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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Expend4bles (The Expendables 4)

A Reel Leadership Article

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

The Expendables team returns in their fourth outing. As usual, we see the regular gang Barney (Sylvester Stallone), Too Road (Randy Couture), Gunner (Dolph Lundgreen), and Christmas (Jason Statham). The rowdy bunch is joined by Easy Day (50 Cent), Gina (Megan Fox), Galan (Jacob Scipio), and Lash (Levy Tran). These team members make up a rollicking good time as they have to track down the biggest threat the team of Expendables has ever faced.

Expend4bles focuses on a new villain, Rahmat (Iko Uwais). His mission is to collect pieces of a nuclear bomb and start World War 3 (we’ve all seen this before!). 

But that’s okay. When we know what we’re getting into, we can have a lot of fun. As with any of the Expendables movies, you know what you’re getting into. Wacky, zany action from classic action stars, along with new ones.  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3

A Reel Leadership Article

My latest book, Reel Leadership, is now available on Amazon. If you love movies and leadership, you will love this book.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 3 brings back the Guardians as we’ve known them with a few changes. We’re treated to an excellent ending for the original Guardians in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Those original Guardians are:

  • Peter Quill/Starlord (Chris Pratt)
  • Gamora (Zoe Saldana) – She’s different, but she’s Gamora
  • Nebula (Karen Gillan)
  • Groot (Vin Diesel)
  • Drax (Dave Bautista)
  • Mantis (Pom Klementieff)
  • Rocket The Raccoon (Bradley Cooper)
  • New edition Kraglin (Sean Gunn)
  • New edition Cosmo the Space Dog (Maria Bakalova)

This team makes a great ending and an even better new beginning for the team we’ve loved for two movies, several appearances, and one Christmas special. 

I went into the movie expecting one thing. I got something completely different from the film. You will too.  Read more...

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Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Ratchet & Clank

A Reel Leadership Flashback Article

The Ratchet & Clank movie brought the Sony PlayStation game to the big screen. With big name actors Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Bella Thorne, Rosario Dawson, and Sylvester Stallone voicing the classic video game characters, Ratchet & Clank had the talent to make a blockbuster movie. Unfortunately, Ratchet & Clank received less than glowing reviews.

The leadership lessons found in the Ratchet & Clank movie

With the negativity surrounding the 2016 Ratchet & Clank movie, I held off watching it. That was, until this past weekend.

The movie theater wasn’t showing anything that caught my attention. So, it was off to Netflix. That’s when I saw Ratchet & Clank was on the movie streaming service. And figured it was my chance to watch the video-game movie.

So, are there leadership lessons in Ratchet & Clank? Yes, there are plenty. Keep reading to read the leadership lessons I found in Ratchet & Clank. Then add yours in the comment section.  Read more...