Losers

Theatrical Release Date: 2009 (USA) / 2010 04 23 (USA)

UPC: 883929106301

Studio: Warner Home Video

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations]

Summary: Director Sylvain White adapts the Vertigo comic about a team of mercenaries who wage war on the CIA after they're double-crossed in the field and left to die. Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Jensen (Chris Evans), Roque (Idris Elba), Pooch (Columbus Short), and Cougar (?scar Jaenada) were on a black-ops mission in the Bolivian jungle when rogue CIA agent Max (Jason Patric) hung them out to dry. After beating the odds and surviving their ordeal, the team decides to strike back against Max even if it means sacrificing their own lives to do so. Aiding them on their treacherous suicide mission is sexy operative Aisha (Zoe Saldana), who has her own reasons for wanting to see Max get his just deserts. But getting to Max won't be easy, because in addition to having the CIA on his side, he's about to spark a war that could plunge the entire globe into chaos. Their time quickly running out as Max's plan kicks into overdrive, the Special Forces unit that everyone assumed dead arms themselves to the teeth and prepares to strike back with a vengeance. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Action

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Losers

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/20/2010

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 97 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French,Spanish

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Jason Buchanan

Opening with a shocker of a sucker punch and puttering out with an unsatisfying anti-climax that doubles as a shameless sequel tease, director Sylvain White's The Losers manages to maintain a satisfying sense of energy and style for most of its running time, yet comes off as too restrained and undistinguished to make a real impression. Roughneck mercenaries Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Jensen (Chris Evans), Roque (Idris Elba), Pooch (Columbus Short), and Cougar (?scar Jaenada) are on assignment in the Bolivian jungle when they are betrayed and left for dead by rogue CIA operative Max (Jason Patric). Their names tarnished and their families devastated, the floundering team finds an unlikely ally in the form of Aisha (Zoe Saldana), a mysterious beauty who offers to smuggle them back into the United States and give them the opportunity to settle the score with the man who set them up. Of course, planning a war against the CIA and actually waging it are two very different things, and when the team attempts to capture Max things don't go as well as they had hoped. But in addition to being incredibly resourceful, the Losers are also remarkably persistent. Now, as Max attempts to get his hands on the next-generation weapon of mass destruction, Clay and the team gear up for the one mission from which they might not return. True to its roots, The Losers offers scene after scene of implausible action presented in grainy, hyper-saturated frames that mimic the colorful look and feel of a comic book. For a first-time action director, White knows where to place the camera to get the most out of a shot, only occasionally falling back on frantic cinematography and gimmicky editing in order to maintain a sense of high energy. Screenwriters Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt dash off most of the characterization in snappy one-liners and playful banter, efficiently instilling the quirky mercenaries and their genius nemesis with flashes of personality while constantly setting their sights on the next action scene. It's a tactic that prevents the film from ever becoming stagnant or boring -- and each of the actors is most certainly up to the task. With his persistent five-o'clock shadow and grizzled attitude, Morgan is a standout as the team leader who's seen more than his fair share of action; Evans gets plenty of laughs as the comic relief; and Patric seems to relish his role as a sharp-dressed sociopath who would just as soon kill his henchman than send them packing. In fact, the only place Berg and Vanderbilt make a serious fumble is in the final confrontation, which is already in your rearview mirror just as you think you've spotted it on the horizon. A brief pair of epilogues stay in step with the lighthearted action by ending the flick with a few laughs, but they fail to make up for the fact that nothing concerning the main storyline has really been resolved. Perhaps if the filmmakers had been up-front with their intentions to create a multiple-film story arc ? la Kill Bill 1 and 2, it would be understandable that they would choose to end The Losers on such an ambiguous note. As it stands, there's no guarantee that audiences will flock to the film in numbers big enough to guarantee a sequel, quite likely leaving us with a single film that has the feel of an uncompleted puzzle instead of a fully satisfying picture. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Peter Berg  Screenwriter 
Stuart M. Besser  Executive Producer 
Joel Silver  Producer 
Akiva Goldsman  Producer 
John Ottman  Composer (Music Score) 
Andrew Rona  Executive Producer 
Steve Richards  Executive Producer 
James Vanderbilt  Screenwriter 
Sarah Aubrey  Executive Producer 
Kerry Foster  Producer 
Sylvain White  Director 
Jeffrey Dean Morgan  Actor 
Zoe Saldana  Actor 
Chris Evans  Actor 
Idris Elba  Actor 
Columbus Short  Actor 
Óscar Jaenada  Actor 
Jason Patric  Actor 
Holt McCallany  Actor 
Peter Macdissi  Actor 
Tanee McCall  Actor 
Peter Francis James  Actor 
Mark Ginther  Actor 
Daniel Kalal  Actor 
Colin Follenweider  Actor 
Garrett Warren  Actor 
Rey Hernandez  Actor 
Ernesto Morales  Actor 
Evan Miranda  Actor 
Noel Estrella  Actor 
Gunner Wright  Actor 
Robert Slavonia  Actor 
Debbie Ann Rivera  Actor 
Kirk Sullivan  Actor 
Marcos Davila  Actor 
Alanis M. Salinas  Actor 
Manuel O. Velazquez  Actor 
Thomas R. Nunan III  Actor 
John Galindez  Actor 
Lindsey Sutton  Actor 
Alan J. Trudeau  Actor 
Rafael Lopez Diaz  Actor 
Norman Grant  Actor 
Krissy Korn  Actor 

Country: France,Germany,USA