Directed by Joe Carnahan, The A-Team starts off with 15 minutes of pure awesomeness, following Hannibal as he attempts to save Face (pun) and meets Murdock and B.A. for the first time, and then jumps 8 years and over 80 successful missions into the future. We meet Charisa Sosa (Jessica Biel), Lynch (Patrick Wilson) and Pike (Brian Bloom), all of who are trying to get the A-Team to obtain a series of plates used to produce American currency that were rebuilt in Iraq after the fall of Saddam.
The plot follows those plates as for the first time ever, Hannibal's plan doesn't go according to plan, and his team gets arrested and court martial-ed. After busting out of prison, the fugitives try and chase down the plates to clear their names and bring those responsible to justice.
Unfortunately, The A-Team hasn't made as much money as I would have liked it to make in order to guarantee a sequel, I am hoping that there will be one in the works soon. Carnahan, who also directed an underrated but quite good movie by the name of Smokin' Aces, makes sure that the pace is kept up and that there is no real downtime in between action or comedic sequences, which makes the movie go by pretty quick even though it clocks in at about 2 hours.
I really enjoyed the characters and Quinton Jackson does a great job even though he doesnt have a lot of acting expertise, then again this is Sharlto Copley's second major film. The cast has some serious chemistry, and they play off of each other pretty damn well, especially Jackson and Copley.
This is a solid 4 out of 5, and I hope that everyone go see it and experience the movie. It's probably not the best written movie that is out right now, especially with Toy Story 3 being released this week, but it really is a great popcorn movie and I recommend an ice cream right along with it as well.
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