The Losers

YOU WIN SOME YOU LOSE SOME. IT'S JUST THAT THESE GUYS WIN A LOT MORE. My Rating: **** - Great



"The Losers"? Considering how good the film is, more like,"The Winners". This new action film was much more than stellar. With a title like that, you can't really tell what the film is about just by hearing it so I will explain it. The plot is about a secret military team known as "The Losers". Not the C.I.A., N.S.A., F.B.I., or heck not even the A.B.C.D.E.F.G.H.I.J.K.L.M.N.O.P. . They are a team of five highly-trained operatives. One day, one of their missions goes wrong and innocent lives are lost. They try to call off the attack when they realize these innocent CHILDREN will get hurt, but the attack continues. Then, they find out that the guy in charge of the job knew they would get hurt in the first place. Then, they try to save them but the kids are killed by the guy in charge because he thought that the helicopter containing the kids was actually containing the losers. The operatives want no part of this anymore and burn their dog tags in the wreckage. The man in charge spoke mysteriously on the phone with them and all they know is that his name is "Max". Then, from that point on, they are wanted fugitives who are pronounced dead to almost everyone. They go into hiding until they meet a girl named Aisha (Zoe Saldana) who wants revenge on this "Max" too. She can also fund their mission to get back to their homes in the U.S. and get some payback. There is no doubt a lot of action in the movie that is both adrenaline-filled and exciting. This film also adds a lot of comedy too. When the Losers aren't running into more problems or getting shot at or well, say magnetically extracting an armored car while in a helicopter getting fired at with next-generation weaponry, they add in some very clever and funny comedy. Sometimes that may even fall INTO the action. You will have no problem paying attention to the film or enjoying it. Most films start out slow and then speed up. But in this case, the film starts out very fast and then slows down a little bit. You are thrust into 30 seconds of comedy and then right into the action. As the movie progresses, you can see that it delivers on what the previews promised - a legitimate and realistic comic-book movie. You can tell that that is what it was meant to be and it works well that way. The team isn't just something the movie passes by, it goes through and you can see each one's personality and it feels like you know each one of them. Almost like they are the "Ninja Turtles" or something like that. Although sometimes the movie may move a little too fast and not very deep but you do get to see that these guys aren't brainlessly fighting and they have families to get back too. The acting is pretty good in the film with particularly good performances by Zoe Saldana as Aisha and Chris Evans as Jensen. Chris Evans is actually a little-known yet very good actor. His most famous roles were in the "Fantastic Four" series as "The Human Torch". He can next be seen in "The First Avenger: Captain America" in July of next summer, 2011. And yes, to all you geeks out there I said "Captain America". Marvel is making that film and Chris Evans is starring. Zoe Saldana is very good too. Her last amazing performances were in "Star Trek" and "Avatar". With these good actors, it seems real and you feel sometimes like you are actually reading the comic book. So overall, very good acting, entertaining action, very funny comedy, and a good comic-book-ey feel. I enjoyed this and the movie does slightly hint at a sequel so I am definitely up for that. For a movie called "The Losers", it sure does a lot more winning than losing.

Starring: Jeffery Deam Morgan Director: Sylvian White
Idris Elba
Zoe Saldana
Chris Evans
Columbus Short
Holt McCallany
Oscar Jaenada
Jason Patric