The Expendables (2010)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 5.3

Overview

Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-ca...

Starring Cast

Sylvester Stallone • Jason Statham • Jet Li

Where to watch

Prime Video

Google Play

YouTube

Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Right

Diversity: Low

Overview

Starring Cast

Sylvester Stallone • Jason Statham • Jet Li

Where to watch

Prime Video

Google Play

YouTube

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Strong Right

Primary

Political: Strong RightConfidence: High

The film explicitly promotes a conservative ideology by glorifying hyper-masculine, violent, extra-governmental intervention as the sole effective solution to geopolitical problems, distrusting official channels and celebrating individual military prowess.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

The movie primarily features a traditional cast of action stars, predominantly white and male, without intentional DEI-driven recasting. Its narrative celebrates traditional masculine heroism and action tropes, with no critique of traditional identities or inclusion of explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The Expendables is an action-centric film that does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or explore related themes. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate within the scope of this framework.

FemPower: NoConfidence: High

The film features no significant female characters who engage in direct physical combat. The primary female character, Sandra, is a civilian who is rescued by the male protagonists and does not participate in any fighting.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The Expendables (2010) features an ensemble of original characters created for the film. There are no characters adapted from prior source material, historical figures, or legacy roles whose gender was changed for this movie.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The Expendables (2010) features original characters created for this specific film. None of the characters had a pre-established racial identity in prior source material, history, or earlier adaptations. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.