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Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Sharlto Copley, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson, Omari Hardwick, Brian Bloom, Dwight Schultz (mehr)Streaming (6)
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Sie sind clever, cool und unberechenbar, sie sind das "A-Team"! Als Teil einer militärischen Spezialeinheit erledigen der Stratege Hannibal (Liam Neeson), Frauenheld Faceman (Bradley Cooper), der irre Pilot Murdock (Sharlto Copley) und Muskelprotz B.A. (Quinton "Rampage" Jackson) gefährliche Missionen, bis sie während eines Einsatzes aufs Kreuz gelegt und verurteilt werden. Doch dem Quartett gelingt die spektakuläre Flucht aus dem Gefängnis. Gnadenlos gejagt von CIA und Militär begeben sie sich auf die rasante Suche nach den wahren Drahtziehern des Komplotts und erledigen nebenbei noch ein paar gefährliche Jobs. Heiße Action, spektakuläre Effekte und coole Sprüche - dieses Team lässt es richtig krachen und hat garantiert immer einen Plan! (Fox Deutschland)
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Ich putze nostalgisch meine Nase; Mensch -damit groß geworden und Carnahan et comp. haben das alles recht solide modernisiert, ohne eine digitales Gewurschtel für junge Menschen zu erstellen. Im Gegenteil, vielleicht lässt man hier die nostalgische Note gar zu sehr anklingen und zeigt dem aktuellen Massenkonzept der Blockbuster spöttisch eine lange Nase. Ich habe mich großartige amüsiert, bis auf ein paar "over the line" -Versuche, das Ganze ernster zu machen, wäre dies ein fast perfekter Film zum Entspannen. Eine riesige Hommage an die wunderbare Chemie im zentralen Quartett und auch an Carnahan, der es geschafft hat, die Actionszenen mit der Aufmerksamkeit eines Gamblers zu drehen. Jedenfalls ist das der beste Blockbuster der Gurkensaison und es tut mir in der Tat sehr Leid, dass es keine weiteren folgen geben wird ...
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Das A-Team - Der Film ist unterhaltsam. Das A-Team - Der Film ist witzig. Das A-Team - Der Film ist nicht besonders schlau. Er weiß es aber und spielt dem Publikum nichts vor. Als ich den Film im Kino gesehen habe, haben mich die ein wenig komplizierte Handlung und der überstürzte Schnitt gestört, der aus einigen Szenen ein unübersichtliches Chaos gemacht hat. Dann habe ich mir die (erweiterte) DVD-Fassung angeschaut. Alle Vorwürfe sind verschwunden und ich habe diesem Knaller, der mehr als zwei Stunden dauert, aber trotzdem unglaublich schwungvoll ist, noch einen fünften Stern gegeben. Klasse. Die Actionszenen sind herrlich übertrieben und unterhaltsam – der fallende Panzer aus dem Trailer, die Hubschrauber-Verfolgungsjagd am Anfang, die Befreiung des Teams aus dem Gefängnis, die Action in Frankfurt, das Finale im Dock und so weiter… Die Schauspieler*innen wurden perfekt ausgesucht und haben ihre Rollen genossen (Neesons Spruch mit dem Teufel in der Bar könnte ein Klassiker werden). Ich möchte auch Silvestris Soundtrack hervorheben (sein originellstes Werk seit Van Helsing).__PS: Der 3D-Film in dem deutschen Spital… Diese Szene ist wirklich einzigartig.
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To my great surprise, this is a good and hugely entertaining action ride. The trailers where underwhelming, but these four cool guys ended up winning me over. The action scenes are so over the top that it’s impossible not to smile. The climax on the other hand, maybe is a bit too over the top, there were moments when I didn’t know what was going on and why, so the impression went a bit down, but I still think it’s an 80% film.
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The ultimate rattle that catches the momentum and doesn't let go until the end. Carnahan, under the production whip of the Scott brothers, throws in one "over the top" scene after another, but in the action inferno, he still manages to shoot deadly catchphrases at you with incredible cadence. The central quartet plays the most searing instrumental in years, and the result is a pure 1980s flick that the twenty-first-century coat fits like a glove. Sure, it's blatant none-sense, but I was still vibrating from it the next day. I'll forgive the digital silliness at the end and I’m giving it full stars. I don't think the film will get less stars from me upon a second viewing. Edit: Indeed, it did not. Even for the second (third, fourth,...) time, this is one of the most entertaining action movies in recent years.
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An awful B-movie. Awful garbage. And awfully entertaining. Not on the action side, though; there’s very little of that and what there is terribly confused due to deranged editing, but after the ungainly introduction as soon as it establishes itself as a buddy comedy full of over the top scenes in “best 3D effect ever" style, then... Then you can either angrily get up from your seat and go home muttering about dumb Hollywood, or you can remain seated and abandon yourself to harmless, mindless fun. And at least it’s meant to be fun; I must admit that I expected something more like “it’s so bad, it’s genius".
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Considering the director and the cast, a disappointment for me. The action is nicely over-the-top, but I wasn't very interested, the pace wasn't great, I was quite bored and lost in the plot at times. I found it too convoluted and cluttered. The jokes also didn't work, too bad. 65%.
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From the first to the last minute, it's ruggedly honest, exhilaratingly blockbuster-like, and unfortunately also bite-sized in terms of the script. However, as a whole, The A-Team surprisingly holds together despite the patched-together individual missions, problems, and locations. Some things are so exaggerated that even the most understanding smile fades (the tank), while at other times the film goes full throttle, taking your breath away (the imaginative chemistry in the photobooth, rappelling from a skyscraper, or every scene with Bradley Cooper, who effortlessly steals the whole film without so much as breaking a sweat). I wasn't on board with this return to the past at all, but now I am all that much more satisfied.
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I’m giving the fifth star because I blissfully roared with laughter the whole movie. A superb cast, top-notch action and mainly hundreds of cool lines backfilling the viewer with the cadence of a machine gun throughout the whole movie. Liam Neeson gained my definite status of total boss who is obviously enjoying the role of Hannibal like nothing he’s played in a long time. Sharlto Copley’s Murdock is the glue of the whole gang and his escapades made me smile with amazing regularity. Rampage is a worthy replacement for Mr. T and Cooper is fine too. Patrick Wilson is a pleasant surprise and Jessica Biel didn’t represent a disturbing element as some seem to be implying, I would even say that this was one of her best ever performances and she looks pretty damn good too. And the cameos are just delightful, even Jon Hamm’s. ;) There's a plan in everything, kid and I love it when a plan comes together.
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It's very action-packed, occasionally funny, but mostly sterile and not very entertaining. Liam Neeson tries his best and some moves remind us of his famous Taken, but unfortunately, this is somewhat different. If A-Team is supposed to be a parody of big-budget action movies, then okay, it's survivable. Some action scenes are picture-perfect, but the film lacks better and more grandiose directing for a blockbuster. And maybe better actors too. Besides the famous Brit and Jessica Biel, nobody really impressed me.
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The phrase "much ado about nothing" can hardly be more fitting than here. I would still be willing to forgive The A-Team for not coming up with a proper and original story, but I won't forgive the fact that all the expected and praised action seemed dull and overstuffed clutter with zero build-up and a desperate lack of catchphrases and insight. The 3 stars are more or less because I really like Neeson and Cooper and because, despite the bland result, the A-Team at least made a good effort to pay homage to and build on the classic action films that were taken for granted in Hollywood twenty years ago...))) I recently read that if Chuck Norris eats a whole box of sleeping pills, it will show up in one blink..., I watched the supposedly most stylish and over-the-top action movie of recent years, and by the end I was sleeping like a baby... 55%
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(extended) I was terribly surprised at how The A-Team worked. The characters entertain you, the jokes are funny, the action is action-packed and appropriately spectacular. Too bad Carnahan has a bit of a problem with the action scenes. The spectacular special effects ones are fine because they work according to pre-set templates anyway, but the contact action and some of the shootouts are an unbelievable mess. The final scene in the dumpster is especially awful, with the fight scene shot under the kind of light that Marlon Brando's monologues are shot under at the end of Apocalypse Now. But the bad guys are great. So there are four of them in total, and it gets a bit messy at times, as they aren’t classically intertwined, but you can see how the director misses Ray Liotta (with whom he's done every film so far) in the movie. Not only are the three of them typologically the same, have the same means of expression and act the same way, but even the character is similar to many of his movie characters. I enjoyed their non-violent portrayal as overgrown brats addicted to video games who masturbate with a gun in the other hand, and lucky enough to have been given millions of dollars worth of military toys in their lives. The most fun is when the three of them end up in the car together, because the suppressor-screwing scene (I'm guessing it's just in the extended version) is perfect. I'll even forgive the cell shading explosions and the few tense relationship scenes. The A-Team is a blockbuster as it should be, because everything that should work in this type of movie works there.
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I absolutely adored the series in its time because those guys were amazing and Mr. T was simply the greatest. I'm glad that the creators are returning to these fantastic series, and I still hope in vain that Richard Dean Anderson might someday return as MacGyver, and not just in a short commercial. The A-Team has returned as absolutely cool dudes again, and it's a joy to watch them, especially with this cast. The movie presents a similar story to The Losers, but this quartet is simply cooler. They get kicked down, but they get up and keep going. When you click with the gang, this scheme never gets old.
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Honestly, I was never much into action movies as a kid, so it's hard to talk about any nostalgia or the essence of "natural heroism and the pure pleasure of decent action". Still, I have to say that I quite enjoyed the "(un)manliness" and the rather strong moral message. My rating doesn't take into account the many references (of which there are supposedly a bunch) to other action movies (to the original series in general), I'm basing it on sheer enjoyment of the cast and appreciation of the film's formal elements and overall briskness.
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