Action man far from expendable

British actor Jason Statham visits China to lend some of his star power to promotional efforts for his latest film, The Expendables. Wang Kaihao reports on why the movie is expected to do big business at the box office.

For an action movie as big as The Expendables 3 with an all-star cast familiar to Chinese audiences, launching a large-scale promotional tour seems redundant. But when British movie star Jason Statham visited China in July to promote the film that stars Sylvester Stallone, distributers were happy to exploit his star power to further push the action-packed film, which will hit cinemas later this month.

Statham did not need to say much during his short trip to China. The buff star simply had to pose for cameras to prompt screams from his many fans.