Essential Expendables

The Expendables is like reaching into the mind of this website and creating a movie based on what you pull out and Expendables 2 seems to be doing that to an even greater degree, adding Van Damme, Schwarzenegger and Willis to the already jam packed action star cast.  If you feel like you need a refresher of why these guys are so awesome, we have prepared “Esssential Expendables”, a list of the movies for each Expendable (for the most part) that you must see and some that are totally Expendable.

Stallone

The Essentials

• Rocky
• Rocky IV
• First Blood
• Rambo: First Blood Part II
• Demolition Man
• Cobra
• Cliffhanger

Also worth watching: Tango & Cash, Over the Top, Rocky II, Rocky III, Rambo, Rocky Balboa, Assassins

Expendable:

• Judge Dredd
• Driven
• Stop or My Mom will Shoot
• Rocky V
• D-Tox
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Statham

The Essentials

• The Transporter
• Crank
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
• Snatch
• The Bank Job
• The Mechanic
• Death Race

Also worth watching: Crank 2: High Voltage, Transporter 2, Blitz, Safe, The Italian Job

Expendable:

• In the Name of the King
• Chaos
• Cellular
• 13
• Transporter 3

Schwarzenegger

The Essentials

• The Terminator
• Terminator 2: Judgement Day
• Commando
• Predator
• Conan the Barbarian
• Total Recall
• True Lies

Also worth watching: The Running Man, Eraser, End of Days, Kindergarten Cop, Last Action Hero

Expendable:

• Jingle All the Way
• Collateral Damage
• The 6th Day
•  Batman & Robin
• Junior
• Twins
• Conan the Destroyer

Lundgren

The Essentials

• Rocky IV
• Universal Soldier
• Command Performance
• I Come in Peace
• The Punisher
• Red Scorpion
• The Killing Machine

Also worth watching: Showdown in Little Tokyo, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Hidden Assassin

Expendable:

• Masters of the Universe
• Johnny Mnemonic
• Diamond Dogs
• Stash House
• In the Name of the King 2

Li

The Essentials

• Unleashed
• The One
• Hero
• Black Mask
• Fist of Legend
• Kiss of the Dragon
• Once Upon a Time in China

Also worth watching: The Forbidden Kingdom, Fearless, The Legend, War

Expendable:

• Romeo Must Die
• Cradle 2 the Grave
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
• Lethal Weapon 4

Norris

The Essentials

• The Delta Force
• Missing in Action
• Lone Wolf McQuade
• Invasion USA
• Sidekicks
• Walker, Texas Ranger

Also worth watching: Forced Vengeance, Silent Rage, The President’s Man, The Way of the Dragon, The Octagon

Expendable:

• Hellbound
• Top Dog
• Forest Warrior
• The Cutter

Willis

The Essentials

• Die Hard
• Die Hard with a Vengeance
• Pulp Fiction
• The Sixth Sense
• Twelve Monkeys
• The Fifth Element
• Sin City

Also worth watching: 16 Blocks, Die Hard 2, Live Free or Die Hard, Tears of the Sun, Surrogates, Last Man Standing, Planet Terror, Armageddon, Red

Expendable

• Cop Out
• Perfect Stranger
• The Whole Ten Yards
• The Kid
• The Jackal
• Mercury Rising
• The Last Boy Scout
• Hudson Hawk
• Striking Distance
• Bonfire of the Vanities

Van Damme

The Essentials

• Bloodsport
• Timecop
• Kickboxer
• Universal Soldier
• Hard Target
• JCVD
• Sudden Death

Also worth watching: Lionheart, Assassination Games, Universal Soldier: Regeneration, Street Fighter, No Retreat No Surrender

Expendable

• Cyborg
• Double Team
• Universal Soldier: The Return
• Until Death
• Replicant
• The Order

Crews

The Essentials

• Idiocracy
• The Longest Yard
• White Chicks
• Get Smart
• Gamer

Also worth watching: Terminator Salvation, Everybody Hates Chris, Starsky & Hutch

Expendable

• Are We There Yet? The Series
• Soul Plane
• Lottery Ticket
• Who’s Your Caddy?
• Malibu’s Most Wanted
• Norbit
• Balls of Fury