A-Team Review

The A-Team is a 2010 action film based around 4 elite army member John "Hannibal" Smith, Templeton "Face" Peck, Bosco Albert "B.A" Baracus and H.M "Howling Mad" Murdoch. The Film Stars Liam Neeson (Schindlers List), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Quinton Jackson (Miss March) and Sharlto Copey (District 9). The film is also directed by Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces).

From the first scene you can pretty much sum up what this film is going to be about, action after action and explosion after explosion. The reason this works so well is because the actors, who are all critically acclaimed, live up to their reputations! Another thing good about the film is the comic relief that Copey bring to the table. Copey is a hidden gem in this film with some of the funniest and best scenes in the film. Cooper also impressed me in this film. Having only seen him in comedies and Rom-Com's I wasn't sure what to expect from him in an action film, but he sure delivered with a performance that blew away all my expectations. For Jackson's big blockbuster debut he did a really good job. He added comedy to the film in scenes such as where there trying to make him fly when they have not had time to inject him to knock him out for the journey. A downside to his performance was he lacked thee aggression to the character that Mr.T had. Neeson gave a good performance Demonstrating the acting skills that got him to where he is today.

The Amount of action shown in this film seems to disguise the fact that the story is very weak and has more twists and turns than you can follow. The film also has a rather dry performance from Jessica Biel as Charisa Sosa, when she try's to do romantic scenes with cooper she seems to look not in love at all. Her performance on the whole is bad. The films running time of 118 minutes is also a downside to the film.


All in all I have more good things to say than bad about the film. My opinion is if you want a film with a good story and plot, Go and see inception. If you want to see a comedy, go see toy story 3. But if you want a bloody good action film go see the A-Team.

3 1/2 out of 5 Stars.