The Losers (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:

Idris Elba, Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Clay
Zoe Saldana	...	Aisha (as Zoë Saldana)
Chris Evans	...	Jensen
Idris Elba	...	Roque
Columbus Short	...	Pooch
Óscar Jaenada	...	Cougar (as Oscar Jaenada)
Jason Patric	...	Max
Holt McCallany	...	Wade
Peter Macdissi	...	Vikram
Peter Francis James	...	Fadhil
Tanee McCall	...	Jolene
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:

special forces | revenge | hacking | hijacking | martial arts | 

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Taglines:

Aisha - Search And Destroy

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Crime | 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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cougar uses a SR-25 sniper rifle, made by Knight's Armament Company.

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Goofs

In New Mexico the flag patch on the Army uniforms are on the wrong sleeve. The stars always face forward, which is why the flag is backwards.

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Quotes

Vikram: [after his former boss had been thrown off a roof] Thank you for agreeing to meet us on a short structure.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros/Dark Castle/Vertigo (DC Comics)/Weed Road Pictures logos are seen in panels from "The Losers" comics, sporting their color scheme.

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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Kick-Ass/Death at a Funeral/The Joneses (2010)

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Soundtracks

Sweet Misery
Written by Amel Larrieux & Laru Larrieux
Performed by Amel Larrieux
Courtesy of Epic Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

User Reviews

Predictable but enjoyable

I think people are being too hard on this movie. It's a big shiny explosions movie, with nothing especially new plot wise, to be sure, but who goes to action movies for plot? Not me! Clever repartee, good looking men (Saldana is hot, yes, but I'm female so ... Evans and Morgan, I'm lookin' at you), a villain landing somewhere between James Bond and Austin Powers, helicopter stunts, big guns, and big explosions. Good times.

Some great locations, good editing (also nice marriage of comic book style to live action style in the credits),decent soundtrack.

The Losers doesn't take itself too seriously, and neither should you.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Warner Bros. [United States]

Country:

USA France

Language:

English Spanish Sanskrit

Release Date:

23 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Losers

Filming Locations:

Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,406,348, 25 April 2010

Gross USA:

$23,591,432

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$29,397,654

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