The Losers - First Trailer and new promo pic

by Steph Sharples

An explosive tale of double cross and revenge, "The Losers" centers upon the members of an elite U.S. Special Forces unit sent into the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. The team--Clay, Jensen, Roque, Pooch and Cougar--find themselves the target of a lethal betrayal instigated from inside by a powerful enemy known only as Max. Presumed dead, the group makes plans to even the score when they're joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda. Working together, they must remain deep undercover while tracking the heavily-guarded Max, a ruthless man bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war. Zoe Saldana looks good despite being 90 pounds. Eat some bacon girl! If the trailer is any indication of what the movie is actually like, it should be a fun and entertaining action flick with lots of kills and explosions. It's easy to draw comparisons to The A-Team, but both are based on different source material. "After being betrayed and left for dead, members of a CIA black ops team root out those who targeted them for assassination" (The Losers) VS. "A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed" (The A-Team).

Above is a new cast promo pic courtesy of the LA Times. That's quite an interesting angle. There's lots of praise for Zoe Saldana throughout the article. Producer Joel Silver said that Zoe is "sensational whether she's blue or not." Director Sylvain White said "she is incredible in this film and she had already shown that she can really handle the drama, and with this she shows how great she is with the intense action stuff and there's a great balance that she brings. Her character brings a lot of the controversy to the plot and drama to the plot, but at the same time she is the savior. She is probably the hardest fighter of them all too. Instead of the damsel in distress, she's the one that gives the call to action. She's the one that gives them the opportunity to redeem themselves."

Release Date: April 9, 2010
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Sylvain White

Screenwriter: Peter Berg, James Vanderbilt
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric, Peter Macdissi