Tough guy ... Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III
HOLLYWOOD'S hardest action heroes have come together in the biggest muscle fest outside of the world cage fighting championship.
SYLVESTER STALLONE, ARNOLD SCHWARTZENEGGER, BRUCE WILLIS, JASON STATHAM, MICKEY ROURKE, DOLPH LUNDGREN and JET LI ALL feature in new movie The Expendables.
Action-packed ... The Expendables
We know they are all hard as nails.
But who is the hardest?
We can't get them to have a fight, so GRANT ROLLINGS and NICK FRANCIS rate the seven stars' real lives and their most famous characters to see who's the toughest of the tough.
Sylvester Stallone
Having a blast ... Sylvester Stallone guns down the opposition
AGE: 64
HEIGHT: 5ft 9in
WEIGHT: 16st 4lb
KILLS: 227 ...9
SKILLS: IQ of 160 ...3
MOST OUTRAGEOUS SCENE: In Rambo III, on horseback and with a Molotov cocktail, he takes out Russian tank ...8
STUNTS: Broke neck in Expendables fight scene, needed metal plate ...10
INDESTRUCTIBILITY: Survives army and police in First Blood ...7
LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN: Sly is a part-time artist. Hard men don't paint. ...-7
TOTAL: 30
Bruce Willis
Chances went pop ... Bruce Willis loses marks for foray into music business
HEIGHT: 6ft
WEIGHT: 15st
KILLS: 116 ...9
SKILLS: Dad was in the military ...1
MOST OUTRAGEOUS SCENE: In Die Hard 4 takes on fighter jet with lorry and jumps on it ...8
STUNTS: Has scar on head from kick ...6
INDESTRUCTIBILTY: In Die Hard films took on baddies on his own ...7
LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN: Launched a pop career in the Eighties ...-4
TOTAL: 27
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Terminated ... Arnold Schwarzenegger is not quite tough enough to beat Stallone
HEIGHT: 6ft 2in
WEIGHT: 16st
KILLS: 101 ...8
SKILLS: Terminator star was also Mr Universe ...5
MOST OUTRAGEOUS SCENE: In True Lies attaches bad guy to a missile and launches it, saying: "You're fired." ...9
STUNTS: Did his own ...5
INDESTRUCTIBLITY: Dogs injured him as he filmed Conan ...5
LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN: Dad called him Cinderella as a kid ...-4
TOTAL: 28
Dolph Lundgren
Rocky road ... Dolph Lundgren knocks Sly's character 15ft in boxing film but isn't hard enough to top him overall
HEIGHT: 6 ft 5in
WEIGHT: 17st
KILLS: 239 ...10
SKILLS: Third dan black belt karate ...9
MOST OUTRAGEOUS SCENE: Drives truck into Grand Canyon in Universal Soldier ...5
STUNTS: Used to do all of his own ...6
INDESTRUCTIBILITY: Knocks Rocky 15ft with one punch ...6
LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN: Fluent in five languages, masters degree in chemical engineering ...-7
TOTAL: 29
Jet Li
Double trouble ... using stuntmen might have cost Jet Li the tough guy crown
HEIGHT: 5ft 6in
WEIGHT: 10st 5lb
KILLS: 56 ...2
SKILLS: Wushu martial arts expert ...8
MOST OUTRAGEOUS SCENE: In Fearless kills a guy by punching through ribcage ...4
STUNTS: Uses stunt doubles but does most of his martial arts fight scenes himself ...6
INDESTRUCTIBILITY: Characters quite often die at the end ...2
LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN: Buddhist who is against violence ...-5
TOTAL: 17
Jason Statham
Chest great ... but hardman Jason Statham doesn't have what it takes to beat Sly
HEIGHT: 5ft 10in
WEIGHT: 11st 10lb
KILLS: 59 ...3
SKILLS: Trained in kickboxing and jujitsu ...7
MOST OUTRAGEOUS SCENE: In Crank: High Voltage his character falls 3,000ft from a helicopter and survives ...8
STUNTS: Does most of his own stunts ...9
INDESTRUCTIBILITY: As well as the helicopter fall, he also survives being set ablaze ...7
LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN: Former fashion model ...-6
TOTAL: 28
Mickey Rourke
Fork me ... scenes in the Wrestler earn Mickey Rourke big points, but it's not enough to make him the hardest
HEIGHT: 5ft 11in
SKILLS: Former professional boxer ...8
MOST OUTRAGEOUS SCENE: He and an opponent staple-gun each other during The Wrestler ...8
STUNTS: Had a stunt double in The Wrestler but did a lot himself ...7
INDESTRUCTIBILTY: Broke his nose four times as a boxer ...7
LETTING HIS GUARD DOWN: Had a pet chihuahua, Loki ...-6
TOTAL: 25
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