The Losers is a 2010 American action comedy film and an adaptation by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt of the Vertigo Comic series of the same name by Andy Diggle and Jock.

The film is directed by Sylvain White, which features an ensemble cast starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Zoe Saldaña, Idris Elba, Columbus Short, Óscar Jaenada and Jason Patric.

The film received mixed reviews from critics and drew comparisons to The A-Team, a remake of which was released shortly after The Losers premiered.

The Losers are an elite black-ops team of United States Special Forces operatives that includes team leader Clay, demo expert Roque, heavy weapon specialist Pooch, hacker Jensen, and sniper Cougar, who are sent to Bolivia on a search-and-destroy mission on a compound run by a drug lord.

While painting a target for an upcoming air strike, the Losers spot trafficked children in the compound and try to call off the attack, but their superior, codenamed Max, ignores their pleas.

As a helicopter arrives to pick them up, Max, convinced that they know too much, orders it to be destroyed, unaware that they decided to rescue the children first.

Knowing that the attack was meant to kill them, they fake their deaths and become stranded in Bolivia, lacking the funds and paperwork necessary to go home.

Jensen infiltrates the company that made the drive and steals an algorithm that allows him to access the files, discovering that the drive contains credits for a $400 million transfer in Max's name, which he received for selling "Snukes" or Sonic Nukes – eco-friendly bombs that use sonic waves to destroy an area the same size a nuclear warhead can, with no fall-out – to international terrorists.

Cougar shoots the motorcycle's engine, causing a chain reaction that destroys the plane, killing Wade and Roque.

Meanwhile, the Losers help Pooch reach the hospital where his pregnant wife is giving birth to their son and then they attend Jensen's 8-year-old niece's soccer game.

[10] Alongside Akiva Goldsman and Kerry Foster, Berg collaborated with longtime partners Sarah Aubrey and John Cameron.

[12] A native of Paris, France, White asserted that his fascination of The Losers became evident after drawing parallels to the graphic novels he read as a child.

Despite the diverse array of settings featured in the film—which included cities such as Miami, Dubai, Mumbai, and Los Angeles—most of principal photography transpired in Puerto Rico.

[18] White found its infrastructure and locales to be ideal and convenient, giving them the ability to "cheat" because they had "a variety of terrains within a relatively small distance".

"[18] Filming locations in the area include the Arecibo Observatory's tropical environment, which /Film's Peter Scrietta felt that producers used to their advantage.

The critical consensus reads: "The Losers is loud, fast, and unrelentingly violent – but it's also funny and well-acted, which will make all the difference for some action fans.

He noted that casting against type helps make the team more memorable but complained that despite the polished production, the film offers only a hollow "junk-food high".

[34] His colleague Philip French of The Observer described the film as being in "A-Team territory" with the action sequences being well enough put together but that "it was all done far better in Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice".