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| The A-Team (2010) () |
IMDB Rating: 7.2
Released: Jun 11, 2010
Rating: PG-13
Genres:
Action, Adventure,
Sub Genres:
Military,
Running Time: 117 minutes
AKA: Brigada A
Country: USA
Language: English
IMDB Link: The A-Team on IMDB
Official Site: Official Site
Views: 37,271
Plot: Four American soldiers who are in Iraq are sent on a mission to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a billion dollars. After doing the job and returning to the base their commanding officer is killed in an explosion and the plates are stolen by another operative. They would be court martialed and sent to different prisons. 6 months later, the leader, Hannibal Smith is visited by a CIA spook who tells him he knows where the man who took the plates is and wants him and his men to recover it. So he helps him escape and he breaks out the others and they go after the plates. But after doing it, they discover that the spook might not be ok. And a military intelligence officer who was involved with one of them is pursuing them.
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| The A-Team Movie Review |
It's big, loud, ludicrous and edited into visual incomprehension. But pity the fool who lets that stand in the way of enjoying The A-Team
Source: Peter Travers
Article: It's big, loud, ludicrous and edited into visual incomprehension. But pity the fool who lets that stand in the way of enjoying The A-Team, the super-caffeinated movie version of the series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1987. Mr. T, who starred on the TV series as B.A. Baracus, reportedly thought the PG-13 movie leaned too hard on the violence and sex. Today's audience, hard-wired to the bloodlust of video games, would laugh at the TV ballets that managed to kill no one. Joe Carnahan (Narc, Smokin Aces) doesn't so much direct as shamelessly show off his skills at blowing shit up. But his affection for the crass material is undeniable. The actors follow suit.
Liam Neeson steps in for the late George Peppard as cigar-chewing Army Ranger John "Hannibal" Smith. Bradley Cooper has the looks and impish humor to overshadow Dirk Benedict as Templeton Peck, the Face Man. South Africa's Sharlto Copley (so good in District 9) channels Dwight Schultz's manic energy and then ups the ante as pilot Howling Mad Murdock, and mixed martial arts champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson brings the bling and the bluster as the Bad Attitude Baracus, flashing smiles Mr. T would never have considered.
All you need to know about the updated plot is that the team members are no longer dishonorably discharged Vietnam vets but good American soldiers in Iraq getting framed for a crime that, of course, they didn't commit. It's all an excuse for the stunts — watch for that flying tank! — and the macho banter. Copley and Jackson score best on that front. The Hollywood suits figure you'll overlook a movie's faults as long as the action has juice. Isn't it great when a plan comes together? |
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