Big screen action adventure spin-off from the popular 1980s TV series. Four Iraq war veterans, led by Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith (Liam Neeson), on the run from the US military who suspect them of committing a crime, set about trying to clear their names. Becoming mercenaries and employing a wide range of uniquely offensive skills mixed in with a healthy dose of eccentric behaviour, Smith and his cohorts, 'Faceman' Peck (Bradley Cooper), 'Howling Mad' Murdock (Sharlto Copley) and 'B.A.' Baracus (Quinton Jackson), set out to right the wrong done to them by any means necessary - and some that aren't - all the while pursued by military tracker Charisa Sosa (Jessica Biel).
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The tag line for this modern-day film version revamp of the 80s cult classic TV series The A-Team proclaims: "There ...
The tag line for this modern-day film version revamp of the 80s cult classic TV series The A-Team proclaims: "There is No Plan B". Well, when a film is this unashamedly fun then who needs one?The cerebral leader Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith (Liam Neeson), playboy Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck (Bradley Cooper), tough guy Cpl. Bosco 'B.A.' Baracus (Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson) and the raving lunatic Murdock (Sharlto Copley) are a group of Iraq War veterans who in their eight years and 80 missions together have become an asset to the US military.Yet, after a slanderous double-crossing gets the quartet wrongfully sent to prison they are forced to strike a deal with the nefarious CIA mouthpiece Lynch (Patrick Wilson) to clear their name. The only problem is, do they still have what it takes? B.A. has decided to lead a life of tolerance, while Hannibal isn't getting any younger and they have a highly peeved former Captain (Jessica Biel) on their tail. To pull off a mission like this will require their greatest plan yet; thankfully, they just really love it when a plan comes together.In traditional A-Team fashion, let's not pull any punches here: this film has its flaws. Gaping plot holes, dodgy accents (hello, Sharlto Copley), a mumbling charisma vacuum in the form of the new B.A. - flaws that would make most films suffer the ignominy of being expensive flops. The A-Team, however, should avoid this fate on the strength of a gloriously enjoyable turn by Liam Neeson who is a perfect fit for Hannibal, action sequences that will leave you breathless and editing so hard and fast that two hours' worth of raucous enjoyment flies past. The A-Team doesn't dwell for long on drama, but rather plays to its strengths by unravelling brilliantly orchestrated action scenes in a glorious celebration of testosterone-fuelled entertainment. Pity the fool that doesn't find this fun.
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After all the hype, the counter-hype, the teaser trailers and the lack of press screenings and publicity, Gus Van Sant's ...
After all the hype, the counter-hype, the teaser trailers and the lack of press screenings and publicity, Gus Van Sant's reappraisal of Hitchcock's masterpiece is a big disappointment. Vince Vaughn is hopelessly miscast as Norman Bates (now a limp-wristed, giggling young man who isn't the least bit threatening), the mummy's boy who gives Anne Heche's fraudulent secretary a fright in the shower. The addition of a masturbation scene is made even more awful by some very suspect sound effects, but on the whole this is pretty close to the original. The famed shower scene is something of a washout in the new version, spiced up slightly for the '90s with shots of Heche's flesh hither and thither. Not so, much Psycho as Mildly Demented.
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