The Best Quotes From 'The Expendables 2,' Ranked
- 121 VOTES
I Need a Weapon
Photo: flickr / CC0Trent Mauser: "I need a weapon, yours."
When one large, tough man asks another man for a weapon, two things could happen. The other man could either understand that the asker is looking for something big, powerful and capable of shooting bullets or that other man could make for some awkward sexual innuendo. Here, we get the latter.
Hale Caesar: "My big weapon's hanging right where it is." - 213 VOTES
I'm Back
Video: YouTubeTrent Mauser: "I'm back!"
Making a play on his famous threat of "I'll be back" in "The Terminator," actor Arnold Schwarzenegger announces in "The Expendables 2" that finally, he is back. Clever or cheesy? You decide. - 314 VOTES
That Loaded?
Video: YouTubeLee Christmas: "Are you hit?"
After making a dramatic entrance into the jungle, Lee Christmas and Barney Ross are engaged and outnumbered by local troops. They appear to be cornered but have a secret weapon, sniper Bill 'the Kid' Timmons hiding high up in the trees ready to save their butts.
Barney Ross: "Yeah, twice"
Lee Christmas: "Better you than me"
Barney Ross: "That's nice"
Lee Christmas: "You order room service?"
Barney Ross: "Not really"
Lee Christmas: "This could be a piss poor ending... That loaded?"
Barney Ross: "You can only hope." - 410 VOTES
My Shoe is Bigger Than This Car
Video: YouTubeMr. Church: "Get in!"
When you're in the middle of a gunfight, of course a large vehicle, a tank maybe, would be the best but alas Mr. Church and Trent Mauser must make do with what's available, a tiny little two-seater. Even after they pull the doors off, that car is way two small for those large men.
Trent Mauser: "My shoe is bigger than this car."
Mr. Church: "Shoot something!" - 510 VOTES
You're Terminated
Photo: flickr / CC0Hale Caesar: "You're terminated!"
What is the only appropriate way to tell "The Terminator" that he's done? By telling him he's "terminated" of course! Arnold Schwarzenegger, returning to the ranks as an action star again, however is not amused.
Trent Mauser: "In your dreams" - 615 VOTES
Are You Afraid of Me?
Video: YouTubeJean Vilain: "Are you afraid of me? You should be."
In another instance where the movie quote is slightly more about the outside world not the actual movie plot, Jean-Claude Van Damme, playing the main antagonist Jean Vilain, speaks Sylvester Stallone, playing Expendables leader Barney Ross. The quote plays on what Stallone called "a big showdown between me and Van Damme, which has been anticipated for a long time." - 713 VOTES
What's the Plan?
Video: YouTubeLee Christmas: "What's the plan?"
Pretty much the key point to any action movie, Barney Ross gives his crew the directive to use as much force as necessary in pursuit of their goal. Tanks, snipers and a whole lot of automatic weapons highlight the action that follows.
Barney Ross: "Track 'em, find 'em, kill 'em." - 812 VOTES
Today is Payback
Video: YouTubeBarney Ross: "What do you want from me, Church?"
Setting up the premise of the entire film, this interaction between Mr. Church, the "super villain," gives Barney Ross, the leader of the Expendables, information on a task he needs them to complete.
Mr. Church: "Barney Ross, you made me a deal. I could have put you in the deepest, darkest hole but I kept you out cause I knew that one day would come when you were going to pay me back. Today is that day. You and you're little gang of psychotic mutts, today is payback... You can't let the contents of that safe fall into the wrong hands." - 910 VOTES
New Plane
Video: YouTubeLee Christmas: "You're not doing what I think you're doing?"
News flash: If you fly a plane under a bridge and the wings of the plane are busted off by the bridge supports, you're going to need a new plane. Thank goodness for some modern day movie magic as miraculously the plane is still able to fly after the incident.
Barney Ross: "Yeah, I am."
Lee Christmas: "You're going to need a new plane." - 109 VOTES
Need More Men
Video: YouTubeBooker: "You're gonna need more men if you're going to expect to get out of here alive."
Plain and simple, when Chuck Norris (Booker) tells you that you need more men, listen to him. Norris might be the master of all things but if he asks for a hand, don't let him down. - 119 VOTES
Plutonium
Video: YouTubeGunnar Jensen: "Six pounds of pure plutonium is powerful enough to change the balance of the world. Imagine what five tons would do."
The Expendables are tasked with keeping a very special package out of the wrong hands but it's not just any package, they're protecting an amount of plutonium that could lead to global destruction.