Fails the Bechdel test
The Losers
2010. Directed by Sylvain White, written by Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt and Andy Diggle.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
1 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
5 women characters. 2 of them speak. -
No
2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.
The film
A tale of double cross and revenge, centered 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.
- Released
- 23 Apr 2010
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.2 / 10
- Metascore
- 44 / 100
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Clay 224 lines, man
- Jensen 131 lines, man
- Roque 126 lines, man
- Aisha 85 lines, woman
- Pooch 85 lines, man
- Max 68 lines, man
- Wade 50 lines, man
- Fennel 26 lines, man
- Short Scientist 17 lines, man
- Cougar 11 lines, man
Full cast, 35 people
- Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Clay
- Zoe Saldaña as Aisha
- Chris Evans as Jensen
- Idris Elba as Roque
- Columbus Short as Pooch
- Óscar Jaenada as Cougar
- Jason Patric as Max
- Holt McCallany as Wade
- Peter Macdissi as Vikram
- Peter Francis James as Fadhil
- Tanee McCall as Jolene
- Mark Ginther as Goliath Guard
- Daniel Kalal as Goliath Guard
- Colin Follenweider as Goliath Guard
- Garrett Warren as Goliath Guard
- Rey Hernandez as Armored Car Guard
- Ernesto Morales Ramos as Nabil
- Evan Mirand as Lead Chryon Guard
- Noel Estrella as Indian Thug Leader
- Gunner Wright as Jet Pilot
- Robert Slavonia as Mr. Anderson
- Debbie Ann Rivera as Mr. Anderson's Secretary
- Kirk Sullivan as Transport Helicopter Pilot
- Marcos Davila as Thug on Bus
- Alanis M. Salinas as Little Girl at Compound
- Manuel O. Velazquez as Boy with Teddy Bear
- Thomas R. Nunan III as Pentagon Official
- John Galindez as MiG Pilot
- Lindsey Sutton as E.M.T.
- Alan J. Trudeau as E.M.T.
- Rafael Lopez Diaz as Short Indian Scientist
- Norman Grant as Delivery Room Doctor
- Krissy Korn as Referee
- Ramiro 'Ramir' Delgado Ruiz as Tourist (uncredited)
- Isaac Santiago as Soldier (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 4% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 132
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 25 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 23 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 to 12 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 42 |
| 16 to 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 27 |
| 25 to 27 | 9 | 8 |
| 28 to 30 | 29 | 25 |
| 31 to 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 22 |
| 37 to 39 | 3 | 47 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 10 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 21 |
| 49 to 51 | 0 | 12 |
| 52 to 54 | 6 | 26 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 to 60 | 0 | 3 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 7 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 2 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 1 |
| 70 to 72 | 9 | 66 |
| 73 to 75 | 2 | 25 |
| 76 to 78 | 0 | 48 |
| 79 to 81 | 13 | 25 |
| 82 to 84 | 0 | 6 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 9 |
| 88 to 90 | 2 | 19 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 19 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 24 |
| 97 to 99 | 5 | 18 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 24 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 38 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 3 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 7 |
| 112 to 114 | 0 | 3 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 6 |
| 118 to 120 | 0 | 1 |
| 121 to 123 | 1 | 27 |
| 124 to 126 | 4 | 18 |
| 127 to 129 | 0 | 36 |
| 130 to 132 | 3 | 20 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 10 are women's.
89 lines from women, 761 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
5 women and 19 men in the cast. 2 women and 15 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 145 of 883.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 144 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (799), men 89% (6,775). Women have 10% of the lines, so their lines run longer than men's.
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
0
Two men
70
Exhibit E: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 30% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Sylvain White (man)
- Written by
- James Vanderbilt (man), Peter Berg (man)
- Produced by
- Kerry Foster (gender not listed), Akiva Goldsman (man), Joel Silver (man)
- Shot by
- Scott Kevan (man)
- Edited by
- David Checel (man)
- Music by
- John Ottman (man)
- Production design by
- Aaron Osborne (man)
- Costumes by
- Magali Guidasci (woman)
- Cast by
- Venus Kanani (woman), Mary Vernieu (woman)
The crew, department by department
-
Production
5 women, 11 men, 3 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
5 women, 3 men, 3 not listed
-
Sound
1 women, 6 men, 3 not listed
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Other crew
1 women, 5 men, 1 not listed
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Visual Effects
0 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
-
Art
2 women, 1 men, 2 not listed
-
Directing
1 women, 3 men, 1 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 31 on average. Men: 39 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Zoe Saldaña 31
Men
Columbus Short 27, Chris Evans 28, Óscar Jaenada 34, Peter Macdissi 35, Idris Elba 37, Jason Patric 43, Jeffrey Dean Morgan 44, Holt McCallany 46, Peter Francis James 53
Exhibit G: the money
It made 94% of what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $23.6 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 132 scenes and 883 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
