Oct 14 2009'Expendables' Trailer: I Refuse To Believe This Is Real
Nice try, Sylvester Stallone. I'm sure you'd like us all to believe this promotional trailer is for an actual movie that you're supposedly making. But I know a viral video that compiles every clichéd '80s action movie scene ever made into a fake trailer when I see one, and this has to be that:
[Removed due to threats from Lionsgate.]
You almost had me until all the diving-from-explosions shots. Also, at least one of those actors must be dead by now.
(Thanks to: Carl!)
Reader Comments
1. JotD - October 14, 2009 11:09 AM
The best part was when it told me I can't watch the trailer in my country due to copyright restrictions.
2. Dr. Thrasher - October 14, 2009 11:13 AM
Copy-write restrictions make me a sad doctor.
3. dunno - October 14, 2009 11:13 AM
Let me go ahead and get this out of the way for the idiots who may come to comment:
It was sarcasm.
4. che-che - October 14, 2009 11:17 AM
what was that!
saw it on trailer addict. terrible trailer. but it did have EXPLOSIONS!!!
5. Chacka - October 14, 2009 11:32 AM
yea it didn't have a trailer feel to it, more like a mash up of scenes. they need transformers up in that bitch.
6. JotD - October 14, 2009 11:34 AM
P.S. I'm in the US, land of no copyright restrictions. WTF.
7. Dillon - October 14, 2009 11:40 AM
Trailer is up (for now) here:
http://screencrave.com/2009-10-13/the-ass-kicking-expendables-trailer/
8. bob - October 14, 2009 11:49 AM
WTF? That doesn't even look awesome in a terrible way, just plain terrible. What's the budget on this thing?
9. Erica - October 14, 2009 11:57 AM
You guys this isn't an official trailer. It's a promo for distributors so they'll want to pick up the film. Hence the length and disjointed plot.
10. Smitty - October 14, 2009 12:37 PM
Ummm, yeah... That's not good even slightly, folks. This shouldn't get picked up, and may never even see DVD distribution.
11. Jonathan - October 14, 2009 12:52 PM
Eric Roberts!?
Jet Li as a the funny, martial arts Asian!?
Stone Cold!?
This movie has success written all over it (read=I couldn't even get through the trailer).
http://www.theawesometrain.blogspot.com/
12. John - October 14, 2009 12:59 PM
I'm willing to give it a shot for one reason. It looks like a bad 80's action movie. And bad 80's action movies? Awesome. Except for the bad bad ones.
13. Fiona - October 14, 2009 1:15 PM
Omg!
I love ensemble action movies because actors that are always the "tough guy" get shoehorned into different cliches. I bet Jet Li will be the sensitive one.
14. killswitch - October 14, 2009 2:51 PM
I think I'll save my money and just watch Roadhouse.
15. Nate - October 14, 2009 3:25 PM
here a link to a page who's still got it up
http://www.filmofilia.com/2009/10/14/the-expendables-promo-trailer-online/
16. Pelko - October 14, 2009 3:54 PM
That pic looks like a promo shot for some shitty metalcore band.
17. first haha - October 14, 2009 4:23 PM
Of course... the obligatory diving away from the explosion shot right at the end :)
I think it looks fine. I think they're actually going for a semi-B-gradish action type thing. That was sort of the point behind doing it in the first place. I think if anything this trailer is just made poorly. It's an awful trailer, but because of that we can't really understand what the movie should feel like. shrug.
18. cc - October 14, 2009 4:47 PM
How many more actors can the movie have to convince you it is going to be cheese? Sly Stallone, a UFC fighter who can't act, Jason Statham (whose only good movies were Guy Ritchie movies), token martial arts guy, and a bunch of B-movie specials to round things out. I can smell it from here.
19. Dr. Thrasher - October 14, 2009 5:07 PM
You could look at it that way #18. Or you could look at it like this:
Rambo, The Transporter and The One all in one movie? WITH waterboarding!?!
Amazing.
looks so bad it's awesome
20. M - October 14, 2009 6:15 PM
@19 - AND the original Puniser (didn't know if I should have went Universal Soldier...), Marv, a washed up wrestler...and Raiden. Oh, and dude from Oz. Awesomeness is here..and it's called The Expendables.
21. noodle - October 14, 2009 6:49 PM
REMOVED?!?!? how fucking lame is that?!
it sucks so bad that lionsgate doesnt want people to catch the stink early.
22. Sueyo - October 14, 2009 6:52 PM
BRUCE WILLIS PLEASE.
How does Jason Statham qualify to be near the pinnacles of badass that are Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger anyway?
23. first haha - October 15, 2009 3:29 PM
Yes, would have loved to have John Mclaine in this. Commando too, but he's obviously too busy. Van Damme should be in this too. Man this looks great but don't you see what could have been?
24. Frank Lucas' Bitch - October 17, 2009 3:33 PM
#22 and #24...Bruce Willis and Arnie ARE in this movie. Just letting you know. Check imdb for more info (this movie's going to rock!):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320253/
25. Yet - October 20, 2009 11:11 PM
Well, if all those people are going to be in this, than you can't leave out Chuck Norris! I mean for gosh sakes, he has his own "don't f*** with the chuck" franchise going on...