Expend4bles
Lionsgate | Release Date: September 22, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
11
Negative:
19
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
58
Original-CinJim SlotekSep 21, 2023
Expend4bles is an endless pyro/bang-bang show, with actors not mainly known for their acting (also including 50 Cent and UFC champion Randy Couture), sticking to the story as well as they can. Read full review
50
The Seattle TimesSoren AndersenSep 25, 2023
The gunplay is primary though there are some obligatory scenes of martial arts fights. Read full review
50
PolygonJoshua RiveraSep 21, 2023
The Expendables movies had one trick, and that trick has been played out. Director Scott Waugh has to resort to something else with Expend4bles: finally trying to turn one of these projects into a good action movie. Read full review
50
IndieWireDavid EhrlichSep 21, 2023
These days, it’s almost refreshing to see a big dumb garbage sequel that doesn’t have any other agend4. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMatthew MonagleSep 26, 2023
We may live in a golden era of action steamers and stunt choreographers-turned-filmmakers, but Expend4bles never learns to embrace its own limitations. It strains for spectacle and only intermittently delivers on its actual strengths. Read full review
40
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 25, 2023
Watching the cast of Expend4bles, the latest instalment of the thunderously dumb veteran mercenary franchise, sweating and straining their way through the “casual banter” section of the screenplay is like watching contestants on The World’s Strongest Man attempting to climb a ladder while carrying a tractor tyre. It’s painful. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonSep 21, 2023
This all-star mercenary squadron composed of ’80s-to-aughts brutes is the cinematic equivalent to Slash’s Snakepit, a supergroup throwback to an era when men were meatheads and we in the audience merrily cheered them on. Read full review
40
EmpireIan FreerSep 21, 2023
A slight improvement on Expendables 3, Expend4bles still works better as character posters than a movie you have to actually sit through. To paraphrase the tag line, old blood meets new blood equals tired blood. Read full review
40
The IndependentClarisse LoughreySep 21, 2023
Apologetic sequel brings back franchise veterans Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren and ups the violence from ‘Expendables 3’ – but that’s not enough. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawSep 21, 2023
Jason Statham is the only bit of genuine oomph in a tired tale whose digital effects could have been shot on an iPhone. Read full review
40
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellSep 21, 2023
The Expendables is far from high art, but it’s safe to say the saga has never hit a lower point than it has here, a crushing disappointment for anyone genuinely hoping for the return to form that was promised and demanded. Read full review
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