A-Team: Blu-Ray/Digital Copy Combo: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Review by JAM
Framed for a crime they did not commit, an elite Army Ranger unit that specializes in the improbable takes on the impossible to attempt to clear their name. John “Hannibal” Smith (Liam Neeson), Templeton “Face” Peck (Bradley Cooper), Bosco Albert “B.A.” Baracus (Rampage Jackson), and H. M. “Howling Mad” Murdock (Sharlto Copley) form the perfect team with brilliant strategic minds, infiltration skills, brawling methods, and a little bit of madness working together in perfect harmony, kind of. Breaking out to find the man who set them up and stole the means to print a whole lot of money, the A-Team finds themselves caught in a web of deceit that goes far further than any of them had thought. Aided/hindered by DCIS Lieutenant Sosa (Jessica Biel), Face’s ex-girlfriend, the team tries to put together the pieces of this investigation before being caught once more.
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I truly thought I would hate this movie. You see, I grew up on the television show during the 80s when fisticuffs and gunfire that never killed a human target ruled the airwaves. Mr. T, Dirk Benedict, George Peppard, and Dwight Schultz gave us a show about helping the weak and the less fortunate who needed a hand up or a bunch of explosions to make things better. Our times now are so focused on the dark and gritty, and the crazy special effects so I was worried much of the idea of the team would be lost in the movie.
The movie was darker and not as altruistic, but the team dynamic, the crazy plans, and the high flying action came through like crazy and I found myself laughing as “a plan came together”. The actors chosen for the characters came off really well throughout the movie as the ladies man Cooper had his chance to shine alongside the smooth planning, steps ahead Neeson.
Two of the previous actors made cameos which though short were fun to see for a true fan of the television series as Dirk comes out of a tanning booth and Dwight analyzes the shock treatment of his own replacement.
This was truly a fun, over-the-top action movie filled with characters that took me back to my past and allowed me to relive adventures with a team from the past.
EXTRAS
THE A-TEAM 2-Disc Blu-ray Special Features:
Disc One:
• Movie Theatrical Version
• Explosive Extended Cut
• The Devil is in the Details: Inside the Action with Joe Carnahan – Directors details and insights into action scenes from the movie.
• Never-before-seen Deleted Scenes – Six scenes for your perusal
• Gag Reel – One of my favorite parts of any Blu-Ray release, as long as it is worth my time. This one is pretty fun as the cast seems to be enjoying themselves here.
• A-Team Theme Mash-Up Montage
• Plan of Attack – Number of people sharing their thoughts on the film.
• Character Chronicles
o Liam Neeson
o Bradley Cooper
o Rampage Jackson
o Sharlto Copley
o Jessica Biel
• Visual Effects Commentary with Visual Effects Supervisor James E. Price
• Digital Copy “How To”
• BD-Live Extras
o What’s New
o Live Lookup
Disc Two:
• Digital Copy of THE A-TEAM Theatrical Release
A-Team from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment crashes through the shelves on December 14, 2010. Grab a copy and open fire on this fun, light-hearted action drama.
THE A-TEAM
Street Date: December 14, 2010
Screen Format: Widescreen (2.35:1)
Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio (BD)/ need DVD specs
French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital (BD)/need DVD specs
Subtitles: English for the deaf and hard of hearing, Spanish
Total Running Time: 248.90 minutes (BD)/ 164.2 minutes (DVD)
U.S. Rating: PG-13
Closed Captioned: Yes
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