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The Losers
Release
Date: April 23, 2010
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Sylvain White
Screenwriter: Peter Berg, James Vanderbilt
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana,
Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt
McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric, Peter
Macdissi
Genre: Action, Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of intense
action and violence, a scene of sensuality and
language)
Official Website:
The-Losers.com
Plot Summary: An explosive tale of double cross
and revenge, "The Losers" centers upon the
members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit
sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and
destroy mission. The team--Clay, Jensen, Roque,
Pooch and Cougar--find themselves the target of
a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a
powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead,
the group makes plans to even the score when
they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a
beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working
together, they must remain deep undercover while
tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man
bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech
global war.
EN
5 Second Review:
Yes, it feels like an A-Team clone, and yes it
is over the top and stupid at times, but it was
a fun ride from beginning to end. Do not expect
Shakespeare, it is what it is, just have some
laughs and enjoy this fun 80's style action
flick.
Opening Night Audience Rating:
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DVD Spotlight
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The Losers provides nonstop and pretty thrilling action, with a stellar cast, doing the comic book series from which it was adapted proud in the process. The movie may not have an airtight plot line, but its enthusiastic, talented actors--Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, and the underappreciated Jason Patric--and the crisp, punch-packing direction by Sylvain White more than make up for it. The Losers follows the gambits of a team of U.S. Special Forces, with appropriately comic-bookish names like Clay (Morgan), Roque (Idris Elba), Jensen (Evans), Pooch (Columbus Short), and Cougar (Óscar Jaenada). They're sent to Bolivia, where they are double-crossed and presumed dead--with a big bad evil guy, Max (Patric), hot on their trail. In the jungle, they join up with a mystery woman (Saldana, a confident, believable action hero) with her own agenda--and perhaps not the most trustworthy of intentions. The action is nonstop, with plenty of great special effects, as the team continues mostly under the radar with both its mission and trying to stay one step ahead of the shadowy Max. Morgan is terrific as a budding action star, self-deprecating in the manner of George Clooney, and a man who (almost always) gets the job done. And he'd be nowhere without his crew of sidekicks, all of whom have great chemistry and repartee, though it's Evans's Jensen who gets the best comic-relief lines. "I'm warning you, I am a lethal killing machine," Jensen intones to a mocking disbeliever. "In the words of ancient Taoist masters, 'Don't start none… Won't be none.'" Saldana brings great sex appeal to her role as the mystery ally. The comic-book nonstop action in The Losers makes it the perfect movie escape--a true winner for fans of action, humor, and a little extra kick in the pants. --A.T. Hurley |
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