My Rating: 6/10 Should have been 5. You can thank Jessica Biel for that extra point ;)
DEAR HOLLYWOOD PLEASE CAN YOU RUIN MY OTHER FAVOURITE 80’s SHOWS: AIRWOLF, KNIGHTRIDER, MAGUYVER...
Three things made this film; first - Sharlto Copley was perfectly cast as Murdoch, so good to see him back in action since the amazing District 9, second - there were shit loads of explosions from start to finish that gave you the feel of an 80’s action film even though it was lacking the charm of one and finally last but certainly not least – JESSICA BIEL, any film featuring this goddess gets an extra point from me, I’ve watched some god awful shit just because she was in it – Blade Trinity springs to mind – what a pile of steaming crap that was, but she’s worth it every time :S
The film itself isn’t that bad (yeah I know I’m surprised too) – opening up with a prologue of how the whole gang met, we’re introduced to Hannibal cuffing some dogs together for some kinky fun (sick fuck), B.A beating up people and shouting “fool” a lot because that’s a cool 80’s thing to do :/ - Face boning some guys wife who is about to fuck him over good and proper until Hannibal and B.A turn up and then the three amigos team up with Murdoch in a Mexican nuthouse whose currently stitching and burning people and then goes onto stealing the hospitals helicopter and gets them back to American soil after a five minute battle in the skies with some dirty Mexicans - phew.
The main story is set 8 years later the whole gang are still together – veterans of the Iraq war, that has finally come to an end as the U.S troops are being pulled out – needless to say the fantastic four are called in for one final mission that goes tits up – they’re set up for a crime they didn’t commit – blah blah blah, you know how it goes.
Like I said the film isn’t complete dog shit like some of the other turds I’ve seen this year – but it has the same exact story that I’ve seen a thousand times before – do a mission, get set-up, go on the run, try to clear their names – it probably didn’t help that I watched “The Shooter” the night before which had the same plot and that’s my main gripe with this film – it’s your average action film disguised as the A-Team with Jessica Biel thrown in for good measure.
Onto the casting – like I said earlier Copley was ace as Murdoch, Liam Neeson made an OK Hannibal, Bradley Cooper as Face had none of the coolness and swarve Dirk Benedict had and comes over as a complete cock. “Rampage” Jackson as B.A - well was downright shit, but I’ll let him off – after all he had the toughest job of the lot to live up to Mr T’s portrayal – as he did make the original show and Jessica Biel as hottie – yep she played that role pretty damn well.
All in all if it had been a better and more original story to bring life back into the A-Team maybe the guys would have come across better in their portrayals as our favourite 80’s tea time heroes.
MAGNUM’S VERDICT: Who gives a fuck it has Jessica Biel in it – why are you not watching it already!!!
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