The Losers
I usually don’t go to the movies unless it’s one I have really been looking forward to. Last night though we got cheap tickets to see a mystery movie, you don’t know what movie it is until you are actually watching it! I went there with low expectations as to what I was going to see but left feeling pleasantly satisfied.
The story line was fairly basic, it didn’t take much to understand what was going on and the biggest twist you could see almost a mile away. That didn’t worry me though. The story moved at a good pace with lots of action and a few funny bits. It wasn’t a long movie and I could have even watched another 30 minutes so they could build more into the ending, not that the ending was left short, just that they could have exploited it a bit further.
Character depth was also fairly shallow. This isn’t the sort of movie to induce much thought. What you see is what you get. None of the performances were outstanding but the story was never going to challenge the actors in any way. After getting past that you will enjoy the small moments where they do something amusing and execute it well.
Usually with an action film comes big explosions and a few impressive graphics. This movie had that without going over the top. I think they balanced this well. Some movies try too hard and lose focus on what makes a good movie. I especially liked the use of camera speed. At times they would use a slow frame rate to emphasize some action or skip frames in time to music to help get you in the mood.
As mentioned earlier, we got cheap tickets to see this movie. If we hadn’t I probably wouldn’t have gone to the cinema to see this film. It was fun but not worth paying full price to go and see. However, it is worthy of renting from your local DVD store.
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