Finally....a decent 2010 summer movie. June and May (after Iron Man) have been atrocious. I wanted to really, really love this movie but in the end, I just really enjoyed it. I can't gauge exactly how faithful the film version is to the TV show because the original A-Team is a distant memory but the tone - humor and action - seemed consistent and it worked (for the most part). With the exception of a horrendous final set piece (see negatives), the action was pretty good. Just what you'd come to expect from a summer popcorn movie. Where this works and something like GI JOE or Transformers doesn't work is that this film doesn't take itself seriously and it doesn't overreach with a convoluted plot.

The action may have been good but the humor was even better. Casting District 9's Sharlto Copley as Murdock was pure genius. He was easily the highlight of the film. While Rampage's B.A. was average at best, his relationship with Murdock was awesome. To round out the team, Bradley Cooper was fantastic as Face and Liam Neeson's Hannibal was...awkward at best. Neeson's American accent wasn't as bad here as it was in Taken, but I just couldn't buy him in this role. Honestly, he was the only actor in the team that felt like a caricature of the original. If this was an "original" role, I could have bought it. Rounding out the cast was the horrendous Jessica Biel (but really....what actress could have pulled off that role?) and the very funny Patrick Wilson and Brian Bloom. Bloom and Wilson were real surprises and while their acting may be too hammy for some people, I thoroughly enjoyed every line of their dialog. I spent all this ink on casting because that's where the meat is - the characters and their relationships. The story takes a backseat. (6/15/2010)

Gort's review pretty much nails it on the head. Go in expecting your typical summer blockbuster and I don't think you'll be disappointed. go in expecting a Michael Bay summer movie and you might be thoroughly impressed. (6/15/2010)