The Losers (2010)

Whoa... this movie was released ten years ago this month.

Synopsis: Calculating crime kingpin “kills” crack commando cadres, commencing clowning, chaos, conflagrations. 

Blurb From imdb.com: “A CIA special forces team are betrayed and left for dead by their superiors, galvanizing them to mount an offensive on the CIA.”

What Did I Learn?: Bolivia is a landlocked country, but it is accessible by amazing cruise ships. 

You Might Like This Movie If: you have a thing for loveable losers. 

Really?: The Losers is an over-the-top action film that’s based on a comic book. I can overlook a lot of obvious contrivances, such as a “green” super-weapon that dematerializes its targets, or the villains landing a private jet on a container-laden dock, but I feel compelled to make the following points: 1) I’m certainly not an elite Special Forces soldier, but I don’t think too many human beings would be able to walk, let alone run or climb shortly after getting shot in both legs. 2) Um, what was the point of that completely gratuitous hotel fight scene between Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and Aisha that ends up destroying the hotel? To prove that a 100-pound hot chick can hold her own against a grizzled guy who fights for a living? 3) So, wait - Aisha strongly suspects Clay murdered her father, and….she sleeps with him anyway? WTF? 4) It’s sort-of amusing to see Max murder his employees (including a female valet who makes the mistaking of allowing a gust of wind to momentarily prevent her from covering Max’s head with an umbrella), but seriously, who would work for such a psychopath? 

Rating: If you liked The A-Team, you’ll probably enjoy The Losers, as the former was an obvious influence upon the latter. The film has some big credibility issues (see: “Really?”), but it’s fine for an evening’s entertainment if you’re in the mood for explosions and one-liners. 6/10 stars. 

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