The A-Team

It seemed like there was a lot of hype for this movie, and we were excited to see it. We even watched a few episodes of the old 80's tv series on Netflix to prepare. Unfortunately we didn't feel that it lived up to all of the hype. There were some decent action scenes, but it wasn't anything too impressive. What do you think of when you think of the A-Team? I think of building ridiculous weapons like turning a school bus into a tank or making a hearse with a pop out coffin that has a man in it shooting a machine gun. There was planning and building, but nothing like that. And the other thing I think of when I think the A-Team is helping other people out which they did none of. The whole time they were just helping themselves out. And the A-Team van was in the movie for like 5 minutes. You might say that this movie is a prequel to the TV show, so it’s not supposed to have all that stuff. Robin Hood was also an origin story that is very different than the original story, but it still managed to have some robbing from the rich to give to the poor. And I could forgive all of the differences from the TV show if like Robin Hood, at the end of the day, it was a great movie, but it’s not. I hated how franticly this movie was edited. There was no need to go back and forth between the plan and the mission. That was just annoying. There was no need for BA to act like he's peaceful. That was so stupid when he took his hat off. We already knew he cut his hair. And Gandhi said violence is ok so it must be. Dumb. And why did Bradley Cooper need to have his shirt off the whole movie? And why was it necessary that his character, Face, need to do the plan at the end of the movie? Liam Neeson's character, Hannibal, can't come up with a plan that actually works, but Face does. Why? Because Bradley Cooper is the hot young actor. And Liam Neeson was way too serious for this role. The only good thing about this movie is the guy who played Murdock. He was great; in fact, I thought he was better than the original. If you want to see a very similar movie that's more fun and much more well done, go see The Losers. The old 80's show was cheesy and over the top, but we still didn't think that this movie compared to the old show. We would say at the most redbox it. 5/10