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* NominalHero: The Devil's Advocates may be on the side of good and rescuing a POW from a torture camp, but they're still a group of violent thugs who deal in illegal alcohol and prostitution. [[spoiler:They end up running a diplomatic mission due to faulty intel, though this is through no fault of their own. However, their leader still devolves into a VillainProtagonist when it's revealed he was convicted of rape a few years before the film.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: A biker gang is hired to rescue a prisoner of war. [[spoiler:He's actually a diplomat there willingly to negotiate, and the events of the film ruined the negotiation.]]
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'''''The Losers''''' is a 1970 American {{action|Genre}} {{war movie|s}}.
It's UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, and America is in the midst of the bloodshed. During a diplomatic mission to Cambodia, an agent is captured by the Chinese Army stationed there. Due to the agent being held on neutral territory the military can't enter, the US government hires an outlaw biker gang to rescue the agent. Placing machine guns, grenade launchers and armor on their choppers, the bikers ride into 'Nam to wreck the place.
Not to be confused with [[ComicBook/TheLosers the comic or the film based on it]].
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: The Viet Cong attacking the transport the Devil's Advocates are in. Oddly enough for the genre, our heroes don't actually help fend off the attack, due to them not having weapons yet.
* DirtyCommunists: The main antagonists are soldiers of Red China, who have kidnapped an American diplomat. [[spoiler:This turns out to be based on faulty intel. They're actually military officials negotiating China leaving Cambodia, and the diplomat is there willingly. The bikers end up bungling the whole operation by attacking.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Due to faulty intelligence, the biker gang ends up attacking a diplomatic mission to get China out of Cambodia. The military has to launch a desperate rescue attempt, and the entire biker gang gets killed in the process. The SoleSurvivor is the JerkAss diplomat, who has a diplomatic mess to clean up when he gets home.]]
* NominalHero: The Devil's Advocates may be on the side of good and rescuing a POW from a torture camp, but they're still a group of violent thugs who deal in illegal alcohol and prostitution. [[spoiler:They end up running a diplomatic mission due to faulty intel, though this is through no fault of their own. However, their leader still devolves into a VillainProtagonist when it's revealed he was convicted of rape a few years before the film.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Jackson is willing to bail out the bikers when they get arrested, on the condition that they actually do their jobs and don't just drink, fight and screw their way through Vietnam. [[spoiler:Subverted when we learn that he ruined a diplomatic mission due to faulty intel.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:The Devil's Advocates decide to make their rescue mission a revenge mission too when one of their own is killed in an ambush.]]
* TheTheTitle
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Link Thomas, leader of the Devil's Advocates, is revealed to have been convicted of rape a few years before the film's beginning. He has learned nothing from the incident, and is convinced that he was persecuted for being a biker hippie.]]
* WeaponizedCar: The Devil's Advocates mount machine guns, grenade launchers and armor on their motorcycles before attacking the Viet Cong base.
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[[caption-width-right:183:Now the Army Has Its Outlaws...In the Most Savage Action Picture of All Time!]]
'''''The Losers''''' is a 1970 American {{action|Genre}} {{war movie|s}}.
It's UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, and America is in the midst of the bloodshed. During a diplomatic mission to Cambodia, an agent is captured by the Chinese Army stationed there. Due to the agent being held on neutral territory the military can't enter, the US government hires an outlaw biker gang to rescue the agent. Placing machine guns, grenade launchers and armor on their choppers, the bikers ride into 'Nam to wreck the place.
Not to be confused with [[ComicBook/TheLosers the comic or the film based on it]].
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!!This film contains examples of:
* ActionPrologue: The Viet Cong attacking the transport the Devil's Advocates are in. Oddly enough for the genre, our heroes don't actually help fend off the attack, due to them not having weapons yet.
* DirtyCommunists: The main antagonists are soldiers of Red China, who have kidnapped an American diplomat. [[spoiler:This turns out to be based on faulty intel. They're actually military officials negotiating China leaving Cambodia, and the diplomat is there willingly. The bikers end up bungling the whole operation by attacking.]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Due to faulty intelligence, the biker gang ends up attacking a diplomatic mission to get China out of Cambodia. The military has to launch a desperate rescue attempt, and the entire biker gang gets killed in the process. The SoleSurvivor is the JerkAss diplomat, who has a diplomatic mess to clean up when he gets home.]]
* NominalHero: The Devil's Advocates may be on the side of good and rescuing a POW from a torture camp, but they're still a group of violent thugs who deal in illegal alcohol and prostitution. [[spoiler:They end up running a diplomatic mission due to faulty intel, though this is through no fault of their own. However, their leader still devolves into a VillainProtagonist when it's revealed he was convicted of rape a few years before the film.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Jackson is willing to bail out the bikers when they get arrested, on the condition that they actually do their jobs and don't just drink, fight and screw their way through Vietnam. [[spoiler:Subverted when we learn that he ruined a diplomatic mission due to faulty intel.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:The Devil's Advocates decide to make their rescue mission a revenge mission too when one of their own is killed in an ambush.]]
* TheTheTitle
* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler:Link Thomas, leader of the Devil's Advocates, is revealed to have been convicted of rape a few years before the film's beginning. He has learned nothing from the incident, and is convinced that he was persecuted for being a biker hippie.]]
* WeaponizedCar: The Devil's Advocates mount machine guns, grenade launchers and armor on their motorcycles before attacking the Viet Cong base.
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