Top Eight Badass Quotes from the Baddest Badasses of The Expendables

The Expendables, starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis, hits theaters next weekend. I haven’t been this pee-my-pants excited about a movie since December 1988, Ernest Saves Christmas. In anticipation of the greatest action movie ever (no pressure, Stallone), I bring you the Top Eight Badass Quotes from the Baddest Badasses of The Expendables.


8. “If this was Hong Kong, you’d already be dead.”

Although Jet Li has done some great work since Lethal Weapon 4 (Romeo Must Die, Kiss of the Dragon, War) one of my favorites will always be from Mel’s last movie before he went insane (I’m pretty sure it was What Women Want that pushed him over the edge). Anyway, back to Li. Although, he doesn’t utter this badass quote here, watch him kick some Riggs and Murtaugh ass in this short clip.





7. “Rule #1. Never change the deal.”

An up-and-coming hottie badass, Jason Statham has only been around for the past ten years, but he’s done some great work in that short time. In 2002’s The Transporter, Statham plays Frank Martin, an ex-Special Forces operator now working as a “transporter” who moves goods (or humans) from one place to the next. There are only three rules that must be followed… but rules are meant to be broken. Although I couldn’t find a clip of this quote, here is a clip evidencing his superb badassery.





6. “I don’t know what the problem is, but I’m sure it can be resolved without resorting to violence.”

Ah-nold “The Governator” Schwarzenegger leaves politics and returns to badasstown for a brief moment in The Expendables. Although certainly his most famous badass quotes include “Hasta la vista, baby” and “I’ll be back,” my favorite comes from his second greatest movie of all time, Twins (the first, of course, being Kindergarten Cop). Who doesn’t love a little Arnold irony?





5. “I must break you.”

Before The Expendables, Lundgren was best known for his turn as Ivan “The Russian” Drago in Rocky IV (or for those of you as old as I am, you may also remember him as He-Man). After Drago murders Apollo (literally), Rocky comes back to avenge his friend’s death. But it will not be easy.



And just for fun:





4. “Pop it! Pop it, Tommy, pop it!”

One of the most under-rated badasses of all time, Eric Roberts has been in a plethora of kickass movies over the past FORTY years, including The Dark Knight and The Specialist (also with Stallone). But, for me, his most bad-ass moment comes in Best of the Best. Here he plays Alex Grady, a single dad who finally gets to fulfill his dream of fighting for the America team in the Tae Kwon Do World Finals. Only problem?

Watch here (starting at 0:55)





3. “You actin’ like a real McAsshole.”

Terry Crews is a funny guy. A ripped, badass funny guy. Besides for being most known as the dad in the TV show Everybody Hates Chris, he was also in Terminator Salvation and a slew of funny movies. In The Longest Yard, he plays Cheeseburger Eddie and wherever Cheeseburger Eddie goes, hilarity ensues.



Honorable Mention: Stone Cold Steve Austin is also in this movie. He plays one of the prison guards. The reason he gets an honorable mention is because I don’t want him to break my neck too.



2. “Yippe Kay Yay, Motherf@#$er!”

This one goes without saying. Definitely Bruce Willis’s most badass line and probably the most famous action quote of all time. Would Die Hard have been the same without it? I submit that it would not.





1. “No, guys, ain’t no pie-eatin’ contest.”

I save the best for last. I’m not at all playing favorites here, just because my favorite movie of all time is Rocky. But honestly… take a look at Stallone’s repertoire. Besides for Rocky(s) and Rambo(s), we have Cliffhanger, Cobra, Over the Top, Tango and Cash, The Specialist, Demolition Man… the list goes on. Of all badass dudes, Stallone is, by far, the #1 Badass.

With all his great movies, how do I pick my favorite Stallone quote? Impossible. So I’ll pick my Dad’s. From Rocky V:





Finally, for those of you who haven’t seen it 400 times yet, here’s the trailer for The Expendables. Try not to pee your pants.