By ROWENA JOY A. SANCHEZ
"The Losers"
As they say, don't mess with the losers, 'coz they've got nothing to lose.
"The Losers" is another one of those comic book-to-big screen projects that seem to be a favorite in Hollywood productions these days. Though action-packed to the core, director Sylvain White surely didn't run out of ways to tickle the funny bones.
Based on Andy Diggle's 32-issue comic book of the same name, the story looks into the lives of five US Special Forces soldiers (Clay, Jensen, Roque, Cougar and Pooch) who were assigned to a search-and-destroy-mission at a Bolivian jungle. However, they discover that the "destroy" part is actually for them, instigated by war-hungry man Max.
Enter Aisha, a hot, mysteriously generous woman with a proposition: Help the Losers take revenge, get Max for her.
Fast-paced shots and a thumping musical score fit the action-packed scenes perfectly. But it's the injection of fun in those scenes that makes the viewing experience all the more exciting and gripping. Imagine singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" in falsetto, getting caught in the elevator half-naked, stealing confidential data, then using "telekinetic powers" --and in dramatic fashion at that--to gun down the baddies all in one scene. Applause, applause to Chris Evans for this.
The film may not have an A-list type of cast, but Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba, Chris Evans, Columbus Short and Oscar Jaenada sure have rapport.
"Losers" also finds their own version of Angelina Jolie in Zoe Saldana, the downright bad-ass chick Aisha who is as sweet as a rose but sharp as a thorn.
Jason Patric provides a different kind of villain in Max, who instead of being an in-your-face gritty, angry baddie is more of an annoyingly vain prima donna who wants to own the world.
The movie may be titled such, but it's actually the opposite.
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