Filmmaker Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces, The Grey) has few qualms expressing his honest thoughts and opinions (as our staff knows from personal experience), so it doesn’t come as a huge surprise to learn that he’s been clashing with Paramount executives over creative decisions on his Death Wish reboot. Unfortunately, the two parties have proven unable to reach a compromise when it comes to casting for the project – which Carnahan revealed he’s been scripting for Frank Grillo (The Grey, Gangster Squad) over a year ago – and the director is now withdrawing, to pursue another movie venture altogether. Deadline is reporting that Paramount wants Bruce Willis playing the lead role of a family man-turned street vigilante, following his wife and daughter being viciously assaulted. The casting makes sense, seeing how the aging (re: 50 +) … Click to continue reading Joe Carnahan Leaves ‘Death Wish’ Reboot; Bruce Willis Wanted to...

Sly, Bruce, Arnold, Van Damme and Chuck Norris team-up. The Plot The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal… Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Lee Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that’s nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother. That is done the Expendables...

What an action packed line-up! Did you ever find yourself having a discussion with a mate about action heroes that should of appeared in the first Expendables! Well the first action movie stars that came to mind was “Van Damme” and “Chuck Norris”, Well Sly has not disappointed action fans in the new sequel to The Expendables, Sly and the original gang return with some new faces including Jean-Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris, the only one that is missing is Rutger Hauer.  Arnold Schwarzenegger (left) and Bruce Willis (right) also return in the new installment, but will they have a bigger part, who knows! The Expendables: A team of mercenaries is given the assignment to take out a corrupt military leader and a rogue CIA operative on a Latin American island. – IMDB The original movie plot Barney Ross leads the “Expendables”, a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen. When the group is commissioned by the mysterious Mr. Church to assassinate the merciless dictator of a small South American island, Barney and Lee head to the remote locale to scout out their opposition. Once there, they meet with local rebel Sandra and discover the true nature of the conflict engulfing the city. When they escape the island and Sandra stays behind, Ross must choose to either walk away and save his own life – or attempt a suicidal rescue mission that might just save his soul. Cast in image above: (left to right) Terry Crews, Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren Credited cast: Jason Statham Lee Christmas Bruce Willis Church Sylvester Stallone Barney Ross Liam Hemsworth Timmons Arnold Schwarzenegger Trench Jean-Claude Van Damme...