The Losers

The big question that The Losers was always going to throw up is just how high will they set the bar for The A-Team?

The answer - pretty darn high.

The Losers focuses on a five man team on a CIA mission in Bolivia who are left for dead after being betrayed. As you do they set out to seek revenge on the man responsible for them being abandoned, with the help of the obligatory beautiful mysterious woman.

Cliches aside, The Losers is still a pretty refreshing action-comedy. It features a cast of actors who aren't widely known (in the big-name sense) aside I guess from Chris Evans.

And it is Evans who steals the show as Jensen, the technical expert amongst the quintet. He's a bit on the camp side, wears outrageous T-shirts and has just about all the better scenes.

Leading the troupe is Clay (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), there's Pooch (Columbus Short), Roque (Idris Elba) and Cougar (Oscar Jaenada), all of whom possess some special reason for being a part of the team.

One of the best things about The Losers is how it doesn't take itself seriously.

The bad guy Max (Jason Patric) is pretty standard spoilt brat rich guy trying to take over the world-type. But he does have a few moments of his own.

I think if you don't expect huge things then you're going to love this film. It's fun, there's plenty of action and it doesn't require a lot of hard work.

Clearly aimed at The A-Team market, as I said, this film has set a high bar for the 80s TV reboot and it will be interesting to see if it can match this. An 8 out of 10.