A low-res trailer for “The A-Team” has hit the web and it’s even worse than we thought it would be. Based on the TV series about a group of ex-United States Special Army Forces who are on the run from the government for a crime they didn’t commit, but who still manage to run an organization dedicated to helping people out, the film version seems to adhere pretty closely to the original, at least on the surface, even recycling a few of the catchphrases. As a cable series, the show was an enjoyable enough distraction, but even it ran out of steam after five seasons and it did have to rely on frequent guest stars to keep things interesting.
We never had high hopes for this film, but the trailer makes the film out to be even dumber than we expected. The filmmakers must’ve watched that scene in “Live Free Or Die Hard” where Bruce Willis crashes a police car into a helicopter, and thought, “Hey, we can match that.” So now we get Faceman, manning a tank that’s falling from the sky (hey, it’s got parachutes attached, it’s fine) and shooting down another plane. We lost a few IQ points watching that. Meanwhile, the rest of the cast seems to be going through the motions in a film that looks like it’s going be loud, dumb and no fun. We’ll stick with the “Family Guy” version.
Nevertheless if you care, the film stars Bradley Cooper (playing Faceman for those that remember the ’80s TV show), Sharlto Copley (of “District 9” playing “Howling Mad” Murdock), Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (‘B.A.’ Baracus), Jessica Biel and Liam Neeson (“Hannibal” Smith). It hits theaters June 11th.
Update: New trailer now in HD if you want to see it in its full crystal clear stupidity. 😉
Well the A-Team is supposed to be stupid, but funny/ironic at the same time. This seems to have zero of the original A-Team style, which is what would have made this an interesting idea. It does look like low-grade standard action fare.
There's really no reason at all for nostalgia nerds to get excited for this one… that trailer killed all, however minuscule, interest in this.
Yeah, I was expecting some form of Lars Von Trier intelligence, meta-narrative vibe from the first teaser trailer.
I mean, this is the A-Team after all. Show some respect to the cheesy '80's action show designed around a former Chicago bouncer who dons a mohawk, 50 lb's of gold chains, and spits out pithy sayings like "Shut up, fool!"
Where is the intellegence, people?!?!
If it takes itself too seriously this movie is going to bomb, bigtime. But if it can be just silly enough, and over the top, to capture a sense of random humor, it may serve as passable entertainment (just passable mind you).
Guys, don't you fucking get it? This remake is SUPPOSED to be bad. Don't you get it? It's supposed to make you cringe and go wow, that's so fucking outdated. It's supposed to be SO FUCKING BAD that it makes you laugh so much that it becomes GOOD!
How you can not see that it's supposed to be a HUGE HUNKIN PIECE OF SHIT. GOD, don't you guys know what makes an ironic good movie anymore?
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Murdock isn't controlling the tank. That's Face.
Good look on that Family guy clip, lol. This one's a wrap.
While will the trailer make only me dumber? What about everybody else? Why have I been singled out?
Sorry Greg, nothing personal, but yes, it was aimed exactly at you.
Anyone expecting more than this obviously doesn't know a thing about the TV show. It's supposed to be ridiculous. It's supposed to have cheesy one liners. It is what it is. Dumb fun.
So wait–you DIDN'T enjoy the moment in the Die Hardest trailer when the police car crashed into the helicopter? Avatar was arguably dumber than if not just as dumb as this trailer. I enjoyed this trailer for a minute and a half, and I'm no less intelligent for it. I think you guys are being a little close-minded.
The original A team was a live action comic book. You were expecting The Hurt Locker? Sounds more like you're trying to justify putting it on your least list. It looks like good, popcorn fun to me.
This is basically Charlie's Angels with guys in it. So if you liked those films…
Just because this is apparently "supposed to be bad" and looks terrible doesn't somehow make it worth seeing. This movie just never should have happened.
Remember when Joe Carnahan respected himself? The only thing good to come of this could be a couple of his pet projects (White Jazz, Killing Pablo) getting off the ground, although I'm starting to think Narc may have been a fluke.