The Expendables 2

Release Date: 17 August 2012

Because we only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film’s synopsis and content.

Synopsis: Reprising their roles from The Expendables, this team of mercenaries (Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li) takes on what should be an easy job, but turns into a mission of revenge when one of the guys is killed in action.

This additional information about the movie’s content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:

Violence:

- Frequent non-graphic violence.

- Brief explicit violence.

- Violent acts shown in a realistic manner with details, blood and tissue damage.

- Frequent depictions of beating, shooting, stabbing, decapitation, dismemberment and explosion.

- Pervasive gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence with some blood and detail shown.

- Some scenes may frighten children.

Language:

- Approximately 11 instances of coarse language.

- Infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, and vulgar expressions.

- One use of a developmental slur.

Drugs and Alcohol:

- Tobacco use.

This movie is the sequel to the 2010 film The Expendables. Sylvester Stallone made his first big screen début as Rocky. Jason Stratham is part of another gang of law-breakers in The Italian Job. And Jet Li shows off his martial arts skills in The Forbidden Kingdom.

The Expendables 2 releases to home video on November 20, 2012.