Stallone, Statham and Schwarzenegger to Return for 'The Expendables 4'

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As action movie stars aged in the past, they tended to be left behind by Hollywood. The thinking was that audiences wouldn't accept older actors as kick-ass heroes. Things began to change, however, when Sylvester Stallone successfully brought boxer Rocky Balboa back to the big screen ten years ago, showing that audiences would still respond to lovable action figures, even if they were older and moved a bit slower. While Rocky Balboa was more of a character drama, Stallone's Rambo was a straight-out action movie, complete with surprisingly explicit violence. It too proved to be a success at the box office. Soon thereafter, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull confirmed that beloved characters are almost always welcome. The following year, Taken showed...
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