2. The Losers - Don't Stop Believing
The Losers feels like the first thirty minutes of a film stretched out over two hours. The plot follows a gang of framed soldiers, including Jeffery Dean Morgan and Idris Elba, who decided to hunt down the man who betrayed them. Despite a convoluted run-in with Zoe Saldanas vengeful and deceitful Aisha, the group get no closer to their goal. The film falls apart because it tries so hard to make The Losers a franchise, but, as with this year The Amazing Spider-Man, it does so at the cost of a satisfying film. There is only one scene of The Losers that feels unique to it (rather than being part of an A-Team rip off). Featuring a pre-Captain America Chris Evans as the groups resident techie, he starts off sneaking into a office building to get a Macguffin file, singing along to Journeys Dont Stop Believin'. The plan is suitably ridiculous, involving Evans stripping in an elevator, and once discovered, running from the buildings security as the real song blares out. It may use the classic joke of pretending to shoot from fingers with a sniper perched far behind, but the musical accompaniment and the large scale of it makes it a stand out. This scene is a hilarious moment in a rather bland film. As a stand alone moment, it is truly brilliant, in fact working brilliantly out of context. This is one case where the great scene alone is the only thing that makes a poor film bearable.