The A-Team

The A-Team is an action comedy based on the hit 80's T.V series of the same name. The film stars Liam Neeson who plays Hannibal, Bradley Cooper who plays Face, Quinton Jackson who plays B.A Baracus and Sharlto Copley who plays Murdock as The A-Team, an elite alpha unit of the US army, who are wrongly convicted of a crime and sent to secure military prisons for 10 years and dishonourably discharged.

As the T.V series off of the 80's was a little before my time and I only really knew the basic ins and outs of what it was all about I went into this film with an open mind, hoping to have an impartial view and not make too many comparisons with the original, and after watching the trailer before hand the film looked to have promise. From what I can figure the film goes back to the beginning before our heroes have met and the opening sequence is where this happens. Then it jumps '8 years and 80 successful missions later' where the team is a regarded as one of the best clandestine units stationed in Iraq. The team are then framed for stealing US treasury plates and sentenced. After 6 months they all break out of prison in an attempt to clear their names and get re-instated.

I must say overall I really enjoyed this film, it doesn't take itself to seriously and has a good blend of humour and action that makes it a very good action comedy. It stays true to the original characters but is brought up to date and this works really well. The stand out performance for me is that of Sharlto Copley who had me laughing throughout, but I feel all the actors put in reasonably good performances and the chemistry between them all is also quite good. If you want to see a straight to the point action flick with good humour and witty one liners then this is definately for you.