Losers

Losers is a 2010 film out of the USA. The movie is based off an adult themed comic from the Vertigo line of DC Comics. A team of skilled players is framed and tries to find a way back home to clear their name.

The Cast
Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Franklin Clay
Idris Elba as William Roque
Zoe Saldana as Aisha al-Fadhil
Chris Evans as Jake Jensen
Columbus Short as Linwood "Pooch" Porteous
Óscar Jaenada as Carlos "Cougar" Alvarez
Jason Patric as Max
Holt McCallany as Wade

The Story
Clay leads a team of 5 called the "Losers" on missions assigned to him. On a mission in Bolivia, they are ordered to tag a compound. Once they've radioed in the tag, they decide to take a look and see children bussed in. They decide to call off the strike but orders above are not changed. The group decide that 10 minutes is enough time to save the kids and proceed to do so. They save the kids and decide to load them into the helicopter that picks them up. Right as the helipcopter lefts off, a plane flies by and destroys it with a missile. Thought to be dead, they decide to work for money to get back to the states. But they can't go back as is and have to get menial jobs. However, Clay is approached by Aisha who promises them help to get to the states if they go and find Max, the person responsible for the hit on the compound. Can these Losers get max and clear their names?

My Thoughts
I had high expectations for this film due to the nice trailer and a couple of friends saying good things about it. So, I might have been expecting it to be great. But it was not. Not even close. I probably wouldn't have liked it even if I had no expectations. Hard to say. But the movie had plots and twists that didn't make sense. The team didn't really seem like a team most of the time. And Aisha's American accent was never explained. Lots of holes that kept me from full engagement. I'd take a pass if I were you.