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''The Expendables 3'' is a 2014 American action film and the sequel to ''Film/TheExpendables2''.

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''The Expendables 3'' is a 2014 American action film and film, the sequel to ''Film/TheExpendables2''.
''Film/TheExpendables2'' and the second sequel to ''Film/TheExpendables''.


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Followed by ''Film/Expend4bles''.
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The 2014 sequel to ''Film/TheExpendables2''.

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The ''The Expendables 3'' is a 2014 American action film and the sequel to ''Film/TheExpendables2''.
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[[caption-width-right:300:Old soldiers never die]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:Old [[caption-width-right:300:''[[TagLine Old soldiers never die]]
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* InsertGrenadeHere: In the final shootout, one of the younger Expendables on a motorcycle took down an enemy tank by lobbing a grenade down the turret. BOOM.


In the ColdOpening, the team retrieves Barney's old friend Doc (Creator/WesleySnipes) from a prison transport. Their new CIA handler Max Drummer (Creator/HarrisonFord) sends them off to capture a high-level arms dealer and acknowledged war criminal, which Barney finds is [[EvilFormerFriend his former partner]] and co-founder of the Expendables, [[AwesomeMcCoolName Conrad Stonebanks]] (Creator/MelGibson), who [[FakingTheDead he thought was dead]]. A disastrous encounter inspires Barney to disband his current team out of fear for their lives, and with the help of Bonaparte (Creator/KelseyGrammer) puts together a new team consisting of young upstarts played by Creator/KellanLutz, Ronda Rousey, Victor Ortiz, and Glen Powell. His old team is not happy with being put on the sidelines and newcomer Galgo (Creator/AntonioBanderas) joins them, eager to get rid of his own demons.

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In the ColdOpening, the team retrieves Barney's old friend Doc (Creator/WesleySnipes) from a prison transport. Their new CIA handler Max Drummer (Creator/HarrisonFord) sends them off to capture a high-level arms dealer and acknowledged war criminal, which Barney finds is [[EvilFormerFriend his former partner]] and co-founder of the Expendables, [[AwesomeMcCoolName Conrad Stonebanks]] Stonebanks (Creator/MelGibson), who [[FakingTheDead he thought was dead]]. A disastrous encounter inspires Barney to disband his current team out of fear for their lives, and with the help of Bonaparte (Creator/KelseyGrammer) puts together a new team consisting of young upstarts played by Creator/KellanLutz, Ronda Rousey, Victor Ortiz, and Glen Powell. His old team is not happy with being put on the sidelines and newcomer Galgo (Creator/AntonioBanderas) joins them, eager to get rid of his own demons.
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** Creator/BrianTyler's score sounds a lot like the ''Film/{{Rambo}}'' theme during the end credits.

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** Creator/BrianTyler's score sounds a lot like the ''Film/{{Rambo}}'' ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' theme during the end credits.
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* BulletproofVest: Subverted. When he's briefly detained, Stonebanks tells about how he and Barney came to be enemies. He mentions taking three rounds in the chest, adding, "Thank God for body armor, even I thought I was dead." As just about anyone who's been shot while wearing a can tell you, it still hurts a lot. In fact the blunt force trauma will break ribs, bruise organs and could kill you anyway.

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* BulletproofVest: Subverted. When he's briefly detained, Stonebanks tells about how he and Barney came to be enemies. He mentions taking three rounds in the chest, adding, "Thank God for body armor, even I thought I was dead." As just about anyone who's been shot while wearing a bulletproof vest can tell you, it still hurts a lot. In fact the blunt force trauma will break ribs, bruise organs and could kill you anyway.

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* BottomlessMagazines: Averted surprisingly, given the overall tone of the film. Hale Caesar has a huge gun at the beginning which he is very excited about. Gunner tells him he'll "...shoot it for about ten seconds and blow (your) wad." This ends up being exactly what happens, and exactly what would happen with an [=M134=] in real life with the small ammo drum he had on it.
* BulletproofVest: Subverted. When he's briefly detained, Stonebanks tells about how he and Barney came to be enemies. He mentions taking three rounds in the chest, adding, "Thank God for body armor, even I thought I was dead." As just about anyone who's been shot while wearing a can tell you, it still hurts a lot. In fact the blunt force trauma will break ribs, bruise organs and could kill you anyway.



* RealityEnsues: Two really peculiar examples give the overall tone of the film:
** Hale Caesar has a huge gun at the beginning which he is very excited about. Gunner tells him he'll "...shoot it for about ten seconds and blow (your) wad." This ends up being exactly what happens, and exactly what would happen with an [=M134=] in real life with the small ammo drum he had on it.
** When he's briefly detained, Stonebanks tells about how he and Barney came to be enemies. He mentions taking three rounds in the chest, adding, "Thank God for body armor, even I thought I was dead." As just about anyone who's been shot while wearing a BulletproofVest can tell you, it still hurts a lot. In fact the blunt force trauma will break ribs, bruise organs and could kill you anyway.
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* NonActorVehicle: DownplayedTrope. Many of the newer, younger recruits are portrayed by real-life expert martial artists and MMA fighters. This frequently does come across in the acting.

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