Sunday, June 13, 2010

A-Team: Flying The Tank

Official Site:www.ateam-movie.com
Director(s):Joe Carnahan
Writer(s): Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom
Producer(s):Stephen J. Cannell,Jules Daly, Ridley Scott,Tony Scott, Spike Seldin,Iain Smith,Alex Young.

Starring:Liam Neeson,Bradley Cooper,Jessica Biel,Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson,Sharlto Copley,
Gerald McRaney,Brian Bloom. (IMDb). PG-13, 1hr, 57 min.

Hannibal, B.A Baracus, Face, and Murdock, were brought together by a series of circumstances driven by fate, to become what is known as the A-Team. However, after successfully completing a mission that required them to return stolen currency plates used for printing US money, the A-Team was dismantled and falsely convicted of stealing the very same plates they supposedly returned. Imprisonment was not a mighty foe for Hannibal's acumen in planning. With the help of a suspicious CIA agent, Hannibal escaped from prison, and freed the rest of his Rangers to seek justice by clearing their name.

The casting was commendable. The group of actors selected for their respective roles were superb in portraying each A-Team member as they are traditionally known. My favorite was Murdock. I'm not familiar with Sharlto Copley as an actor but he played Murdock well.

The pace of the film was just right, with absolutely no lag. There was something significant occurring in every scene. The plot was clear, but slightly complex, but none the less still clear. Yes, a lot things blew up in this film, but this was not a completely inane action flick. A-Team had a measure of depth that was manifested in one scene where Hannibal sardonically criticized Pike, one of the two main antagonists, for being a member of "Black Forest", a private military company, supposedly a reference to Black Water. With very creative action scenes, and unyielding humor, A-Team lived up to the hype. According to metacritic the film received generally mixed or average reviews. Rottentomatoes granted the film 63 fresh tomatoes to 59 rotten ones. Awesome action flick, I'll grade it an 89. Stay tuned movieporium.blogspot.com.


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