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The Expendables 2 ( title)
Date: 2012 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Director: Simon West

Synopsis: Action. A band of mercenaries led by Barney Ross raid a Nepalese village to rescue a Chinese billionaire from a warlord’s torture chamber.

Genre:
Action and Adventure

Subjects:
Mercenaries, Terrorism
Releases
Date: 16 August 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DataSat / Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Runtime: 102 mins 32 secs - Length: 9228 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Lionsgate UK
Date: 17 August 2012Country: USARelease type: TheatricalFormat: not specified - Colour - Sound - DataSat / Dolby DigitalAspect ratio: 2.35:1Dialogue (original): English

Credits (70)
©: Inc. Barney's Christmas, Executive Producer: Jon Feltheimer, Executive Producer: Jason Constantine, Executive Producer: Eda Kowan, Executive Producer: Basil Iwanyk, Executive Producer: Guymon Casady, Executive Producer: Danny Dimbort, Executive Producer: Trevor Short, Executive Producer: Boaz Davidson, Produced by: Avi Lerner, Produced by: Kevin King-Templeton, Produced by: Danny Lerner, Produced by: Les Weldon, Co-producer: Robert Earl, Co-producer: Jib Polhemus, Co-producer: Matt O'Toole, Co-producer: Guy Avshalom, Co-producer: Zygi Kamasa, Unit Production Manager: Valentin Dimitrov, Production Manager: Vesselin Karadjov, Location Manager: Denitza Daverova, Location Manager: Vladimir Vladimirov, Location Manager: Tzanko Matchukliski, Post-production Supervisor: Nathalie Samanon, 1st Assistant Director: Nick Satriano, Screenplay by: Richard Wenk, Screenplay by: Sylvester Stallone, Story by: Ken Kaufman, Story by: David Agosto, Richard Wenk, Based on characters created by: David Callaham, Director of Photography: Shelly Johnson, "A" Camera Operator: Des Whelan, "B" Camera & Steadicam: Henry Tirl, Visual Effects Supervisor: Ajoy Mani, Visual Effects by: Worldwide FX, Visual Effects: Malditochroma VFX, Visual Effects: Tata ElxsiLtd., Visual Effects: Mumbai Studio, Visual Effects: El Ranchito Imagen Digital, Visual Effects: Reliance Mediaworks, Visual Effects: R-Team, Special Effects Supervisor: Pini Klavir, Special Effects Supervisor: Alex Gunn, Film Editor: Todd E. Miller, Production Designer: Paul Cross, Supervising Art Director: Adam Makin, Art Director: Keith Pain, Art Director: Sonya Savova, Art Director: Ivan Rangelov, Art Director: Alexei Karagiaur, Art Director: Ivaylo Nikolov, Costume Designer: Lizz Wolf, Make-up Department Head: Scott Eddo, Hair Department Head: Nicole Venables, Main Title Design by: Trailer Park Motion Graphics, Music by: Brian Tyler, Music Performed by: Brian Tyler, The Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, Music Conducted by: Allan Wilson, Music Conducted by: Marian Turner, Brian Tyler, Production Sound Mixer: Vladimir Kaloyanov, Re-recording Mixer: Chris David, Re-recording Mixer: Gabriel J. Serrano, Supervising Sound Editor: Christopher Eakins, Stunt Co-ordinator: Noon Orsatti, Stunt Co-ordinator: Chad Stahelski, Fight Co-ordinator: Don Theerathada
Cast (16)
Sylvester Stallone (Barney Ross), Jason Statham (Lee Christmas), Jet Li (Yin Yang), Dolph Lundgren (Gunner Jensen), Chuck Norris (Booker), Terry Crews (Hale Caesar), Randy Couture (Toll Road), Liam Hemsworth (Bill Timmons, 'Billy the Kid'), Scott Adkins (Hector), Yu Nan (Maggie), Jean-Claude Van Damme (Jean Vilain), Bruce Willis (Mr Church), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Trench), Amanda Ooms (Pilar), Charisma Carpenter (Lacy), Nikolette Noel (Billy's wife, Sophia)