Stallone wrote this. He doesn't get enough credit as a screenwriter.

There is something about two Men speaking their hearts out to their closest of friends in the dead of night.. Their vulnerabilities, their emotions.. Being a man ain't easy either..

"If I might have saved that woman, I might have saved what was left of my soul" Gets me every time.

Stallone probably didn’t even need to act for this scene. He looks mesmerized by Rourke’s performance. Natural reaction.

The smartest part of this whole scene is Stallone's reaction at the end. No horrible one liner or come back to try and break the tension. No screams of anguish, no other speeches about Barney's own regrets. He quietly turns and walks away. That silence at the end of the monologue is what really ratchets the impact up a few notches.

hands down the best scene in this film

"Mickey, we're gonna have you come into this movie, act the SHIT out of one scene, and then basically you can just chill the rest of the time, because it's really just all about explosions."

Gotta say for an action film. I wasn't expecting an oscar moving performance

This is the scene that gave EXPENDABLES a soul!

It's amazing how effortless he makes it seem. He's the greatest living storyteller in the world imo. His timing, his speech pattern, pauses, body language... He's so original.

Mickey uses his dark and troubled past to make scenes like this memorable. He truly is the underdog of Hollywood and that's why we love him.

The fact that these two super manly warriors are almost brought to tears at the end of the monologue... such a deep scene. I don’t think emotional pain has been represented so well on screen before

“What dried up?” “Just belief man…just belief in the soul”

"just the human parts, brother".. the way that gets me

Something I love about Rourke’s acting here is the dialogue. How he delivers it, with the slight stuttering and repeating of certain phrases. It’s just like how human beings *actually* talk in situations like that. And it is beautiful.

I can never got over how great this monologue is...

This is why the first expendables was so good. They were all severely damaged war dogs. It wasn't just an 80s collab. They were humans. The sequels were just 80s action popcorn movies. And there's nothing wrong with that. But the first one had actual heart.

Mickey just has this amazing ability to take a cameo and turn into the most memorable moment of the film. His cameo in Body Heat, his Oscar-worthy, uncredited 3 minutes in Sean Penn's The Pledge, his deleted scene from The Thin Red Line and then, of course, this moment.

Sometimes when we watch a movie, there maybe a scene that sticks out and stays with us forever...this is one of those. I may have watched expendables a thousand times but this scene still gives me goosebumps.

Dracula black is right, scary in there. I always come back to this scene once in a while.

"I was gonna paint this for her and, ah, y'know what I'm gonna finish it. Then I'm just gonna smash the shit out of it." I can relate to that so much. My girlfriend wanted me to paint the cabinets in our kitchen from yellow to Navy blue. We broke up under truly shit circumstances so she never got to see them, but I'd already started on three so I just kept on going. Never got around to the smashing part, though.

It's a shame he deserved the oscar for the wrestler.

The fact that Tool and Barney are crying shows that they still have souls. They may be damaged, but they still have them.

Great emotional scene here. give him an oscar.

In war, in all that killing, one of the hardest things to deal with is innocence being lost. In Kosovo, I saw mass graves, dead bodies, and small arms skirmishes. Nothing was worse for me than seeing a kid run naked toward our convoy, in the dead of winter, for help. And all we did was just keep moving.... never stopped. 21 years later... I still see it happening.... this scene gets me every time

you can see at the end how Stalone was about to cry out some real tears.. remarkable scene, totally love it!

This monologue is the last best piece of writing Stallone came up with. Mickey performed it to perfection and the way at the end Stallone just walked away without a word proves that as a director he knows the audience of an action film is not stupid enough to warrant a punch line at the end of every scene. I don't think Sly has directed anything since he directed this film. Be that as it may, it is a great directorial swansong 👍👍👍👍

I just watched this movie for the first time ever yesterday. I was shocked and stunned at the brilliance in the writing...even though it was a smash em' up, crash boom bang action movie...this monolouge crushed me...body, mind and soul. I have not been able to stop thinking about this...Mickey Rourke should have won SOMETHING for this part. Do we ever stop to think about what these men from war carry home in their hearts and minds when they come home? I didn't...not until today.

Now that's a performance with depth and resonance.

This scene was moving , .. hence the reason it has me looking for it on KZfaq ... Very beautiful

"And i aint feeling no pain now"....so numbing and relate-able to me

Mickey made you believe this character's past with the emotion he put into this scene. One of the best monologues in recent memory by far. Just goes to show what a fantastic actor he is.

Damn. Mickey's performance here is incredible. The way he delivers those lines is award-worthy

The best scene of the movie.

" I might have saved what was left of my soul, ya know"

Holy smokes, that was a performance!

It's scenes like this that this franchise is missing

i saw this movie in theatres and i said to myself, "whats real acting doing in this movie?" this is one of my favorite scenes in movies, period.

This was one of my favorite scenes from this movie. Mickey Rourke definitely shined in this scene.

Fantastic scene. Watching this in the cinema I wasn't expecting it. One of my fave moments in a movie. "if I'd saved that woman I mightve save what was left of my soul" Wow

Stallone is a hell of a writer

The greatest actor of our time. He always makes a line his own. I love Mickey Rourke.

Is this what made Stallone go back and save Sandra?

Was just watching this film again and this scene still floors me. The alcohol, the "Dracula black" he's talking about, I hear exactly what he's saying. Bravo Mick, you should've took home the statue for The Wrestler imo

Was by far the best piece of acting in all the films.

I cannot stop watching this. His acting is masterful. It's so out of place in the movie but beautifully shot. Even with poor dialogue ("Dracula black") he still manages to come off powerful, believable, and emotional

Just a powerful scene. Router is a gifted actor.

Whole lotta life lessons in this scene. Incredible performance.

After taking all them lives here's one I could of saved but didn't ......Dracula Black.... Most inspiring...

Rourke is so AMAZING AND UNDERRATED !! I am always in awe of his acting and I swear when he was in The Wrestler - he was incredible and should've won the Oscar that year!! He blows me away in everything he does - just simply freaking the BEST!! I LOVE MICKEY ROURKE ALWAYS !!

Mickey Rourke is just plain mesmerizing in this role…I’ve always remembered this scene!

As a veteran, and with a fellow veteran who was on a target with you, this writing of conversation was a close hit to home for me. Usually after a bit of drinking. A good scene and both legendary actors did it well.

What a scene man! what a scene! 🙌🙌🙌

Your soul struggles between good and evil. As long as there is still a struggle, God is still working on you.

“After taking all them lives here was one that I could’ve saved but didn’t and what I realized later on is if I saved that woman I would’ve saved what’s left of my soul”

Stallone walked away at the end like damn this man really just stole the movie

This is a homage to Albert Camus’s ‘the fall’ wonderfully acted by these two. What a scene.

1:59 I love how the line " And I aint feeling no pain now " syncs with the crescendo of the music

Really one of the best monologues of all time

Mickey doing what Micky does -- acting the shit out of a scene.

This acting is so good that it doesn’t even seem like acting

Another one bites the dust brother . Story of my life ...

In case anyone is wondering: Slivovitz

Thank you for posting this scene. My favorite part of the movie. Absolutely heartbreaking.

The greatest scene in this movie!

I really liked this from the movie. Rourke's slight facial twitches and the way he delivered those lines, I truly felt for his character. Great job.

Best scene out of all the expendable movies

greatest moment in cinema history!

Mickey Rourke is a fuckin legend

Metallica’s song fade to black comes to mind when I watch this scene. Rourke killed it and it’s probably my favorite scene of the whole trilogy

Only a true actor can make you feel. Mickey Rourke has been through a lot in his life and it was him talking in this scene not a character.

Scenes like this are what the later movies were missing.

As everyone says - not the greatest movie in the world - but this has to hit you deep somewhere.

A very touching scene in an action movie...

I looked up this scene. I had a thirst that needed quenching

Got to agree that this scene made the movie. It gave it an actual smidgen if feeling and plot. That's why the next two stunk. They forgot there has to be some sort of acting for a movie to be good.

Watching this beautiful scene in the middle of this ridiculous movie is like finding a beautiful poem tucked into a porn magazine.

this performance is really out of this world... a true jim raynor character. heartbreaking.

this is the deepest scene and monologue from any movie ive ever seen. it deserves the internet.

One of my favorite monologues, of all time.

3:13 that's me when shit gets too emotional. "nothing to do here"

This is beyond exquisite. Dark. Very dark. Yet so arresting.

Wow powerful I have watched this scene tons of times and still come back. Great actor and slys writing and directing etc has to be the most underrated actor in Hollywood. Brilliant piece of movie magic.

this is the bomb. completly outta left field. exactly whats needed these days

Mickey Rourke has been one of my favourite actors for years , he flies under the radar because he doesn’t choose many films to work on … but he’s up there with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino level of talent … Rumble fish was the first film I was like wow he’s great .. even his performance in Sin City was amazing … I wish he did more films he really goes right into character

this scene proves again,that Mickey Rourke deserves a goddamn Oscar

Always remember it. Heavy duty scene. The magic of mickey and stallone.

Would I get any arguments if I said that Mickey Rourke is absolutely the fucking man?

I briefly scanned through the comments to see if anyone had mentioned this and I didn't see it, so I'm going to bring it up. Barney is trying to understand why he can't let go of the girl refusing to leave. His conscience is quietly wondering about it. He's wearing a black shirt, but standing under a moderate light. Tool has his demons in front of him reliving the story as he tells it, while sitting in the shadows, just barely illuminated. Barney is still partially in the light, while Tool sits in the dark. It's a damn good trick in the lighting to show where the characters are emotionally and mentally.

Mickey shouldve got an Oscar for this scene.

He's a great actor...I liked him in harley Davidson and the malboro man

by far my favorite scene in any movie. especially when it hits home.

I watched this film because I wanted to see action and violence ....... But this scene takes my breath away and surprisingly I like this movie because of this scene

Incredible actor. So natural

2:45 💔 Gets me every time

Mickey Rourke is truly a great actor!!!

This monolugue is torturous. The darkness that permeates every part of his being is bone chilling.

This was such a good scene..😢

Truth and right words from the bottom of a heart, these are precious.

Such a great performance 😞