When boy bands hit the buffers, record companies looked for a fresh type of group - and came up with guitar-wielding pop stars, according to Simon Warner, lecturer in pop music at Leeds University.
The Warner Bros. film, about a group of ex-CIA operatives out for revenge, stars up-and-comers like Zoe Saldana and Chris Evans, but that doesn't look like it will be enough to make the film a winner at the box office.