SETTING: well the nice thing about this movie is that every time the setting changes they use a cool computer- aided graphic to place the name of the area on the landscape. Mostly this film takes place in Bolivia and Miami, though it has a few other places that help drag the story along, (literally).
RATING: PG-13, ACTION, CRIME, ADVENTURE.
PLOT: Um... well.... if you have seen any action film in your life you have probably seen this film before. The story involves a special forces team secreted into the wilds of Bolivia. Their only objective is to eradicate an enemy of the State. Once the team decides to kill the mark their own way they have pretty much sealed their own fate with the C.I.A.. A classic DOUBLE CROSS!!!!
(how ingenious.)
QUOTE: Now, just to let you know Jensen is the funniest in the group so I have a few of them for you.
* Jensen: That's right bitches; I got a crossbow!
*Jensen: [women are looking at Jensen, who is undressed in an elevator] So... you, uh, ladies liking the angle of the dangle?
*Jensen: I'm warning you, I am a lethal killing machine. It was a secret government experiment. They did stuff to me. Spooky stuff... Anal stuff. It turned me into a dangerous telekinetic. In the words of Ancient Taoist masters, Don't start none... Won't be none.
*Max: It's like giving a handgun to a six-year-old, Wade - you don't know how it's gonna end, but you're pretty sure it's gonna make the papers.
THOUGHTS: This film needed some serious help. Fortunately it came in the form of 2 characters, Cougar and Jensen. Jensen being my favorite, he reminds me of Murdock from the television show A-Team, (though not as psychotic...) And cougar, due to the fact that he is the team sniper!!
SYNOPSIS: 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, a rogue C.I.A.. 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.
CONCLUSION: Ok folks, at this point go rent something else. Jensen is the only reason to watch the film. No, really even the action scenes are cliche at best. Go to Starbucks, get a venti triple shot and play in traffic, it will be more exciting, I promise.
MY RATING: Believe me I would have given this film a 1, yes a one. this film receives a 2 only for the fact that Jensen is hilarious.
CHICAGO SUN TIMES (EBERT) 3 1/2 OUT OF 5. "The Losers" is a classical action movie based on a comic strip. It does just enough nodding toward the graphics of drawn superheroes, and then gets that out of the way and settles down into a clean, efficient and entertaining thriller.
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