The A-Team

2010

The A-Team

Critics Consensus

The A-Team assembles a top-rate cast only to ditch the show's appealingly silly premise for explosive yet muddled blockbuster filmmaking.

48%

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Total Count: 211

66%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 199,262

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Movie Info

Director Joe Carnahan resurrects the popular 1980s-era action series with this explosive reboot following the adventures of four Iraq War veterans who begin a second career as mercenaries for hire. Col. John "Hannibal" Smith (Liam Neeson), Templeton "Face" Peck (Bradley Cooper), B.A. Baracus (Quinton "Rampage" Jackson), and H.M. "Howlin' Mad" Murdock (Sharlto Copley) are a group of former Special Forces operatives who have been fighting the good fight for eight years when they're sentenced to military prison for a crime they didn't commit. Breaking out with relative ease, they embark on a treacherous quest to clear their names while being hunted across the globe by Charissa Sosa (Jessica Biel), a high-ranking military officer and one of Face's many former lovers. Meanwhile, mysterious CIA operative Lynch (Patrick Wilson) offers tips that help point the federal fugitives in the right direction, which seems to lead straight to former military contractor Pike (Brian Bloom), who may have been responsible for setting them up in the first place. Just when it seems that the A-Team has all the evidence needed to prove their innocence, however, they discover that their latest mission is just getting started. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Cast

Liam Neeson
as Hannibal Smith
Bradley Cooper
as Templeton 'Faceman' Peck
Sharlto Copley
as H.M. 'Howlin' Mad' Murdock
Jessica Biel
as Charissa Sosa
Patrick Wilson
as Lynch
Gerald McRaney
as General Morrison
C. Ernst Harth
as Gilbert
Henry Czerny
as Director McCready
Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
as B.A. Baracus
Yul Vázquez
as General Javier Tuco
Brian Bloom
as Pike
Maury Sterling
as Gammons
Terry Chen
as Ravech
Omari Hardwick
as Chopshop Jay
David Hugghins
as Oskar Shunt
Jacob Blair
as Agent Blair
Rad Daly
as Agent Daly
Kyle Riefsnyder
as Agent Kyle
Andrew Coghlan
as Army Hospital Attendant
James O'Sullivan
as Army Hospital Courier
Stefan Arngrim
as Crazy Howard Little
Christian Tessier
as Tahoe Prison Deputy
William Stewart
as Tahoe Inmate #1
Marc-Anthony Massiah
as Tahoe Inmate #2
Kwesi Ameyaw
as Dutch Customs Agent #1
Robert Conway
as Dutch Customs Agent #2
Gardiner Millar
as Prison Warden
Anita Brown
as Attractive Prison Guard
Alex Madison
as General Tuco's Wife
Benny Hernandez
as Mexican Captor #1
Jimmy Ortega
as Mexican Captor #2
Bo Anzo
as Mike 'The Operator'
Neil Schell
as Army Meddac Hospital XO
Leah Carnahan
as Army Meddac Nurse
Michael St. John Smith
as Cemetary Chaplain
Shaw Madson
as Station Polizei
Katie Boskovich
as FOB French Reporter
Tony Ali
as Morrison's Arab Goon #1
Sam Radjinia
as Morrison's Arab Goon #2
Billy Wickman
as Flight Control Tech
Brendan Penny
as C130J Pilot #1
Jeanne-Melanie Haasbroek
as Army Hospital Therapist Elke
Tom Butler
as Judge Advocate #1
John Carnahan
as Judge Advocate #2
Charles Cooper
as Judge Advocate #3
Dirk Benedict
as Pensacola Prisoner Milt
Dwight Schultz
as German Doctor #1
Don Knodel
as German Doctor #2
Natalie L. James
as Lynch Secretary
Vince Murdocco
as Pike Goon #1
Fraser Aitcheson
as Pike Goon #2
Jason Schombing
as Flight Control Commander
Stephane Fromont
as Gate Guard
Frank Maier
as German Fisherman
Anne Maier
as German Wife
Hitesh Jogia
as Iraqi Liaison #1
Marwan Al-Shami
as Iraqi Liaison #2
Ali Bordbar
as Iraqi Liaison #3
Jennifer Cheon
as Lynch Woman
Peter Fletcher
as Police Captain
Alfred Jajjo
as Mint Worker
Jon Michael Johnson
as Honor Guard
Craig Loblaw
as Police Detective
Patrick Merle
as Frankfurt Police Officer
Julian Paul
as Prison MP
Rafael Pellerin
as Soccer Kid
Ralph Shaw
as Ukulele Performer
Darin Wong
as Killer Operative
Corey Burton
as Narrator
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Critic Reviews for The A-Team

All Critics (211) | Top Critics (43)

  • Joe Carnahan's movie is loud and vulgar and disorienting, but also an exhilarating kind of fun.

    Aug 3, 2010 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

    Nick Curtis

    London Evening Standard
    Top Critic

  • The A-Team's cocktail of convoluted scheming, smirking one-liners, and unabashed mayhem is unsurprisingly well-suited to its demands. But it's still junk. Surely we've moved on?

    Jul 8, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Andrew Pulver

    Guardian
    Top Critic

  • No oneâ(TM)s coming to a big-screen version of the lunkheaded TV show expecting The Hurt Locker. But would it have killed the editors to let a single shot breathe for more than two seconds?

    Jul 6, 2010 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

    Joshua Rothkopf

    Time Out
    Top Critic

  • Had the action sequences been better framed and presented, this might have been one of the summer's mindless high points. As it is, it's a passable diversion.

    Jul 6, 2010 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

    James Berardinelli

    ReelViews
    Top Critic

  • Let's just be thankful that Carnahan, instead of redoing "The A-Team," didn't remake "Gandhi." The Ganges would have run red. Pacifism is for wussies.

    Jun 18, 2010 | Rating: C- | Full Review…

    Peter Rainer

    Christian Science Monitor
    Top Critic

  • I was not charmed by it.

    Jun 14, 2010

    A.O. Scott

    At the Movies
    Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for The A-Team

  • May 15, 2018
    I never watched the original TV series, beyond a vague awareness of Mr. T I knew literally nothing about it. Which meant that I couldn't feel like this reboot was letting me down, but I also was in no way ingratiated with the franchise. Seemed like the positives and negatives of going in blind like that sort of cancelled each other out, and that's pretty much the attitude I've got to the movie itself. There was cool stuff, there was some lame stuff, and all in all they levelled themselves out for a pretty average movie-watching experience.
    Gimly M Super Reviewer
  • Jun 26, 2016
    Based on the TV series of the same name, The A-Team features the same characters as they become fugitives and try to prove their innocence. Neeson, Cooper, Copley and the rest of the cast were great, particularly Wilson who plays the villain (ridiculously underrated actor). The action was great, albeit completely over the top most of the time (especially 'flying a tank'...who even thought of that!?). However the plot is very forgettable and didn't keep me invested or hooked. The script was witty with some good one-liners which harks back to the television series. The final act of the film at the dockyard was abit silly, but hey...it's an over the top action film and it delivers.
    Luke A Super Reviewer
  • Mar 11, 2016
    Better than I expected after the show was silly and way over hyped, The casting choice was brilliant and they all acted their parts well, some very over the top action scenes but they were very fun, Funny humour, Maybe the story had too much going on at times and the effects will soon look dated but it's mindless fun that lifelong fans and newcomers to The A-Team should enjoy.
    Jamie C Super Reviewer
  • Jul 23, 2013
    This television-series-adaption is nothing but action, explosions, bland storylines and cliched humor. It does possess a strikingly strong cast of heroes (Neeson, Cooper, Rampage, Copley) but it doesn't get the job done as the film is a excessive exaggeration of the TV show. 3.5/5
    Eugene B Super Reviewer
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