Sylvester Stallone and his Suicide Squad are back Ending a cinematic saga that revived one of the most memorable action movie icons of the ’80s and ’90s, although looking at the reviews for The Expendables 4, it could very well have been saved. In addition to the massive decline in script quality, special effects, and fight choreography, the series’ big names have also disappeared, The fourth installment has, without a doubt, the worst cast in the entire saga.
also Stallone, Dolph Lundgren and Jason Statham are the only big names to reprise their roles (We’re excluding Randy Couture from this category), the first three Suicide Squad movies Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Shango Yun Don, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and even Antonio Banderas, but there’s no trace of them in this new installment.To fill these gaps, director Scott Waugh (Hidden Blow) turned to Asian stars like Iko Uwais and Tony Jaa (Wasted in the Movie) as well as Megan Fox, 50 Cent and Ann Di Garcia and other off-duty actors, but Looking at the film and its characters, we can guess that the writers had a spot reserved for another great actor from the previous chapter. But for whatever reason, that was not the case on this occasion. But they don’t care, they preserved it by changing its name and (slightly) its history.
In The Expendables 3, we saw how Galgo, a former Spanish Armed Forces veteran played by Antonio Banderas, joined the Warriors team headed by Barney Ross. His character is characterized as a hyperactive guy who speaks in a somewhat loud voice and cracks jokes. The life of the party, albeit a bit heavy. What Americans understand is pure-blood Spaniards, come on.the fact is There’s an exact same character in “The Expendables 4”: Spaniard, veteran, he doesn’t shut up even under water, no one laughs at his jokes. But this isn’t Antonio Banderas’ Galgo.this is your son.
Galgo has become his son “Garland”, played by British actor (of Indo-Guyanese descent) Jacob Scipio. There’s no explanation as to Galgo’s whereabouts or why he was replaced by Garland, he’s just the same character from the third installment but with a different face. And defended the change of actors in one sentence. Needless to say, without disparaging Scipio, Antonio Banderas’ absence is noticeable. There are quite a few.
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