Sorry, just not my cuppa. I did not find these versions of the A-Team characters particularly likeable. Some originals do not need to be remade, and this is one of them.

Many feel that because this movie A) isn’t set in the 80s, B) didn’t get the blessing of it’s costars (especially Mr.T) and C) doesn’t involve the team trying to help small business owners from thugs (of which there appearantly was a major problem of occurring in rural California) that this movie was awful and not faithful to the series.

True, it’s not about Vietnam Vets trying to clear their name. However, this movie is an origin story and it explains why the A-Team isn’t fighting for the little guy, yet. The movie does set up for this to happen if there ever will be a sequel (according to star Bradley Cooper, there will not.) I liked it. It had a lot of the humor and action of the original series. This Murdock is a perfect nutjob and I liked some of the plot twists.

There were some moments that I was ready or at least expecting the movie to end and until B.A.‘s character has to dodge falling cargo containers like Obi-Wan dodging asteroids in Attack of the Clones or Neo dodging fake bullets, the suspension of disbelief was pretty high. Also, Laim Neeson doesn’t do a very good job of hiding his accent, but that was more forgivable.

Very good fun- easy to watch at home instead of the theatres. Worth Consuming!

Growing up with only brothers and then marrying a man who loves war movies, I’ve been dragged to my fair share of action movies. This one, while long and definitely in need of some editing, was one of the more agreeable ones.

It was much more funny than I would have expected, the characters much more 3-dimensional than in the series, and it tried answering some of the questions about why the characters are why they are (e.g., why is BA afraid of flying). The bad guys were also entertaining—something that never happened on the series.

Someone told me if you liked The Hangover you’d like this movie. I think, if you liked The Hangover and you watched at least a few episodes of the A-Team in the 80s, you’ll probably like this film.

This film was all over the place, starting with the casting. Liam Niison (who I saw, six hours before this film, as a stuffy academic 1950s sex researcher, a much more fitting part) is paired with Bradley Cooper (okay, I can kind of buy that one) and a UFC fighter? Odd, no?

The plot was all over the place. There were obstacles put in the team’s way, over and over again, and while I would imagine there was meant to be an overall narrative arc, it was lost on me. Too many sudden stops and starts. It was like the story was being driven by a nervous sixteen year old testing for his license.

There were several action scenes where it wasn’t entirely obvious what was at stake. There was a terrible CGI scene at the end—terrible in that the CGI was gratuitous and obvious—not to mention the entire denouement was based on a shell game. In my opinion, narrative should aim to be clear above all else. Using the method of short-con doesn’t seem like the best way to satisfy an audience, but maybe it’s just me. Movies don’t seem to be financially viable these days without a twist, or, even better, lots of them.

Of course, I should say that I didn’t see The A-Team on television—before my time—nor did I choose to see this film. (Not my turn to pick.) Maybe I just didn’t have enough emotional attachment to the characters going in. But when Jon Hamm popped up at the end for a brief cameo as a CIA agent, I couldn’t help but wish that I’d spent the last two hours of my life watching a film based on that.