Lionsgate has debuted the teaser trailer for The Expendables 2, their upcoming sequel to the 2010 geriatric actioner starring Sylvester Stallone as the head of a group of mercenaries.
This time around Sly is joined by not only returning members of the cast such as Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Terry Crews, but Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Liam Hemsworth and Jean Claude Van Damme have joined the gang and Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who only had brief cameos in the first film now have heightened involvement in part two.
As for the story, the trailer (via Apple) also comes with the following synopsis:
The Expendables are back and this time it’s personal… Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Lee Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. The task looks like an easy paycheck for Barney and his band of old-school mercenaries. But when things go wrong and one of their own is viciously killed, the Expendables are compelled to seek revenge in hostile territory where the odds are stacked against them. Hell-bent on payback, the crew cuts a swath of destruction through opposing forces, wreaking havoc and shutting down an unexpected threat in the nick of time — six pounds of weapons-grade plutonium; enough to change the balance of power in the world. But that’s nothing compared to the justice they serve against the villainous adversary who savagely murdered their brother. That is done the Expendables way.
So check out the trailer below and expect more all throughout 2012 as this one doesn’t hit theaters until August 17, 2012.
