- Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Region: Region 1 U.S. and Canada only.
- Number of discs: 1
- Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Studio: 20th Century Fox
- DVD Release Date: December 14, 2010
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The A-Team
DVD Review
Starring: Liam
Neeson, Bradley Copper, Jessica Biel, Quinion ‘Rampage’ Jackson,
Sharlio Copley, Patrick Wilson
Running time: 113m
Reviewed by Peter
Veugelaers © 2010
Bradley Copper as Face, for
reasons which have everything to do with his acting ability, is
squared off with an agent who used to be his girlfriend (Jessica
Biel), but I wondered where he got the time between tours of duties.
Her antagonism towards him makes for the first sign of tangible
conflict and that after a lengthy opening.
The team is soldiers of fortune
who cut their teeth on missions for the American military and this
one involves U.S. dollar plates in Baghdad, circa 2003. Money,
money, money, CIA, double-cross, and amorality.
Not much needs to be explained
further as you will gather if you happen to follow the complicating
plot. It becomes a drag. Except to say that the pivot in the story
is when the a-team is disowned and imprisoned by their people for a
crime they did not commit when on this mission. They want to clear
their names and vengeance is on the mind of Hannibal (Liam Neeson).
The team simmers rather than
ignites although the odd humorous moment’s spark, like when a
serious tone of military endeavor is off-set by “frat” behavior.
The A-Team
is free spirited and the action is not serious, which rarely applies
to itself, and when it does go serious it is quietly thought
provoking.
The plot is heavy, though – with
flourishes of broad, sometimes over-the-top action, particularly
good at the start with its introductory expose of the a-team – but
you’re kept at a distance unlike the 1980s TV series.
It’s always a challenge to make a
good cover-up cum set-up action film. Alas, this falls short in
producing that and in capturing the old mould.
The A-Team Trailer:
They were a foursome revered by
high school kids. Hannibal Smith, B.A. Baracus,
Murdock and Face - and everyone had a favorite.
Memorably, someone had to pick Mr. T, the actor
behind Baracus, and everyone identified, or was
given, a character that fitted. The new batch of
actors playing these now old hats has shoes to
fill, indeed, except if you’re fifteen and don’t
have a clue who Mr. T is.
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