The Story: A CIA black ops team is betrayed and left for dead, so they set out to find the man responsible.
Hollywood has been putting comic books on the big screen for almost as long as it’s been around. When they stick to the classics, it’s great. Where would supper blockbusters be without the Superman and Batman franchises? In recent years, however, they’ve been going over comics that we normal people have never heard of. Liz and I are not so into this. Watchmen was weird and long. Sin City was depressing and gimmicky. Don’t even get me started on The Sprit. For these reasons, and others, Liz and I tend to stay away from anything based on the graphic novel. Lucky for us, we had no idea that The Losers started out as one.
The Losers has everything you want in a big action flick. The tough, yet wounded hero and his cool posse, a super-evil, super slime-ball villain, and thirty minutes of explosions. It’s good on the story front as well. It held our attention the whole way through. It’s also very believable when you put it up against other graphic-novel-to-feature films. Plus, The Losers has some decent one-liners and a hot chick, for those of you who are into that sort of thing.
We also love The Losers for its characters. They’re interesting and memorable without the whole I crush cans on my forehead for no reason vide you can sometimes get from action flick characters. It helps that the actors playing these characters are pretty decent. They have a good onscreen chemistry too. Chris Evens and Columbus Short bring some welcomed comedy to their characters. Zoe Saldana and Idris Elba pull off a fight scene with some awesome stunts. Altogether, The Losers is the best action movie I’ve seen in years.
If You Liked: The A-Team, S.W.A.T., The Fast & Furious, GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra
