Yes, the A-team movie. I saw it. Personally, I was not necessarily transported back to the ’80s, but I must say, the formula was spot-on as a feature film-length A-Team Episode. It fairly blatantly set up sequels and, given the genre, could easily make zillions of them, because, as with the TV version, basically its 4 slightly screwed up individuals working together to accomplish the ridiculous with a minimum loss of life. I was somewhat disappointed in the fact that it seems a fair number of “miscellaneous” bad guys had to actually get killed (As opposed to the TV version when you saw at least a brief glimpse of every shot-at bad-guy getting away…)… And the whole “B.A. finds spirituality” sub-plot was a bit distracting, though, I like how it added depth to his character and could be used again effectively. Face and Murdoch were also given greater depth, and I felt that though Hannibal was given tremendous deference by the team, I felt as though he was a bit to Qui-gon-i in his delivery and the film’s treatment of him.
Over all, it was the roller coaster ride of action I had hoped for with all the corn and ridiculousness needed to make it… the A-Team (*queue music: “BRATATATAT!!…”)
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