explosive trailer for Expendables 4 features Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham in battle mode

Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham are ready to clean up when Stallone calls his troupe. This is impressively demonstrated in the first trailer for "Expendables 4".After almost 10 years of waiting - if the fans were still waiting at all - "The Expendables 3" was even bigger and more spectacular than its already action-packed predecessors, but those responsible around Sylvester Stallone made the crucial mistake, the film on a broad Tailor audiences to maximize revenue.

However, nobody wants to see washed-up action heroes treat villain Mel Gibson with kid gloves and deliver family-friendly Avengers action. In an "Expendables" film there has to be a bang, everything has to explode, bullet holes have to be the size of tennis balls, and dying people have to scream at the top of their lungs like Luciano Pavarotti. The film industry self-regulation (FSK) should be plagued by blood and sweat when it comes to the age rating decision.Sylvester Stallone has had plenty of time to think about who his latest franchise is really meant and made for. After the disappointing performance of the third part, he vowed to make up for the mistake of 2014 and only bring fans another "Expendables" film if everything goes right. The 76-year-old initially stopped shooting the fourth film around 2017 (according to the deadline) because he did not agree with producer Avi Lerner on how the project should be approached. Eventually, however, Stallone returned and announced the next deployment of Barney Ross's mercenary group.

Now we can finally admire the first trailer of "Expendables 4" with the title "Expend4bles" and the promising motto "They'll die when they're dead":One thing is for sure: there is no mercy shown in director Scott Waugh's ("Need for Speed") "Expend4bles". Although the trailer looks relatively adult despite the explosive scenes and the long-awaited duel between Jason Statham and martial arts star Iko Uwais ("The Raid"), this could have been deliberately chosen for the first trailer and possibly in another trailer or promise more adult entertainment in a Red Band version. Anyway, it's great to see Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham side by side again.As a fan of this action series, you have certainly wondered how the troupe around leader Barney Ross has fared in recent years and what they are up to in private. Apparently, Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) has a new partner (Megan Fox) who both works in his business and is adept at intense foreplay, and she's getting a bruise or two.The lovebirds don't have much time for (painful) tenderness, however, because Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) has to - what else? - prevent the Third World War. A terrorist organization led by a ruthless man (Iko Uwais) has obtained several nuclear warheads and only Barney Ross, Lee Christmas, Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) and Toll Road (Randy Couture) are able to stop them . But now that they're of an age where others prefer to play golf, they're joined by young fighters (Megan Fox, Jacob Scipio, Levy Tran, plus the not-so-young 50 Cent aka Curtis Jackson and Tony Jaa).Since it's already clear that Stallone will quit after this film and hand over the lead to Jason Statham, the question arises as to what exactly will happen. Could it be that Ross and his squad fall into a trap and the mission turns into a quest for revenge? These questions will be answered in German cinemas from September 21, 2023.