HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 10 Chicago Passes to ‘The Expendables’ With Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li

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CHICAGO – In our latest action/adventure edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 10 admit-two run-of-engagement movie passes up for grabs to the new film “The Expendables” with Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Mickey Rourke and Dolph Lundgren!

The film opened on Aug. 13, 2010. These passes are valid at participating Chicago movie theaters during the film’s run. “The Expendables” also stars Steve Austin, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, David Zayas, Giselle Itié, Charisma Carpenter, Gary Daniels, Hank Amos and Amin Joseph from writer and director Sylvester Stallone.

To win your free “The Expendables” movie pass, all you need to do is answer our question in this Web-based submission form. That’s it! Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and immediately win can be found beneath the graphic below.

The Expendables movie poster with Sylvester Stallone and Jet Li
“The Expendables” movie poster with Sylvester Stallone and Jet Li.
Image credit: Lionsgate

Here is the plot description for “The Expendables”:

The only life they’ve known is war. The only loyalty they have is to each other. They are the expendables: leader and mastermind Barney Ross (Stallone), former SAS blade expert Lee Christmas (Statham), hand-to-hand combat specialist Yin Yang (Li), long-barrel weapons specialist Hale Caesar (Crews), demolitions expert Toll Road (Couture) and precision sniper Gunner Jensen (Lundgren).

Living life in the fringes of the law, these hardened mercenaries take on what appears to be a routine assignment: a covert, CIA-funded operation to infiltrate the South American country of Vilena and overthrow its ruthless dictator General Garza (David Zayas). But when their job is revealed to be a suicide mission, the men are faced with a deadly choice that might redeem their souls or destroy their brotherhood forever.

Director, co-writer and star Sylvester Stallone brings together a powerhouse cast of action superstars – never before seen together in one film – in Lionsgate’s hard-hitting action thriller “The Expendables”. The film stars Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas, Terry Crews and Mickey Rourke.

“The Expendables” was directed by Sylvester Stallone from a story by David Callaham and screenplay by David Callaham and Sylvester Stallone and is produced by Avi Lerner, John Thompson and Kevin King Templeton. Lionsgate and Millennium Films present this Nu Image production.

The movie trailer for “The Expendables” can be viewed now below.

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Next, simply answer our question. You must submit your answer using this confidential, Web-based submission form. Please do not comment in this Hookup. Your entry will be invalid if you only comment here and don’t submit into our Web-based form. Please only submit your answer using this submission form.

You must include your first and last name, e-mail address and physical mailing address in your submission. Your personal information will not be sold or shared, will be kept strictly confidential and is only for awarding winning entries. Please answer our question below.

Star Do you think a powerhouse cast of action superstars guarantees a quality film?

This HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: 10 HollywoodChicago.com readers will be randomly selected as our “The Expendables” Hookup winners! The winners will be mailed the movie passes at our expense. Good luck!

HollywoodChicago.com editor-in-chief and publisher Adam Fendelman

By ADAM FENDELMAN
Editor-in-Chief/Publisher
HollywoodChicago.com
adam@hollywoodchicago.com

© 2010 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC

Rica14's picture

Expendables

NO.often a good cast can bomb! It does bring out the revenues, though!

Shy Vaughn's picture

No, a powerhouse cast does

No, a powerhouse cast does not guarantee a quality film. In order for the movie to be of great quality the plot must be interesting and unpredictable to audiences. Yes, the actors can enhance the quality with their natural abilities but it takes more support behind the scenes to make it a quality film.

Carleen Lorys's picture

Powerful cast

While a list of powerful castmembers may draw viewers to the screening or first week run, it won’t hold or attract vieweres unless there is more—good action and storyline as well as tight editing to be sure the storyline moves along productively.

Anonymous's picture

I think this group does

I think this group does because it’s hilarious to see these old action stars together in one movie!

Anonymous's picture

Powerhouse group = quality

Quantity does not necessarily equal quality.

HiBeems's picture

Not at all

I don’t think an ensemble cast guarantees a quality film, but it does guarantee droves of fans will fill theater seats. This particular film is EPIC because you are not only taking film stars, but Action genre legends and putting them together on screen, which has never happened before! I think there will be quality in terms of onscreen chemistry, I have been following the production and have yet to hear about egos closings or “diva demands”, which speaking to their humility.

I would have loved to see Wesley Snipes or Jean Claude Van Damme, and Steven Segal, maybe in the sequel (crossing fingers)

HiBeems's picture

BTW

Isn’t Stallone directing thus film? That can’t help either. Still looking forward to this

ortizma2's picture

A powerhouse cast doesn’t

A powerhouse cast doesn’t mean a quality film, its more based on the movie/story plot itself. However, good cast generally will bring in the consumers!

Treasures's picture

Quality Film?

Ever the optimist, I believe an all star cast helps.

Bela Sirota's picture

"EXPENDABLES"

No,i don’t think so.

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