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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for strong action and bloody violence throughout, and for some language
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Tool drives his motorcycle into a garage with a woman and slaps her butt briefly (No sex or nudity though)
  • Two guards attempt to rape a woman held captive but are quickly stopped.

Violence & Gore

  • Two men kill a group of bad guys using knives and guns. Very bloody/violent.
  • A man saves a woman from two bad guys, cutting off one of their arms and stabbing the other in the neck. Maybe the most violent moment in the film.
  • A group of men shoot and kill a group of bad guys in the beginning, and blood spatters can be seen. One man is blown in half. Very violent.
  • Two men get into a brutal fist fight near a fire, and one of them knocks the other into the fire. The victim burns onscreen, but once knocked into the fire, he burns offscreen, though his screams cans till be heard.
  • Two men get into a brutal fist fight while two other men kill several bad guys, and fight a third man in a 2v1. Several bad guys are stabbed/shot in this scene (violent), and the two men fighting the one man, finally kill him by kicking his neck until it snaps.
  • Two men in a plane fly over a large group of bad guys on a dock and blow them up and shoot them. Much destruction and death is seen.
  • Two men engage in a very brutal fight, with one repeatedly punching and kicking the other. The other bangs his head on a metal bar, and continues fighting, slamming his opponent against the ceiling. He's about to kill him, but another man shoots him (non-fatally; some blood seen).
  • There's a rampage scene where one of the characters has a fully automatic shotgun and soldiers body parts fly everywhere. One of the soldiers head explodes and is very bloody
  • It is implied that two soldiers attempt to rape a woman, but a man comes in and kills them. One of them attempts to burn the woman with a cigarette, but his hand is sliced off with a bowie knife. The other man is decapitated.
  • The Expendables lead a massive raid on an island, and MANY explosions and shootouts/fist fights occur. Several men are seen getting brutally stabbed/shot, and one man has a special gun which is very powerful, and is seen blowing several bad guys apart in a bloody way.
  • Two men briefly fight on the deck of a ship, but are interrupted.
  • The violence in this film is pretty severe.
  • There's a car chase, and i's very destructive. Several people are graphically shot and the cars crash.
  • A fight ensues between two men, there is much kicking, punching and other brutal moves. One of the men is about to be impaled on a pole, but is stopped. Between two high school rivals.
  • People plant explosives all over a building and later activate them, resulting in a large explosion that decimates the building.
  • A man breaks another man's elbow sideways.
  • A man is stabbed in the thigh, and his opponent kicks the wound on his thigh.

Profanity

  • 7-8 uses of 'fuck', at least 20 uses of 'shit', 2 uses of "son of a bitch", and uses of other milder profanities like 'damn', 'ass', 'prick', etc.
  • The Extended Director's Cut (unrated) has more strong language, with several more f-bombs and other profanity. There are also quite a few f-bombs in the outtakes which are available as a separate bonus feature on DVD/Blu-ray release of the theatrical cut.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A couple scenes of tobacco use.
  • The main villains are illegally producing cocaine, although no use is shown. Large packages are clearly shown.
  • One character is a drug addict and it is stated that he is using, although he never uses drugs on screen
  • The Expendables team drink beer in a few scenes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some of the shooters heads get blown off (very gory)
  • Can be intense to some. During violent scenes the guys crack jokes, but the violence is still intense.
  • The final battle on the island is pretty violent/graphic and intense.
  • The fight between Toll Road and Paine is pretty intense and brutal.
  • The fight between Yin-Yang and Gunner is pretty intense and brutal.
  • A man falls off a bridge into water. He then says "That was AWESOME!"

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