"Donut! Donut! Donut!"The Losers sounded such a good concept on paper, but the reality of it falls very short of the mark, sadly. By targeting a PG-13/12A classification, the film feels constantly compromised and misses opportunities to create real strength. The opening mission which sets the whole plot in motion is surprisingly powerful, but nothing else in the movie matches it, and once the plot starts jumping the shark with some ill-conceived 'comic book' events and characterisations it seems that it cannot stop doing it, and viewer interest becomes replaced by annoyed raised eyebrows. In an undernourished script, dialogue is frequently dull, and thankfully Chris Evans gets the best lines and uses his seemingly effortless comic timing and delivery to frequent good effect. Zoe Saldana is captivating if looking alarmingly skinny. Racial stereotyping and misogyny are uncomfortable throughout, and Jason Patric's hammy villain Max is at times almost unwatchable. Max says at one point that, "It's like giving a handgun to a six-year-old," and this sums up the filming and editing styles which seem to have been done by the lovechildren of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. The Losers strives so hard to be cool, but ends up as mostly feeble.
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