Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba
Director: Sylvain White (Stomp the Yard)
Running Time: 1 hr 38 min
Release Date: April 23, 2010
Budget: $25 million
Critics’ Thumbs Up: 40%
“It’s fun.” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“…incompetent, incomprehensible stupidity…” Rex Reed, New York Observer
The Losers is so bad, it’s occasionally good. Take for instance, the chase scene played to the tune of Journey’s corny “Don’t Stop Believin.” Other — and unfortunately most — moments of this action thriller are just plain bad. Morgan (Watchman, Grey’s Anatomy) leads a renegade group of soldiers out to clear their names and bring down the mysterious megalomaniac who framed them. Or something like that. Instead of maintaining a clear and engaging plot, Losers is content with simply punching, shooting and blowing stuff up. A few laugh-out-loud moments occur, mostly from Evans, but it’s usually just because the dialogue, slow-mo shots and unrealistic action sequences are so ridiculous.
