The Losers

Necronomicon

This looks like it could be fun:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480255/

After being betrayed and left for dead, members of a CIA black ops team root out those who targeted them for assassination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5J_YSksKyk

robby^5

Looks like it could be fun alright, a popcorn film. It has a better trailer than the new A-Team anyway and I'm getting an A-Team meats Oceans Eleven vibe from this.

JP Liz V1

Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypdB65jNpu0

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480255/

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. 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

I guess before the A Team we have this, it looks good with a good cast

paddyismaddy

the girl from avatar zoe something looks too thin and young for the film

i think i will wait for a team film

Zardoz

I saw this last week ,its pretty bad.
The acting is poor ,the plot is paper thin, its full of plot holes and the characters are 1 dimensional.
Its based on a comic strip and transferring it to the big screen is a tough job due to the comedic elements and traits of the characters.
"The Losers" is boring. It's predictable and extremely dumb.
It did improve in the latter third but not enough to salvage itself .
Also Zoe Saldana is horribly miscast ,she looks like an unhealthy stick insect compared to the hulking Jeffrey Dean Morgan ,he would snap her in two .
2/5 for me.

Duggy747

I didn't find it to be woeful but it's not very good and all over the place. It's certainly a brain-dead film that does the job of killing an hour and a half.

Zoe's character is just reverted to being the candy as her scenes just involve her knocking on the lead guy's door, he opens it and then they shag. This happens quite a bit.

Towards the end the action picks up but it goes ludriciously OTT to have any sort of redeeming qualities.

That being said, it does have some funny bits in it and Jason Patrick just reminds me a Will Ferrell doing a Dr. Evil routine.

It's not awful but do not expect much from it.

pinksoir

As Duggy says. It is what it is. A braindead popcorn-muncher.

I couldn't quite follow what the hell was going on in the opening sequence, but happily it calmed down a bit after so's I could get my bearings, then went ape-shít again. I like seeing Stringer Bell in stuff too.

Nolanger

There's a '70s cult movie called The Losers with a similar storyline. Another pointless remake?

pinksoir

Based on a comic I believe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Losers_(Vertigo)

Duggy747

pinksoir wrote: »

I like seeing Stringer Bell in stuff too.

Strangely enough, I thought Idris Elba came out the best in this film. Everyone had their corny comedy one-liners while he seemed to have the most intelligence to his character.

He's an excellent actor, though, so he just needs to get this fluff out of the way to get onto the bigger roles.

JP Liz V1

I loved Chris Evans in this. He was best thing in the film for me stole the show.

Hande hoche!

I found it fairly mediocre although Chris Evans was surprisingly entertaining in it.

pinksoir

Duggy747 wrote: »

Strangely enough, I thought Idris Elba came out the best in this film. Everyone had their corny comedy one-liners while he seemed to have the most intelligence to his character.

He's an excellent actor, though, so he just needs to get this fluff out of the way to get onto the bigger roles.

Absolutely. I wasn't being facetious!

Lamper.sffc

Not the worst thing iv ever seen but still pretty crap. The whole thing especially the end felt more like a pilot for a TV series rather than a Movie.
Oh and Jason Patrick was terrible in it.

firstprime

ok so i recently saw the film "the losers", and about 15 minutes into it somebody is talking about the main bad guy max, and he starts naming out orginisations that want him killed and one of them is (if i heard right) sinn fein. this got me fairly confused and i was wondering if anyone could verify this for me?

firstprime

firstprime wrote: »

ok so i recently saw the film "the losers", and about 15 minutes into it somebody is talking about the main bad guy max, and he starts naming out orginisations that want him killed and one of them is (if i heard right) sinn fein. this got me fairly confused and i was wondering if anyone could verify this for me?

Clay: Whatta you have on her?
Jensen: Besides a pant-bustin' crush? Her Company file is blank. CIA has a standing kill order on her, as does Hamas, Sinn Fein... pretty much everyone with the exception of PETA wants this chick am-scrayed.

firstprime

yea...that. of all the people they could have chosen sinn fein seems odd...

Fizman

Saw this last weekend. It's fairly sh1t. I would recommend staying away from it tbh.

humanji

I watched it tonight and really enjoyed it. It's silly and you can generally see what's coming a mile off, but it's great fun and not trying to take itself seriously at all.

Chris Evans and Jason Patric are the highlights of the film with some brilliantly hilarious lines. I really recommend this if you just want to relax and not have to think too hard about a film.

Paddy Samurai

Seen the trailer today........looked good.......hope to see it soon.

Lamper.sffc

Felt more like a pilot for a tv series.
Nothing special tbh

conorhal

I went to see the movie in a really foul mood and walked out with a smile on my face. Yeah it hits every action movie cliche in the book, but it does so with good humor, charming characters and a decent number of one liners. If it had one major flaw, it's that the movie felt as if it had been nutered for a PG rating.
The other flick I caught this weekend was Prince of Persia that was as depressingly soulless as a paint by numbers summer blockbuster can be.

chin_grin

Yup. A bit of harmless fun is The Losers.

Funniest scene for me though was: Jensen (Chris Evans), under cover as a delivery guy singing "Don't Stop Believin'". Gas.

As a side note, I'm pretty sure he'll fit well in to the Captain America role. The size'a 'im!

norrie rugger

conorhal wrote: »

I went to see the movie in a really foul mood and walked out with a smile on my face. Yeah it hits every action movie cliche in the book, but it does so with good humor, charming characters and a decent number of one liners. If it had one major flaw, it's that the movie felt as if it had been nutered for a PG rating.
The other flick I caught this weekend was Prince of Persia that was as depressingly soulless as a paint by numbers summer blockbuster can be.

Please film gods, do not let this happen to Stallone's jizz fest

BROWNE51

Fizman wrote: »

Saw this last weekend. It's fairly sh1t. I would recommend staying away from it tbh.

Watched it a couple of weeks ago,absolute rubbish...pity,I like an auld action film and will give anything a chance but this was very poor,acting is fine just a poor script imo.

Skerries

yeah it felt pg alright as we had one of the main characters shot in both legs without one drop of blood anywhere, even when he has on bandages they are pristine white :rolleyes:
it was a fun ride and Jason Patrick just camped it up to high heaven, but i kept thinking isn't this basically the plot for the A-Team?

Went to see it last night and absolutly loved it, perfect summer fun. It's good old-fashioned fun with enough wit, explosions and great writing to ensure a smile on your face as you leave the cinema.

Hopefully DVD and Blu Ray will be storng enough that we see a follow up, so far we've only seen the first 12 issues/ 2 volumes and there are a furthur 3 volumes to go.

JP Liz V1

Please someone settle a bet for me was the guy in the hat (that dont say much only shots) Justin Long

I think Zoe and Jeffrey (he needs to slim down for a role like this) were miscast imo especially as

lovers

AlmostFamous

I saw the Losers in cinema a few days ago. I knew better than to take it seriously and just enjoyed it for what it was. It was over the top and the plot was straightforward. There was no wasted dialogue scenes. The film just went about showing action and carnage. Obivously, it's target audience isn't the intellectual artsy movie critic types. The trailer is a good indication of the film. It is a movie that won't last long in the memory but it was a better option than having to sit through over two hours of sex and the city 2.

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Please someone settle a bet for me was the guy in the hat (that dont say much only shots) Justin Long

It's most definitely not Justin Long and is in fact Oscar Jaenada.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think Zoe and Jeffrey (he needs to slim down for a role like this) were miscast imo especially as

lovers

I thought Jeffrey Dean Morgan was perfect for the role and don't see why he would need slim down, were a man to say the same about a female actress he would be greeted with a torrent of abuse for being sexist. I don't see a problem with them playing lovers either though to be honest I'd be afraid he'd break her given how thin she is.

JP Liz V1

Deleted User wrote: »

It's most definitely not Justin Long and is in fact Oscar Jaenada.



I thought Jeffrey Dean Morgan was perfect for the role and don't see why he would need slim down, were a man to say the same about a female actress he would be greeted with a torrent of abuse for being sexist. I don't see a problem with them playing lovers either though to be honest I'd be afraid he'd break her given how thin she is.

Maybe it was the fact Zoe looks so skinny

Basq

Just watched this tonight.. I loved it!

The perfect fun OTT leave-your-brain-at-the-door action film!

The cast were all great (particularly Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Pine and Idris Elba), and I for one hope there's a sequel. And let's not forget the show-stealing Jason Patric as the bad-guy without one ounce of remorse - he was a top-notch bad guy. Reminded me of the bad guy's you only got in 80's action flicks.

Great stuff!

basquille

basquille wrote: »

Just watched this tonight.. I loved it!

The perfect fun OTT leave-your-brain-at-the-door action film!

The cast were all great (particularly Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Pine and Idris Elba), and I for one hope there's a sequel. And let's not forget the show-stealing Jason Patric as the bad-guy without one ounce of remorse - he was a top-notch bad guy. Reminded me of the bad guy's you only got in 80's action flicks.

Great stuff!

If DVD sales are decent then a sequel is nearly certain though what remains to be seen is if it will bring back the original cast or do a direct to DVD release with cheaper talent.

Basq

Aye, I just looked up the box-office details on IMDb... according to IMDb, it hasn't even made it's budget back in US cinemas. Ouch! Shame it wasn't a bigger hit as it was just honest good fun.

Let's hope DVD and Blu-ray sales do it justice alright.

JP Liz V1

basquille wrote: »

Just watched this tonight.. I loved it!

The perfect fun OTT leave-your-brain-at-the-door action film!

The cast were all great (particularly Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Pine and Idris Elba), and I for one hope there's a sequel. And let's not forget the show-stealing Jason Patric as the bad-guy without one ounce of remorse - he was a top-notch bad guy. Reminded me of the bad guy's you only got in 80's action flicks.

Great stuff!

You mean Chris Evans

Basq

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

You mean Chris Evans

So I do... easy mistake!

A V A

bad film:rolleyes:

Birneybau

Thought the "Who want to be a billonaire" (sic) line was hilarious!

Necronomicon

I loved it. Plenty of decent action, with a good sense of humour to boot.

Killme00

Really enjoyed this film, perfect for switching off the brain and just laughing at the flaming cheeseball cheesiness. It has probably outcamped the A-team already

][cEMAN**

I think the entire comedy of the film is summed up by "In the immortal words of the Tibetian Monks - Don't start nothing, won't be nothing", which tbh, works for me

Quite enjoyed it but couldn't take it too seriously

mullyfive0

The mention of Sinn Fein raised a big laugh when I saw it

Fun film, nothing more.

syklops

basquille wrote: »

Just watched this tonight.. I loved it!

The perfect fun OTT leave-your-brain-at-the-door action film!

The cast were all great (particularly Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Pine and Idris Elba), and I for one hope there's a sequel. And let's not forget the show-stealing Jason Patric as the bad-guy without one ounce of remorse - he was a top-notch bad guy. Reminded me of the bad guy's you only got in 80's action flicks.

Great stuff!

Recently saw this and have to say I loved it. The plot was almost identical to the A-team, and I am sorry to say I think I enjoyed this more. The casting was spot on, especially Chris Evans as Jensen. Its so great to see a techie in a film, who is macho and not a nerd.

My favourite scene was the bit with Jensen in the corridor telling the security guards he can shoot them with his mind.

Here it is here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWuq-qzC-IM

Even now it brings a smile to my face.

stbrennan

Looks like "The Expendables" for chicks...

humanji

stbrennan wrote: »

Looks like "The Expendables" for chicks...

A group who are past their sell-by date who go on one last hurrah pretending that they're just the same as they were in their youth? No, "Sex And The City" is "The Expendables" for chicks.

This is the A-Team for fans of the A-Team.

Basq

This was far more entertaining than 'The Expendables'..

Mickeroo

basquille wrote: »

This was far more entertaining than 'The Expendables'..

I agree, I also enjoyed it more than The A-Team(which was also better than the expendables).

Josey Wales

I have this downloaded from iTunes at the moment. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet (I've gotten caught up in The Wire). It sounds promising though.

Mickeroo

Josey Wales wrote: »

I have this downloaded from iTunes at the moment. Haven't had a chance to watch it yet (I've gotten caught up in The Wire). It sounds promising though.

A fine thing to get caught up in!!

syklops

Mickeroo wrote: »

A fine thing to get caught up in!!

That video I posted up earlier is still making me grin.

Plus I have the music by Journey stuck in my head.

I wish I felt this way about the A-team. The only memorable moment I remember from that is them 'flying' the tank. It was funny, but not as 'feel good'. Does that make sense to anyone?

Vanhalla

HOw anyone enjoyed this pile of shyte i just dont know! even if it is one where u can leave your brain at the door. felt to me like the director or whoever was trying to make it into a cool film with all the slow mo/music shots, but failed miserably. shyte, shyte ,shyte. about as bad as the a team