The Losers (I) (2010)

A CIA special forces team are betrayed and left for dead by their superiors, galvanizing them to mount an offensive on the CIA.

Director:

Sylvain White

Writers:

Peter Berg (screenplay), James Vanderbilt (screenplay),

Stars:

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Clay
Zoe Saldana	...	Aisha
Chris Evans	...	Jensen
Idris Elba	...	Roque
Columbus Short	...	Pooch
Óscar Jaenada	...	Cougar
Jason Patric	...	Max
Holt McCallany	...	Wade
Peter Macdissi	...	Vikram
Peter Francis James	...	Fadhil
Tanee McCall-Short	...	Jolene (as Tanee McCall)
Mark Ginther	...	Goliath Guard
Daniel Kalal	...	Goliath Guard
Colin Follenweider	...	Goliath Guard
Garrett Warren	...	Goliath Guard

Storyline

A tale of double cross and revenge, centered 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.

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Plot Keywords:

mission | betrayal | jungle | revenge | cia | 

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Taglines:

Anyone Else Would Be Dead By Now.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence, a scene of sensuality and language

Details

Official Sites:

Warner Bros. [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los perdedores

Filming Locations:

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£391,938 (UK) (28 May 2010)

Gross:

$23,527,955 (USA) (11 June 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros, Dark Castle Entertainment, Weed Road Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Production designer Aaron Osborne and cinematographer Scott Kevan attempted to enhance the color scheme of the comics, where only two to three colors were used to convey the tone of each setting, so they charted the whole movie with certain color schemes for each location and different shades as time passed("Every chapter of the comic books is a new environment distinguished by different color palettes - so every time we are in a new city or country, the aesthetic of the film changes completely, so there is no homogeneous look. It's very eclectic.").

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Goofs

Near the beginning when Max, Wade, and the woman holding Max's umbrella are walking down the beach Max uses Wade's Colt XSE 1911(single action semi-auto) to shoot the woman for almost dropping the umbrella. After he fires the round the, hammer of the gun is decocked (hammer is down, resting on the pin). There is no decocker on a 1911 and he clearly doesn't it decock it. Once a round is fired the hammer is always back afterwards.

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Quotes

Jensen: Can you stand?
Pooch: I've been shot in *both* of my legs. What kind of dumb-ass question is that, really?
Jensen: So now we're Mister Grumpy-pants? You know, you're not the only one who got shot today.

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Crazy Credits

There is a scene in the closing credits: the Losers attend a soccer match for Jensen's niece.

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Connections

References The Matrix (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Clap for the Killers"
Written by Boots Riley (as Raymond 'Boots' Riley) and Tom Morello
Performed by Street Sweeper Social Club

User Reviews

I give it an "F" for "Fun". Unoriginality doesn't mean it's bad.

Well I don't know much to like about this movie. But at the same time there's nothing to hate here. Not even some stilted dialogue or the watered-down violence. The film moves in an almost self-parodying way, as if it was aware that it was what it was, a slick, glossy, action- packed, and fun thrill ride from start to finish.

The film is based on a comic book, and the story seems to prepare us for the upcoming "The A-Team" adaptation (which I'm looking forward to). It's filled with guns, girls, cars, explosions, fists, legs, knives, motorcycles, in fact almost anything but the kitchen sink. The actors seem to be having fun in their roles as the chemistry between the six leads show, but Jason Patric looks like he's having a terrific time, chewing every scene he's in and giving us what may be the funniest (although sometimes annoying) villain in years.

The film has it's action packed moments and plenty of laugh-out loud moments, but that's about what you can expect from a movie like this. Don't expect anything like "Shutter Island" or "Slumdog Millionaire" and you'll do just fine. Having said that, director Sylvain White keeps the pace tight and frenetic, and you can see some of his camera movements are similar to his previous film "Stomp The Yard", also starring Columbus Short.

So in short it's a time waster, but a not bad one. Sure it may be watered down for teens, but at heart it is what it is, big, loud, goofy, hilarious fun.

Overall rating: A solid 6/10.