
Variety
Best enjoyed (a la the "Mission: Impossible" franchise) by simply admiring the explosions and silliness without dwelling too much on the skeletal plot.
Full reviewBig 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.
LessBest enjoyed (a la the "Mission: Impossible" franchise) by simply admiring the explosions and silliness without dwelling too much on the skeletal plot.
Full reviewSo 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
Full reviewThe 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.
Full reviewIt'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.
Full reviewBored out of my mind during this spectacle, I found my attention wandering to the subject of physics.
Full reviewYou've got to love it when a plan comes together - this is a lot of fun.
Full reviewAn underwhelming experience. I pity the fool, as TV star Mr. T might say, who mistakes this for genuine entertainment.
Full reviewThe film seems nearly writer-free. Absolutely no time gets wasted on story, character development or logic.
Full reviewBrought 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.
Full reviewThe A-Team is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Disney+.
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