The Losers: DVD Review
The Losers
Rating: M
Released by Warner Home Video
It's the adaptation of a DC Comics series.
A CIA black ops team led by Jeffrey Dean Morgan's Clay is left for
dead during an operation in Bolivia.
But this team of five guys with names like Roque, Pooch, Jensen,
Clay and Cougar are determined to fight back - and get Max the man
who set up the team.
However, Max has bigger plans for world domination (when don't
they?) and soon Clay and the gang are trapped, desperately trying
to clear their names.
Along the way, they join forces with the mysterious Aisha (Zoe
Saldana) who appears to have a grudge against Max too - but who's
playing whom?
If The Losers sounds familiar, then that's probably because it
is.
It's a similar plot to most other action thrillers and to be
honest, there's nothing fabulously new to see here.
Trademark slow-mo action shots, things exploding, a hammy villain
(yes Jason Patric I'm looking at you) and gratuitous long camera
shots on the lead actress are all present and correct.
Also present is the continual cliché of what I like to term
The A Team syndrome - which is where the good guys are seriously
outnumbered by the bad guys, but it seems the villain's hired the
worst shooters in the world as none of them can hit anything,
regardless of how well stacked the odds are against the
goodies.
But if you don't take the Losers too seriously, it's fairly good
disposable fun.
Extras: Zoe Saldana talks about holding her own
with the predominantly all male cast
Rating: 6/10
