The Expendables

The strong violence occurs throughout the film, with the mercenaries shooting and stabbing dozens of people in a manner that is strongly reminiscent of a video game. The film contains many moments epicting the infliction of injury but most of these occur in the context of lengthy battle scenes where the general mayhem and chaos lessens the visual impact of the actual killings. Consequently there is no 'dwelling' upon the infliction of injury. A key motif within the film is the use of knives, with one character in particular being shown as especially expert. Many people are killed with knives, either by direct stabbings to the body or neck, or through being struck by knives that are thrown at them. The knives used in THE EXPENDABLES are depicted in a somewhat glamorised fashion, with occasional close-up shots of glinting blades. However, none of the knives are everyday, commonplace kitchen knives. All the blades seen in the film are large specialist weapons, including specialised throwing knives, that are not easily accessible to the public. Given the very particular circumstances within which the knives are used, by tough mercenaries on a tropical island, the film was regarded as significantly removed from everyday life or more realistic urban environments.

The film also contains multiple uses of strong language (eg 'f**k').

The strong violence occurs throughout the film, with the mercenaries shooting and stabbing dozens of people in a manner that is strongly reminiscent of a video game. The film contains many moments epicting the infliction of injury but most of these occur in the context of lengthy battle scenes where the general mayhem and chaos lessens the visual impact of the actual killings. Consequently there is no 'dwelling' upon the infliction of injury. A key motif within the film is the use of knives, with one character in particular being shown as especially expert. Many people are killed with knives, either by direct stabbings to the body or neck, or through being struck by knives that are thrown at them. The knives used in THE EXPENDABLES are depicted in a somewhat glamorised fashion, with occasional close-up shots of glinting blades. However, none of the knives are everyday, commonplace kitchen knives. All the blades seen in the film are large specialist weapons, including specialised throwing knives, that are not easily accessible to the public. Given the very particular circumstances within which the knives are used, by tough mercenaries on a tropical island, the film was regarded as significantly removed from everyday life or more realistic urban environments.

The film also contains multiple uses of strong language (eg 'f**k').