The Losers

REVIEW: The Losers IMDB

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MOVIE INFOAction, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

• Producer -
• Director - Sylvain White
• Primary Actors:
  • Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Clay
  • Zoe Saldana - Aisha
  • Chris Evans - Jensen
  • Idris Elba - Roque
  • Columbus Short - Pooch
  • Oscar Jaenada - Cougar
  • Jason Patric - Max
  • Holt McCallany - Wade

INTRO STUFF

• CHUCK
  • trip to Florida for work - Kennedy Space Center looking for Falcon 9...got yelled at by a security guard, good times.
• MIKE
  • Proposal from hell, Resident Evil 5...
  • My Steering wheel is cool (According to Motor Trend...)

SYNOPSIS

• In a world where covert organizations use the threat of global terrorism for world domination, one group of covert operative turn on their handlers and are left for dead, seeking revenge against a those who betrayed them.

WALKING IN F&T (FEARS & THOUGHTS)

• CHUCK
  • Looked fun, Zoe Saldana and Jeffry Dean Morgan
  • Didn't know what interesting methods were going to be used to portray the 'comic book' feeling.
• MIKE
  • PG-13 action movie? These rarely work...(Borne and SWAT excpetions)
  • I did not read the comic...
  • Two writers with an "and" not a "&" listed - ususally a recipe for disaster...

FIRST ACT

• Funny introduction of the characters (subtle comic book feeling with the drawings) - bigger knives, weapons, then off to mission
• The jet looked like a Mig 21, maybe a Saab fighter - definitely wasn't American
• Longest 8 minutes ever - get in there, rescue all of the kids, start the bus, load the people, and get out in time
• Wanted to solidify the evil of Max (murder them/children)

• Beginning was very derivative, much like Clear and Present Danger and Tears of the Sun
• Death of children was offset by really, really bad CGI of helo
• Helo and Plane - no help from US military at all...what was that helo they used for the Military?
• Very Comic-Like in Act 1, then no more - wish it was a little more consistent...

...LATER SCENES

• They now work at a toy factory, going to chicken fights
• Dubai
  • Throws the guy off the roof, turned out to be very comedic - loved Max's character -
  • Was I the only one who thought that Max looked like Julian McMahon (Dr. Doom) from Fantasic Four. - No, that was Jason Patric...he chooses his roles very carefully - wonder why he was here?

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  • Speaking of Fantastic Four - Chris Evans was Johnny Storm?! - I knew he looked familiar.
• The snook? - Test looked like the series finale of Lost...lol
  • no pollution - the 'green' weapon of mass destruction - tidal waves, tsunami? It would cause quite the problems...
  • Max shoots the girl for slipping with his umbrella
  • Max has an American lapel pin - CIA? Movie doesn't think very highly of America or CIA?
• Later meeting with the Indians
  • "We appreciate you meeting in a single story facility"
  • Max had them deliver a Ducati with the bombs...sweet
  • Max shoots the Indian with only 4 shots and his gun was already out of ammo - the slide was locked back?
  • They landed a Challenger 604 in a boat dock?
  • It is a comic book, but....the Ducati would not have penetrated the front of the airplane so easily - aircraft windshields contain bird spitter mods as well as the windshields being next to bullet proof.
• The exit of Max on a bus - brilliant
• Fight-Love scene where Aisha and Clay first meet - better than the corollary in Repo Men...and still, technically, PG-13...
• Jenson's T-Shirts "I [shoot] zombies" was particulary funny.
• City Graphics made me think of Fringe...distracting...
• Ford Pinto - thought it might be used as an explosive...no such luck...
• Goliath Corp - there is a Goliath National Bank in How I Met Your Mother...
• Satellite Dish was the same one from Goldeneye...also distracting...
• Jensen was actually using a mouse as he was "hacking" - they hackers in the movies always type furiously...nice to see some "reality.

...THE ACTORS

• Chris Evans -
  • The shirts!
• Jeffrey Dean Morgan - Clay
  • Always an entertaining actor
  • One word comes to mind in regards to him "Lumpy."

• Zoe Saldana - Aisha
  • Uh....it is Zoe, come on.
  • She is both talented and attractive, Megan Fox only has one of those...no comparison...

• Chris Evans - Jensen
  • Excellent performance
  • Agreed, He was really bad as Johnny Storm, but has been quite good in other things...

• Idris Elba - Roque
  • Great acting
• Columbus Short - Pooch
  • Another good acting spot - liked his chiwawa on the dash, funny quirk
• Oscar Jaenada - Cougar
  • Kisses both girls on the motorcycles - quiet, but perfect for the role
• Jason Patric - Max
  • Gets my actor award for the movie, loved his performance - he made the comedic scenes actually funny.
• Holt McCallany - Wade
  • Good dumb side kick
  • Totally would have taken the helicopter down with the 50 BMG roof mounted machine gun on the H1.
  • See this guy here and there, always have to think where from...Fight Club! "His name was Robert Paulson..."

QUESTIONS:

• Rogue goes rogue? Does this follow the comic book at all I wonder?

THE MACGUFFIN:

• the snook

CLOSING THOUGHTS

CHUCK Rating: 4

• Positives
  • Great casting and just a fun movie
• Negatives
  • A few cheesy scenes, but expected

MIKE Rating: 3.5

• Positives
  • PG-13 action movie that was actually somewhat intense and not trapped by the PG-13 rating...
  • Quite Funny, generally entertaininig.

• Negatives
  • Inconsistent Comic Style - do it or not!
  • Derivative of other movies/tv...distracting...
  • Some poor production values...