The A-Team (2010)

A group of Iraq War veterans look to clear their name with the U.S. Military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.

Director:

Joe Carnahan

Writers:

Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Neeson	...	Hannibal
Bradley Cooper	...	Face
Jessica Biel	...	Charissa Sosa
Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson	...	B.A. Baracus
Sharlto Copley	...	Murdock
Patrick Wilson	...	Lynch
Gerald McRaney	...	General Morrison
Henry Czerny	...	Director McCready
Yul Vazquez	...	General Javier Tuco (as Yul Vázquez)
Brian Bloom	...	Pike
Maury Sterling	...	Gammons
Terry Chen	...	Ravech
Omari Hardwick	...	Chopshop Jay
David Hugghins	...	Oskar Shunt
Jacob Blair	...	Agent Blair

Storyline

Four American soldiers who are in Iraq are sent on a mission to recover plates for printing 100 dollar bills that were used to print a billion dollars. After doing the job and returning to the base their commanding officer is killed in an explosion and the plates are stolen by another operative. They would be court martialed and sent to different prisons. 6 months later, the leader, Hannibal Smith is visited by a CIA spook who tells him he knows where the man who took the plates is and wants him and his men to recover it. So he helps him escape and he breaks out the others and they go after the plates. But after doing it, they discover that the spook might not be ok. And a military intelligence officer who was involved with one of them is pursuing them.

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Plot Keywords:

cia agent | prison escape | based on tv series | prison | captain | 

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Taglines:

If there's a problem...If no one else can help...And if you can find them...

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence throughout, language and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

20th Century Fox [United States] Official Facebook

Country:

USA UK

Language:

English Spanish French Swahili German

Release Date:

11 June 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

The A-Team

Filming Locations:

192 St & 32 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$25,669,455, 13 June 2010

Gross USA:

$77,222,099

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$177,238,796

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min 133 min (extended cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The gunship that takes the A-Team under fire in their hideout at the lake is a "Lockheed AC-130 Spectre", a modified version of the C-130 cargo plane. It usually carries a medium caliber Gatling gun and various larger ordnance. The same aircraft was used in Transformers (2007).

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Goofs

There are numerous errors in the use of automobile airbags in the film. Contrary to the dialogue about them, they do not "fire on impact," but are triggered electrically by a computer responding to external deceleration sensors. Simply attaching loose airbags to any object, without a controller or power supply, will not enable them to fire later.

They are also vented to cushion the impact and prevent bounce-back of a person hitting them, meaning that they deflate almost immediately. Even if they did not, their inflated volume would be nowhere near enough to provide buoyancy to any kind of a vehicle in water.

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Quotes

Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith: Mike
Mike 'The Operator': Boss man. How the hell are you?
Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith: Still chewing the same dirt?
Mike 'The Operator': I am, unfortunately, and out here in lovely Mexico.
Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith: Good. So, what have you got for me?
Mike 'The Operator': I got a fast bird doing pizza runs. Call sign is "Hatchet", and that is wherever you want it to be.
Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck: Shoot anything that moves, ok? This is worse than Colombia.
Mike 'The Operator': I know Tuco, man. Don't worry about it. And you're covered in gas, which I think it's interesting.

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Crazy Credits

The The A-Team (1983) theme song plays at the end of the closing credits.

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Alternate Versions

UK theatrical version was cut to achieve a "12A" rating.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Surprising Original Actor Appearances in Remakes (2016)

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Soundtracks

ANARCHY IN THE UK (GUITAR HERO VERSION)
Written by Glen Matlock, Paul Cook (as Paul Thomas Cook), Steve Jones (as Stephen Philip Jones) and John Lydon
Performed by Sex Pistols (as Sex Pistols)
Courtesy of SPR US, LLC and Virgin Records Ltd.
Under license from Sex Pistols Residuals

User Reviews

Face, you have nothing to worry about

I remember first hearing about this. Cautious optimism was among my immediate reactions. Later, I caught a trailer(on that, do not think for a second that you saw all the good stuff, there's plenty they didn't give away). I was still not sure what to think. Then I watched it tonight. I enjoyed every single frame. No, I'm not kidding, this works from the very start and never loses you. I love the show, and this pays a lot of respect to it(at times, a tad much... early on, Neeson's every other line contains the word "plan"), and this not only nails the four characters(who all get an unforgettable introduction each, and several individual heroic moments), it doesn't merely imitate, but builds and slightly reinterprets to update them. They are played rather well; Liam looks like he was born with that cigar in his mouth, Bradley genuinely is charming and suave, Sharlto(from District 9; he reverts to his dialect here and there) comes across as a lunatic without that making us dislike him, and Jackson... well, he looks cool, he's not asked to do anything he can't handle, and he's certainly got more charisma than any other wrestlers on the silver screen(or Vin Diesel). The acting is in general marvelous, and every role is well-cast. Everybody is a bad-ass in this(on/off at least), and that does get old every now and then. Biel is largely eye-candy(as is all other females in this), though we know that she can do this kind of thing, and she doesn't let us down. The dialog wants to be as clever and full of banter as 2008's Iron Man, and this leads to it trying too hard some(with that said, two thirds of it works perfectly, and it's not a complete buzz-kill when it doesn't). It is hilarious a lot of the time, and the half-full theater I was in all clearly got a kick out of it. This is two hours of pure fun with non-stop, awesome action that doesn't repeat itself, with shoot-outs, chases and fights. It's not realistic, and it's not meant to be. The plans are *brilliant* and seeing them gather materials for them is a blast. This keeps to an immensely fast pace, without overwhelming us, and it fits in plenty of well-thought out plot(that doesn't confuse, in spite of twists and such, that hold up). The script is by the guy who did Wolverine, Swordfish and Hit-man and a rookie; however, maybe because of help from the director(who I've only seen one other thing by, his outstanding The Hire short), they turn in something magnificent. FX are plentiful(occasionally overshadowing the people... be careful, Carnahan), and excellent with a few brief poor bits. The editing is tight, cinematography stylish. While it's black and white, switch-off-your-brain-at-the-door, Hollywood popcorn flick, it doesn't claim or attempt to be anything else, and it's an utterly well-made and re-watchable one at that. There is a little strong language and brutality to the violence in this(no blood). I recommend this to fans of the television series who don't have impossible-to-reach expectations, and everyone who can get into a movie that just entertains you for a solid 120 minutes. 8/10