In the Theatre with Kevin Murphy - The A-Team - 20th Century Fox

If you need to see a kick ass movie this summer and nothing else good is playing than you should go see; The A - Team. For those readers who are too young to remember the A – Team were the pinnacle of 80's television. At first I thought this film would be a sad knock off because its based off the original classical show with different actors. But when you look at it from my point of view these guys are just as perfect for our generation as they were for the last.

In the middle of the Iraq War the A Team is a highly regarded combat force serving the USA military, until their final mission when the Iraqi's are planning on shipping counterfeit US currency and their job is to make sure it doesn't enter Bagdad or else. The plan is initially successful until their commanding officer (who was the one who authorized the mission) is killed and the boys are arrested and stripped of their rank. Later on they break each other out and plan to clear their name in the sweetest fashion; revenge.

I didn't watch much of The A – Team when I was younger for two very important reasons; It was way past my bed time when they were airing reruns and there is no way in hell my mum would let me watch it. But now that I'm older I can watch whatever I want, which Is what the movies about; doing what you want and doing it your way instead of the way everyone else thinks it should be done. I think the buddy chemistry in this film is great because it has four guys that have something special to bring to their group and can overcome most obstacles and how each one individually grows or shrinks on the other three. Liam Neeson is without a doubt terrific as Hannibal, if you give any part to him from a Jedi to a talking lion he will get a good sense of it and give the audience whatever they want, which will leave them impressed. The other three members were good but not great, Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Coplay played their roles good but I didn't see much development from either of them and the relationship between the Bradley Cooper and Jessica Biel characters is just so boring and it completely slows down the plot. My opinion on Quinton “Rampage” Jackson is this; He's just the shoe shin boy in the presence of the great Mr. T. I pity the fool who upstage Mr. T.

The other characters in this film arnt much to talk about, their about as boring as any supporting characters can get, most of them are too predictable in their involvement with the plot and don't give much chemistry to either themselves or the A – Team. I was a bit peeved that they set the movie during the Iraq War over the Vietnam was which is when the movie originally took place. But lets not forget this movie has been remade to fit OUR time so it makes better sense to set the movie now over then.

Overall I think The A – Team is a good movie but not a great one and it could have done better in terms of supporting characters and talking after its sources more seriously, but still the movie is an action packed thriller and the perfect buddy film of the year, (just make sure you or your best friend dont bring any girls with ya).

My Rating: 3/4 Shamrocks