The Expendables (2010)

Plotzle Original · O115 · June 27, 2026 · Thriller / Adventure

Six plot descriptions for The Expendables (2010). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. Four engineers decommission a nuclear facility in Eastern Europe but radiation exposure and equipment failures trap them underground, and rescue operations are abandoned due to contamination risks outside.
2. A woman volunteers at a wilderness survival camp for troubled youth but discovers the director uses isolation techniques that leave three teens psychologically damaged and one missing.
3. A journalist investigates disappearances along the Appalachian Trail and befriends a drifter who leads her to abandoned towns where people live off-grid after abandoning their previous identities completely.
4. Two logistics contractors in rural Kazakhstan transport medical waste across frozen terrain when their cargo is revealed to contain black market organs and border officials close in on them.
5. A mercenary leader and his team of specialists are hired to assassinate a dictator on a small South American island, but two members discover the true nature of the conflict during reconnaissance.
6. An aging boxer in Detroit trains a younger fighter who reminds him of his deceased son, but the relationship deteriorates when gambling debts resurface and training becomes exploitation.