Expend4bles Trailer: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham Prepare to Stop ‘World War III’ 5r535p

Sylvester Stallone marks his final appearance as the leader Barney Ross, ing the baton to the knife expert Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), who will take over the commanding role. Scott Waugh — best known for the Need for Speed movie — directs Expendables 4, which brings back the mercenary gang for another world-saving mission.

The trailer for Fox) drawers to find a confidential document. “Oh, I'm sorry. You weren't invited,” she tells Lee when he tries to her on whatever classified mission was mentioned in those pages. What follows next is a bizarrely sexual fight sequence between the two, as they try and get their hands on the file. Fast forward to the next morning, and leader Ross (Stallone) pops in to say hi and brief his second-in-command Lee about their latest mission. “I need better friends,” Lee mutters in annoyance — a clever way to transition the trailer and offer a look at the new cast ing in.

First up is Easy (Andy García) describes the mission to his team in the Expendables 4 trailer. “If these babies go off, it'll be World War III.” Our heroes are then seen preparing to skydive onto the cargo ship and infiltrate its tightly secured corners. While the footage does feature Stallone a lot, it's worth mentioning that he's on-screen for only a small part of it — this being his last stint in the franchise and all. Meanwhile, Statham reportedly takes up 80 percent of the screentime.

As expected, the Expendables 4 trailer soon divulges into a flurry of action sequences, revealing the key antagonists. We've got Suarto, played by Monster Hunter), Levy Tran (The Haunting of Hill House), and Jacob Scipio (Without Remorse).

Expend4bles hits theatres worldwide on September 22.

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