The Losers - Review: Loserific!

Unfortunately, I didn't get to see The Losers until a week after it came out, but boy am I glad that I did get to see it. This is one of those rare movies that comes out of nowhere and surprises the crap out of you. All I knew about The Losers was that it's based on a graphic novel, and that it starred Chris Evans (as Jensen). There was a whole lot more to it than that...

The story is fairly simple. Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Roque (Idris Elba), Pooch (Columbus Short), and Cougar (Oscar Jaenada, who looks like Justin Long with a musketeer 'stache) are soldiers on a mission in Central America. Through a couple twists and turns, they get left for dead and must try to find a way back to the United States to find Max (Jason Patric) and show 'em what it means to double cross The Losers! Along the way they pick up Aisha (Zoe Saldana) who help them achieve their goal as she is also after Max (he's a bad, but really dapper and oddly likable dude).

Without giving away spoilers there are some twists and turns, but the story isn't really what makes the movie pop, it's the way The Losers clan interacts with each other. You can really tell that everyone had a great time making this movie, the crew all gets along well, the jokes pop, and it kind of feels like a buddy cop comedy a la Beverly Hills Cop. That's a pretty odd reference to make, but the way the crew feeds off each other kinda reminds me of how Foley, Rosewood, and Taggart had their adventures and mishaps.

I'd recommend this as a great weekday movie, since the weekends are going to be full of blockbusters from now until September, you might not want to miss those new ones, but this is definitely a movie you shouldn't miss. 4 out of 5 stars from me for humor, action, and a kick-ass, gritty hotel fight sequence that rivals the mess-the-house-up Mr. and Mrs. Smith sequence.