I saw this on a friend’s recommendation after reading mostly negative reviews–”big dumb fun,” he called it and I agreed after seeing it. The original 1980s television series it was based on was never big on logic or realism but that’s what made the idea of an elite group of army Rangers, pulling off elaborate missions for hire while fugitives from an unjust military sentence fun–the joie de vivre of a plan coming together perfectly if explosively. The new film probably cost more than the entire run of the series and has great replacements for the original cast, especially the surprisingly effective casting of usually serious Liam Neeson as happy warrior and strategic genius Hannibal Smith. If you’re unfamiliar with the series, I recommend you watch several episodes on Netflix’s streaming service to warm up your laughing muscles before the incendiary entertainment of The A-Team.
July 4, 2010
Mini-Movie Review: The A-Team
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