the action thriller The Expendables 3 (2014), Ford reprised his role as Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He then starred in Blade Runner 2049 (2017), a sequel to the 1982 classic. Ford later lent his voice to the animated comedy The Secret Life of…
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Mel Gibson
…action thrillers Machete Kills (2013), The Expendables 3 (2014), Blood Father (2016), and Dragged Across Concrete (2018). He also played against type, as a grandfather—albeit a macho one—in the family comedy Daddy’s Home 2 (2017) and costarred with Sean Penn in The Professor and the Madman (2019), about the creation…
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…action thrillers Machete Kills (2013), The Expendables 3 (2014), Blood Father (2016), and Dragged Across Concrete (2018). He also played against type, as a grandfather—albeit a macho one—in the family comedy Daddy’s Home 2 (2017) and costarred with Sean Penn in The Professor and the Madman (2019), about the creation…
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Kelsey Grammer
Later film and TV credits
…Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Expendables 3. He then played the father of a hard-partying sorority girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) in the broad comedy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) and a workaholic father who ends up with his estranged daughter (Kristen Bell) on a cruise that was meant for…
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…Transformers: Age of Extinction and The Expendables 3. He then played the father of a hard-partying sorority girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) in the broad comedy Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) and a workaholic father who ends up with his estranged daughter (Kristen Bell) on a cruise that was meant for…
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Jet Li
…and its sequels (2012 and 2014). In 2011 Li reunited with Tsui for the 3-D action film Longmen Feijia (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate), and he later starred in Feng shen bang (2016; League of Gods), which was set during the Shang dynasty. He played the Emperor in Disney’s 2020…
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…and its sequels (2012 and 2014). In 2011 Li reunited with Tsui for the 3-D action film Longmen Feijia (Flying Swords of Dragon Gate), and he later starred in Feng shen bang (2016; League of Gods), which was set during the Shang dynasty. He played the Emperor in Disney’s 2020…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
…in the movie’s 2012 and 2014 sequels. The Last Stand (2013) marked his first leading role in 10 years. He later starred with Sylvester Stallone in the action thriller Escape Plan (2013), took top billing in the action drama Sabotage (2014), and reprised his Terminator role in Terminator Genisys (2015)…
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…in the movie’s 2012 and 2014 sequels. The Last Stand (2013) marked his first leading role in 10 years. He later starred with Sylvester Stallone in the action thriller Escape Plan (2013), took top billing in the action drama Sabotage (2014), and reprised his Terminator role in Terminator Genisys (2015)…
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Wesley Snipes
…assassin in the action thriller The Expendables 3 (2014). In 2015 he portrayed a mysterious criminal overlord in the television thriller series The Player. Snipes appeared as a gang leader in Lee’s controversial Chi-Raq (2015), about gang violence in Chicago. His subsequent credits included Armed Response (2017) and Dolemite Is…
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…assassin in the action thriller The Expendables 3 (2014). In 2015 he portrayed a mysterious criminal overlord in the television thriller series The Player. Snipes appeared as a gang leader in Lee’s controversial Chi-Raq (2015), about gang violence in Chicago. His subsequent credits included Armed Response (2017) and Dolemite Is…
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Sylvester Stallone
Later film and television roles: Cliffhanger, The Expendables, and Tulsa King
…followed by three sequels (2012, 2014, and 2023).
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…followed by three sequels (2012, 2014, and 2023).
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Jason Statham
Acting career
…in the three sequels (2012, 2014, and 2023). He also starred as hit man Arthur Bishop in The Mechanic (2011) and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016).
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…in the three sequels (2012, 2014, and 2023). He also starred as hit man Arthur Bishop in The Mechanic (2011) and Mechanic: Resurrection (2016).
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