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The latest trailer for the action-filled The Expendables 3 is upon us, and begins with a funny little note. As a tongue-in-cheek reference to Wesley Snipes’ return to the big screen following his three-year incarceration, the trailer starts off with The Expendables team saving Snipes’ character Doc from captivity with Sylvester Stallone’s Barney quipping, “Great to have you back,” followed by Doc responding with, “No better place to be.” It’s this self-referential meta-humor that I wanted more of from the past two Expendables films, but alas better late than never. Billed as the final ride for the crew of action stars, The Expendables 3 is looking to go out with a bang.

The Expendables 3 finds the crew facing off against Barney’s old partner and co-founder of The Expendables, Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson), as he plots to take vengeance on Barney for leaving him for dead years ago. In order to go toe to toe with Stonebanks, Barney must utilize both his established team of Expendables with some new blood specializing in computer tech. Outside of the narrative, this allows the franchise to not only incorporate action stars of yesteryear (Gibson, Stallone, Snipes, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harrison Ford, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Antonio Banderas, and Kelsey Grammer) with action stars of the present/future (Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, and Victor Ortiz).

The Expendables 3 will be hitting theaters on August 15th.