Sly Explains Title Of His New Movie "The Expendables" I would always mess with my wife and annoy her with saying the line from the movie. "I'm expendable" and in the film the actress lets Rambo know "he is not Expendable" I would say those two lines over and over again . Nice coincidence that Sly would get the title for this movie from Rambo 2. On the title: "It's from Rambo 2. The girl I'm falling in love with says, “Why do you do what you do?” I say, “I'm expendable.” She says, “What does that mean?” I say, “It's like someone invites you to a party and you don't show up. It doesn't really matter.” And these men, they live a life that... They're expendable. If they're gone, the world will go on. No one will miss them, They don't have families, all they have is each other. They're expendable to the rest of the world, but they're not expendable to each other – they're just necessary. So it's a re