The Losers

A very nice action film. There's a decent amount of laughs mixed with rock-star type action. But I think what impressed me most about this film is that all of the characters seemed like they were actually special-force soldiers. Even the computer geek. Because in most films the computer geek is the guy who runs around screaming and doesn't know how to use a gun and is basically just an obnoxious wimp. In this movie, he's actually capable of firing a weapon and handling himself in a combat situation.

True, he's still kind of a whinny wimp, but he's not obnoxious about it.

There's definitely a comic-book quality to the movie though. The violence is very much comic-book violence. It's tongue in cheek. Not overly gruesome but not exactly people merely getting shot and dying. There's a certain visceral quality to it.

I have to say though that Zoe Saldana's character didn't make a ton of sense. I like the character, don't get me wrong, but her background, while nice for its dramatic effect, didn't seem entirely plausible.

Still, 4/5