Top 700 The Expendables Knock-Offs
Best movies after 2010 that are callbacks to popular 80s/90s Action movie formulas. Some of these are also Lethal Weapon, Taken, John Wick, The Equalizer, Die Hard, Ocean’s 11 or Commando type clones but used similar marketing (i.e. all-star cast, homages, mindless appeal).
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- DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsBruce WillisHelen MirrenMorgan FreemanWhen his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team in a last-ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
- DirectorChristian SesmaStarsPaul SloanQuinton 'Rampage' JacksonJason MewesAfter killing a lot of bad guys including Armenians, Vigilante is wanted by the Armenian mafia boss, who gets help - but so does Vigilante.
- DirectorGary McKendryStarsJason StathamClive OwenRobert De NiroWhen his mentor is taken captive by a disgraced Arab sheik, a killer-for-hire is forced into action. His mission: kill three members of Britain's elite Special Air Service responsible for his sons' deaths.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsDenzel WashingtonChris PrattEthan HawkeSeven gunmen from a variety of backgrounds are brought together by a vengeful young widow to protect her town from the private army of a destructive industrialist.
- DirectorJon M. ChuStarsDwayne JohnsonChanning TatumAdrianne PalickiThe G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.
- DirectorAra PaiayaStarsMickey RourkeEric RobertsDaryl HannahTraumatized by the death of an innocent, Bradley, a killer for hire, falls from society and roams the dangerous streets of a tough inner city ghetto looking for meaning in his life.
- DirectorDon Michael PaulStarsTom BerengerChad Michael CollinsDoug AllenA rogue assassin is taking out military leaders, and Brandon gets word that his father is one. He tries to track down the killer, finds out that his father isn't dead and realizes that his superior officers are using him as bait to track the killer.
- DirectorMark DacascosStarsAlexander NevskyCasper Van DienCary-Hiroyuki TagawaPrivate detectives Nick (Alexander Nevsky) and Charlie (Casper Van Dien) live and work in Manila. A murder investigation leads them to the jungle camp of an international terrorist called The Wrath. Not trusting the police, Nick and Charlie assemble a team of daredevils to walk straight into the Wrath's lair and fight an army of his goons.
- DirectorEkachai UekrongthamStarsDolph LundgrenTony JaaRon PerlmanAfter his family is killed by a Serbian gangster with international interests, NYC detective Nick goes to S.E. Asia and teams up with a Thai detective to get revenge and destroy the syndicates human trafficking network.
- DirectorClaudio FähCarl GoldsteinStarsChad Michael CollinsDanay GarciaBilly ZaneFor the first time, Brandon Beckett, Richard Miller and Sgt. Thomas Beckett join forces in Colombia to take down a brutal drug cartel.
- DirectorMaksim KorostyshevskyStarsChristian SlaterSean BeanVing RhamesWealthy thrill-seekers pay huge premiums to have themselves inserted into military adventures, only this time things don't go exactly to plan.
- DirectorSalamat Mukhammed-AliStarsArmand AssanteKarlygash MukhamedzhanovaCary-Hiroyuki TagawaOnly one lusted glance brings Aliya to the events throwing her into the criminal ocean. But in the wirliging of passions and turmoil when she finds herself at the verge of fatality it's only her true love that is the only rescue.Now the most important thing for Aliya is to preserve the honor and dignity and the whole world will be at our feet.
- DirectorChristian SesmaStarsLuke GossBokeem WoodbineDanny TrejoA group of hard-up bounty hunters must survive the night in a desert motel against a horde of savage cartel killers as they realize their fugitive, a mysterious Chinese woman, is much more than she lets on.
- DirectorDonovan MarshStarsGerard ButlerGary OldmanCommonAn untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
- DirectorDean ParisotStarsBruce WillisHelen MirrenJohn MalkovichRetired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
- DirectorRoss PattersonStarsSean AstinKeith DavidWilliam ShatnerVeterans wake up after a night of partying to find out that the zombie apocalypse has spread across the United States.
- DirectorBrandon NuttStarsVinnie JonesRob SteinbergCraig FairbrassA special agent's plans to reconcile with his ex-fiancé are ruined when she boards a private jet that is targeted by hijackers working for the same crime lord that he is chasing.
- DirectorToby RussellStarsMatt MullinsDon WilsonCynthia RothrockWhen an American cop witnesses his mentor's murder in a trade deal gone wrong, he finds himself on the wrong side of the law in Thailand. But despite the bounty on his head and pressure to leave the country, he teams up with an ex-military mercenary out to settle a score of his own to bring the killers to justice. Their quest for vengeance brings them face-to-face with a band of notorious criminals who vow to take them down if the jungle's natural elements don't kill them first.
- DirectorNico SentnerStarsFred WilliamsonMike MöllerHazuki KatoTrapped inside an old mining complex, somewhere in the ruins of Chernobyl, a group of international mercenaries must band together to fight an army of mad men. 8 against 800, they just couldn't lose.
- DirectorPatrick HughesStarsRyan ReynoldsSamuel L. JacksonGary OldmanOne of the world's top bodyguards gets a new client, a world class hitman who must testify at the International Criminal Court. They must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial alive and on time.
- DirectorR. Ellis FrazierStarsAidan QuinnAndy GarciaMario Van PeeblesCharlie swindled $10 billion from investors. He manages to slip away from FBI in LA but is spotted in Tijuana. FBI's not alone. Mexican and Russian gangsters want him, too.
- DirectorLuciano SaberStarsDeniz AkdenizBrittany BeeryRyan GuzmanWhen an eclectic group of terrorists plot to attack the United States from within, it's up to a quasi-military special investigative unit to identify, infiltrate and neutralize the threat.
- DirectorGiorgio SerafiniShawn SourgoseStarsDolph LundgrenVinnie JonesBilly ZaneA business man by day and criminal mastermind by night, Quinn Forte (Billy Zane) had it all: money, power, respect...until someone from his inner circle murdered his father and stole it all away.
- DirectorChristian SesmaStarsLuke GossHeather RoopRZAAn AWOL marine in possession of secret government information, is a wanted man, pursued by Russian special ops, the LAPD, and a dangerous assassin.
- DirectorDavid AyerStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerSam WorthingtonTerrence HowardMembers of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.
- DirectorMitch GouldStarsSury PatelBorislav SarandevLouis Mandylor6 mercenaries are hired by CIA to abduct an heir to a republic and take out an arms dealer in Moscow. They get a followup mission in Chernobyl. Treason awaits them.
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsWill FerrellChristina ApplegatePaul RuddWith the 1970s behind him, Ron Burgundy, San Diego's former top-rated newsreader, returns to take New York City's first twenty-four-hour news channel by storm.
- DirectorAlessandro CaponeStarsDanny GloverDaryl HannahMichael MadsenRyan Willburn (Stephen Baldwin), a Green War rebel Agent sent on a mission to collect evidence against the Confederate Central Government, for its heinous crimes. The mission quickly turns chaotic when he meets Tuag (Neva Leoni), a mutant survivor.
- DirectorJesse V. JohnsonStarsTony JaaTiger Hu ChenIko UwaisWhen a billionaire's daughter intent on bringing down a major crime syndicate is targeted by a group of professional assassins, a team of mercenaries must stop them before they kill her.
- DirectorJ.C. ChandorStarsBen AffleckOscar IsaacCharlie HunnamLoyalties are tested when five friends and former special forces operatives reunite to take down a South American drug lord, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences.
- DirectorDavid AyerStarsWill SmithJared LetoMargot RobbieA secret government agency recruits some of the most dangerous incarcerated super-villains to form a defensive task force. Their first mission: save the world from the apocalypse.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsGerard ButlerAaron EckhartMorgan FreemanSecret Service agent Mike Banning finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.
- DirectorJesse V. JohnsonStarsScott AdkinsRay StevensonDavid PaymerMike is a tough hitman, who makes his hits look like accidents or suicide. He's in a gang of hitmen, each with his own style. When his loved ex is killed, Mike looks for those responsible.
- DirectorMikael HåfströmStarsSylvester StalloneArnold Schwarzenegger50 CentWhen a structural-security authority finds himself set up and incarcerated in the world's most secret and secure prison, he has to use his skills to escape with help from the inside.
- DirectorBrian A. MillerStarsJason PatricBruce WillisJohn CusackWhen his daughter is kidnapped, a retired assassin is drawn back into the life he gave up. To rescue her, he must confront his former rival.
- DirectorJesse V. JohnsonStarsDavid Will NoMichael ParéScott AdkinsA classically-trained martial artist goes to work as a mob debt collector. The job seems easy enough, until a client drags him into a situation deeper than could ever be anticipated.
- DirectorJames NunnStarsMike 'The Miz' MizaninMaryse MizaninHeath MillerWhile working as an EMT back stateside Jake Carter after responding to a distress call, finds himself caught up protecting a person of interest from a biker gang ruthlessly hunting them down.
- DirectorCraig MossStarsDanny TrejoDanny GloverJeremy Ray ValdezFrank Vega teams up with grumpy old agoraphobic Bernie Pope to kick ass and clean up the streets of L.A.
- DirectorJonnie MalachiStarsCraig FairbrassJames CosmoEmmett J ScanlanA professional contract killer, haunted by visions of his violent past, spirals out of control. His work compromised as he reaches breaking point, he is forced to defend his family from his ruthless employers.
- DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsSylvester StalloneDave Bautista50 CentAfter security expert Ray Breslin is hired to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a Hong Kong tech mogul from a formidable Latvian prison, Breslin's girlfriend is also captured.
- DirectorBabak NajafiStarsGerard ButlerAaron EckhartMorgan FreemanIn London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders.
- DirectorRic Roman WaughStarsGerard ButlerFrederick SchmidtDanny HustonMike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStarsJeffrey Dean MorganJosie HoTil SchweigerA specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman.
- DirectorJohn LuessenhopStarsChris BrownHayden ChristensenMatt DillonA group of bank robbers find their multi-million dollar plan interrupted by a hard-boiled detective.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsJason StathamJessica AlbaTommy Lee JonesBishop's most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life in order to make him complete three impossible assassinations and make them look like accidents.
- DirectorDavid LeitchStarsDwayne JohnsonJason StathamIdris ElbaLawman Luke Hobbs and outcast Deckard Shaw form an unlikely alliance when a cyber-genetically enhanced villain threatens the future of humanity.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsSylvester StalloneJason MomoaChristian SlaterAfter watching their respective partners die, a New Orleans hitman and a Washington, D.C. detective form an alliance in order to bring down their common enemy.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsDenzel WashingtonMark WahlbergPaula PattonTwo hardened criminals get into trouble with the US border patrol after meeting with a Mexican drug lord, and then revelations start to unfold.
- DirectorLouis LeterrierStarsJesse EisenbergCommonMark RuffaloAn FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances, and reward their audiences with the money.
- DirectorJon M. ChuStarsJesse EisenbergMark RuffaloWoody HarrelsonThe Four Horsemen resurface, and are forcibly recruited by a tech genius to pull off their most impossible heist yet.
- DirectorRuben FleischerStarsRosamund PikeWoody HarrelsonAriana GreenblattA third installment of the 'Now You See Me' franchise. Plot undisclosed.
- DirectorAllan UngarStarsDominic PurcellCody HackmanSaul RubinekFormer SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries.
- DirectorWilliam KaufmanStarsScott AdkinsCharlie WeberDante BascoA group of Marines must protect a US Embassy in the Middle East when it suddenly comes under attack from enemy forces.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsDave BautistaAlain MoussiGina CaranoA kick boxer is out to avenge his brother.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsGina CaranoCam GigandetIsmael Cruz CordovaWhen her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
- DirectorClaudio FähStarsSean Patrick FlaneryTom SizemoreKip PardueNear the end of World War II, American and British Special Forces must extract a resistance fighter behind Nazi lines.
- DirectorPasha PatrikiStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDolph LundgrenAl SapienzaA deep-cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.
- DirectorPeter MalotaStarsJean-Claude Van DammeAutumn ReeserPeter StormareWhen a mysterious stranger arrives at a local hospital on the brink of death, an FBI interrogation unlocks an international plot of revenge.
- DirectorArt CamachoStarsOlivier GrunerPatrick KilpatrickMartin KoveThe Chemist is a gritty action thriller about an aging assassin who is double crossed by his employer when he refuses to assassinate a woman he just met. On the run; Steele (Olivier Gruner) becomes the next target in this fast-paced battle, assassin vs. assassin, until he is surprised by a secret that changes everything he thought he knew. To complicate matters even more he begins to fall in love with his would-be target.
- DirectorBrett DonowhoStarsBruce WillisCole HauserShawn AshmoreAt a bachelorette party in a nightclub, the bride tells 2 guys offering blow to go away. They abduct her. The groom's 2 big brothers looked after their kid brother as kids and do so now again as veterans, "looking" for her and the 2 guys.
- DirectorDaniel ZirilliStarsJohnny StrongMarko ZarorVladimir KulichColonel John Taylor enlists billionaire inventor Leor Teska to fund a secret black site, testing Teska's new nano technology for military applications, developed by scientists. When one of the test subjects, Brock Cortez, escapes, Teska's head of security, Cam Devore is given the dangerous task of tracking him down.
- DirectorTony GiglioStarsJon FooFalk HentschelVinnie JonesA US Black Ops team is sent to a Chechen underground prison to get 'the brain of terrorism' for intel. It doesn't go as planned.
- DirectorGiorgio SerafiniJames CoyneStarsCung LeDolph LundgrenVinnie JonesJohn returns to LA with PTSD from duty in Iraq. 4 guys are beating a hooker outside his home. He acts, leaving 2 dead and 2 hurt. Their gangster boss escalates things.
- DirectorDon Michael PaulStarsTom SizemoreAlastair MackenzieChad Michael CollinsAmerican soldiers lost behind enemy lines during WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
- DirectorDavid BarrettStarsJosh DuhamelBruce WillisRosario DawsonA fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against, after being held up at a local convenience store, threatens him.
- DirectorAdamo P. CultraroStarsSteve AustinMichael ShanksMichael Jai WhiteA training exercise for the LAPD SWAT Team goes terribly wrong when they find themselves pitted against two rival gangs while trapped in an abandoned Hangar, armed with nothing but blanks.
- DirectorJesse V. JohnsonStarsSteve AustinDolph LundgrenEric KeenleysideA courier for a local crime lord must deliver a mysterious package while being chased by a horde of unusual gangsters.
- DirectorNick LoveStarsRay WinstonePlan BHayley AtwellA hardened detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. Based on the '70s UK TV show.
- DirectorBenjamin RocherStarsJean RenoAlban LenoirCaterina MurinoA French police unit tries to stop a group of criminals.
- DirectorJohn MooreStarsBruce WillisJai CourtneySebastian KochJohn McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
- DirectorScott MannStarsMartyn FordGordon AlexanderAlexandra DinuAfter deadly terrorists abduct his niece at a soccer match, an ex-soldier with lethal fighting skills wages a one-man war to save her and prevent mass destruction.
- DirectorPatrick HughesStarsRyan ReynoldsSamuel L. JacksonSalma HayekThe bodyguard, Michael Bryce, continues his friendship with assassin, Darius Kincaid, as they try to save Darius' wife Sonia.
- DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsSamuel L. JacksonOnni TommilaRay StevensonA young teenager camping in the woods helps rescue the President of the United States when Air Force One is shot down near his campsite.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsColin FirthTaron EgertonSamuel L. JacksonA spy organisation recruits a promising street kid into the agency's training program, while a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
- DirectorTim MillerStarsRyan ReynoldsMorena BaccarinT.J. MillerA wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.
- DirectorScott MannStarsRobert De NiroJeffrey Dean MorganDave BautistaA father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.
- DirectorPeter SegalStarsRobert De NiroSylvester StalloneKim BasingerA pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout, thirty years after their last match.
- DirectorAlexander WraithStarsDanny TrejoJason LondonCynthia RothrockThe biggest porn star of the 1970s must reclaim his mojo in the '80s by saving all male kind, fighting his way to the heart of a conspiracy to sell meat pumped full of estrogen to emasculate men.
- DirectorThomas J. ChurchillStarsKenny JohnsonWilliam ForsytheTyler ManePort City North Carolina: During a routine camp out, a local vagrant, a former marine discovers plans for an invasion in America. When he tries to notify the local Sheriff about his discovery, the Sheriff dismisses his claims and has him locked up for loitering. The Sheriff's deputy notices odd interactions with other towns folk so he begins to look into the vagrants' claim of a sleeper cell living among the locals within this small town. After evidence of a beheading is exposed, others begin to fear that the insurgents attack on their hometown USA. Questions and tempers begin to rise. Why this little beach community with it's Norman Rockwell way of life? A town where everyone knows one another - or so they thought. When the truth is blind and justice seems lost, It will take an army of five unlikely heroes banding together to infiltrate the insurgents and foil their invasion plans. War is Hell and Hell comes home at the Check Point.
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsEric RobertsSteve AustinGary DanielsSteve Austin stars as U.S. Border Patrol agent Jim Rhodes, a tough divorce mourning the loss of his murdered partner while struggling to raise his rebellious daughter in the mountains of Montana. But when a crew of trigger-happy fugitives takes Rhodes and his daughter hostage, a rugged wilderness will explode in all-terrain vengeance. Is there any wounded animal more dangerous than a lawman left for dead?
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsSteven SeagalVing RhamesDanny TrejoA crime boss who runs a southwestern town needs the help of his former hit-man to deal with a new threat to his empire.
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsSteven SeagalSteve AustinMichael ParéTwo former black ops operatives are required to transfer two female convicts to a prison. While on their way, unknown assailants attack them.
- DirectorMartin Christopher BodeStarsMark DacascosBrandon RheaMatthias HuesWhen a family member of one of their own is attacked, a team of former elite soldiers are called back into action and a ruthless game of kill or be killed is set in motion.
- DirectorD.J. CarusoStarsVin DieselDonnie YenDeepika PadukoneXander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsGary DanielsCynthia RothrockDaniel Bernhardt90s Action Stars stumble onto Santa's Summer Beach house!
- DirectorTimothy Woodward Jr.StarsJohnny MessnerTito OrtizChuck LiddellDisgraced alcoholic veteran must reawaken all his deadly skills, and track down his former employer when he fails to complete his last hit.
- DirectorMike ElliottStarsVictor WebsterEllen HollmanWill KempWhen he is betrayed by a trusted friend, Mathayus (Victor Webster) must marshal all his strength and cunning to outwit a formidable opponent who will stop at nothing to unlock a supreme ancient power.
- DirectorMark Landre GouldStarsLance HenriksenTom BerengerBilly LushAged, ill, and unable to reconcile the man he was to who he has become, Flynn is hell-bent on exiting this life in a blaze of glory.
- DirectorBlake FreemanStarsEddie GriffinBlake FreemanCasper Van DienA guy gets his two friends on a plane to Colombia, telling them it's a vacation, but he plans to catch a drug lord and collect the $25M reward. They don't speak Spanish and think Colombia is a city in Mexico.
- DirectorEduardo RodriguezStarsScott AdkinsPetar BachvarovZachary BaharovA man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000, and a bloody past, finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
- DirectorWilliam KaufmanStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Dolph LundgrenClaudia BassolsAn assassin playing both sides in a Russian gang war becomes the target of an unknown enemy.
- DirectorBrandon SlagleStarsVivica A. FoxDaniel BaldwinStink FisherIn the near future, the President of the New United States of America hires a team of military veterans to retrieve an alien bio-weapon from a top secret research facility orbiting the Earth.
- DirectorMatthew HopeStarsMilo GibsonSylvia HoeksGbenga AkinnagbeA battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army.
- DirectorB. Harrison SmithStarsBill MoseleyTony ToddNicole CinagliaTwo guards fighting through a power breakdown inside the secret 'Death House' prison must fight to survive ruthless inmates and even supernatural horrors.
- DirectorKeoni WaxmanStarsMichael Jai WhiteLuke GossRandy CoutureAfter learning his brother died on a mission in Romania, a former soldier teams up with two allies to hunt down a mysterious enemy and exact revenge.
- DirectorSimon WestStarsDominic CooperAustin StowellGemma ChanA British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsDylan O'BrienMichael KeatonSanaa LathanAfter the death of his girlfriend at the hands of terrorists, Mitch Rapp is drawn into the world of counterterrorism, mentored by tough-as-nails former U.S. Navy S.E.A.L. Stan Hurley.
- DirectorScott MartinStarsJason PatricLou Diamond PhillipsChristoph SandersA tenderfoot from Philadelphia, two misfit gamblers on the run, and a deadly preacher have a date with destiny in a boom town gone bust called Big Kill.
- DirectorDaniel ZirilliStarsLuke GossDilan JayJuJu Chan SzetoA grieving man finds himself caught up in a war between a group of charismatic vigilantes and the crime that infests their city.
- DirectorDon Michael PaulStarsCole HauserJosh KellyDanielle SavreWithout tanks or air support, a corporal and his team must muster all the courage and firepower they can to fight their way across war-torn Afghanistan and shepherd an important anti-Taliban woman to safety.