Heroes Wanted (2016)
6/10
Now and at the hour of my death
9 August 2017
Warning: Spoilers
This is an action comedy from Spain with English subtitles. A diverse group of "losers" are brought together as a team to train and find a hidden atomic bomb from 1966. It is a diverse group from different parts of Spain and Ecuador. They speak with different languages and dialects which was part of the humor that didn't translate as we saw it all in English. The production pays homage to MIB, Mission Impossible, and Bond and perhaps a few more. The Basque is portrayed as a muscle bound hot head homosexual. The Catalonian is a geek. There is also a dig at Asturias, a place that my grandfather left to come to America.

We have seen these loser group films before in one shape or form or another from "The Dirty Dozen", to 'Meatballs" to "Guardians of the Galaxy." They are also fun because we know the underdog is going to triumph. This was no exception, except most of the jokes were like the ones I see on Univison. They are funny to a degree, but mostly don't make the culture line. I did LOL at the elevator scene near the end when one of our heroes pulls out his pen and...

Guide: F-word. Implied sex. No nudity. Some sex talk.
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