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The A-Team
Big screen version of the classic '80s, fool-pitying, TV show. The Hangover's Bradley Cooper will play Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck, Liam Neeson is Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith, District 9's Sharlto Copley is Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock and former mixed-martial-arts fighter Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson is B.A. Baracus.
The group of Iraq War Special Forces veterans-turned-mercenaries look to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect of them of war crimes. After escaping from a military prison, Peck, Smith and Baracus join forces with Captain Murdock, their reconnaissance pilot, as soldiers of fortune.
Starring Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson, Jessica Biel, Sharlto Copley, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson , Patrick Wilson
Directed by Joe Carnahan ('Narc', 'Smokin' Aces')
Written by Michael Brandt, Stephen J. Cannell (based on the TV series created by Derek Haas and Skip Woods)
Comedy, Adventure, Adaptation, Action | 1hr 58mins | Rated (M) | Contains Violence | Origin: USA | Official Site »
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Joe Carnahan’s amusing, enjoyably over-the-top adaptation of the ‘80s TV show reminds me of his previous film, Smoking Aces, in terms of wacky lunacy combined with heavy ammunition. As a stand-alone film, The A-Team won’t last in the memory – the story is a thin backdrop for some character-based comedy – but it does a good job of creating a strong sense of camaraderie between the titular team.
It’s the performances that make it work, especially Neeson (the guy is one of Hollywood’s genuine stars and don’t you forget it) and The Hangover’s Bradley Cooper, who displays some smooth comic timing. District 9’s prawn-prodder Sharlto Copley is just as lovably loony here, even though he finds his South African accent hard to shake. Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson has the right looks for B.A. Baracus, although he doesn’t get as many good one-liners as the others.
There are many nods to the TV show – B.A.’s fear of flying, Murdock with a sock puppet – some of the landscapes and locations even have an appealing on-the-cheap look, and there are plenty of choppers performing gravity-defying stunts. Carnahan’s movie doesn’t take itself seriously at all, which adds to the lightweight charm of what is essentially Charlie’s Angels with balls.
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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Bored out of my mind during this spectacle, I found my attention wandering to the subject of physics.
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Christchurch Press (Margaret Agnew)
Brought up by a TV critic father, my sisters and I were never allowed to watch rubbish like The A-Team on telly when we were growing up.
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Hollywood Reporter
The film seems nearly writer-free. Absolutely no time gets wasted on story, character development or logic.
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Los Angeles Times
An underwhelming experience. I pity the fool, as TV star Mr. T might say, who mistakes this for genuine entertainment.
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New York Times
The obstacle that the director Joe Carnahan and his colleagues failed to clear was finding the right self-mocking tone for a movie that was, by the looks of it, too expensive to risk real laughs.
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NZ Herald (Francesca Rudkin)
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You've got to love it when a plan comes together - this is a lot of fun.
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Rolling Stone (USA)
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.
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TVNZ (Darren Bevan)
4
So this new version of The A Team is to be applauded; a faithful, straight and relatively intelligent action thriller which will appeal to fans new and ol
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Variety (USA)
Best enjoyed (a la the "Mission: Impossible" franchise) by simply admiring the explosions and silliness without dwelling too much on the skeletal plot.
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