It's safe to say I didn't have high hopes for The A-Team, the latest adaptation of the popular classic television series, now starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Quinton Jackson and Sharlto Copley as the titular band of rag-tags put together in unlikely circumstances, then thrust into missions which are called "ridiculous" even by their acquaintances. The trailers gave little away of the plot, filling me with worry that the majority of the action-fuelled flick would simply be based around explosions and gunfire. I needn't have worried: though that is the case, the execution here is stunning, with brilliant special effects, a fantastic script with hilarious jokes aplenty, and an enthusiastic cast send this up with Inception and Toy Story 3 as the big must-watch hits of Summer 2010. Cooper, fresh from his role in The Hangover, provides most of the comedy here from his first appearance, but Liam "Qui-Gon" Neeson also does a fine job of keeping up the gags without becoming silly. Like I mentioned, there's little plot to be found here, but what there is of it is finely crafted, and holds several neat twists around the halfway mark. Predictably, this means that the scenes where the action lets up for moments of romance and/or plot developments (sometimes these come hand-in-hand, another tribute to just how brilliant this film is), viewers may- like me- find themselves a little bored and longing for more danger, but that was always going to happen in a movie such as this, and at some point you'll find that all that waiting was worth it and even supposedly minor comments mean big things for the film's climax. Having seen this just a day after The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2/5), I can safely say it puts that Disney recreation to shame, making The A-Team the must-see action film of the year so far, and undoubtedly this summer! Go and see it now, fool!
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