I always read reviews by the critic Ebert, and while his review of this movie might be "technically" correct, he really got it all wrong. This is NOT a movie that you should analyze for accuracy or plausibility. It is a given, these men could not do everything depicted here. Accept that, and it is a fun and entertaining 2-hour ride. (But my wife walked out mid-way, not really a chick flick.)
The opening scene establishes the toughness and cunning for the characters that will form the A-Team. Then, 8 years later in Iraq, with the fighting there winding down, there is an opportunity to recover some illegal printing plates for US $100 bills and perhaps $1Billion in cash. Without formal authorization, this team of 4 plans and executes a capture of the money and the plates. But when the dust clears, the money is burning and plates are gone. Plus the general is blown up in his car. The 4 get stripped of their military ranks and are sent to 4 different prisons.
The only way they could clear their names was to break out of prison, and to track down the inside guy who really made off with the plates. And that in essence is the movie, their escape and escapades finding and capturing the plates.
Liam Neeson is the leader of the group, Hannibal. Bradley Cooper is Face , Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson is B.A. Baracus with the Mohawk haircut, but without the gold chains, and South African Sharlto Copley pretty much steals the show as Murdock, helicopter pilot.
A love interest is provided by Jessica Biel as Captain Charissa Sosa, formerly in a relationship with Face. Patrick Wilson is Lynch, a CIA man also involved in tracking down the plates. Gerald McRaney is General Morrison, the commanding officer in Iraq, who knows about but does not officially sanction the raid that the A-Team pulls off.
SPOILERS: Spy photos in Germany make it seem like an Arab of some sort is working with the CIA guy to get the plates to a bank, but closer examination shows the 'Arab' is really the general (McRaney) who was thought to be blown up and dead. Lynch was also in on it, and when it was all finished the good guys, the A-Team, prevail. After lots of fireworks!
The opening scene establishes the toughness and cunning for the characters that will form the A-Team. Then, 8 years later in Iraq, with the fighting there winding down, there is an opportunity to recover some illegal printing plates for US $100 bills and perhaps $1Billion in cash. Without formal authorization, this team of 4 plans and executes a capture of the money and the plates. But when the dust clears, the money is burning and plates are gone. Plus the general is blown up in his car. The 4 get stripped of their military ranks and are sent to 4 different prisons.
The only way they could clear their names was to break out of prison, and to track down the inside guy who really made off with the plates. And that in essence is the movie, their escape and escapades finding and capturing the plates.
Liam Neeson is the leader of the group, Hannibal. Bradley Cooper is Face , Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson is B.A. Baracus with the Mohawk haircut, but without the gold chains, and South African Sharlto Copley pretty much steals the show as Murdock, helicopter pilot.
A love interest is provided by Jessica Biel as Captain Charissa Sosa, formerly in a relationship with Face. Patrick Wilson is Lynch, a CIA man also involved in tracking down the plates. Gerald McRaney is General Morrison, the commanding officer in Iraq, who knows about but does not officially sanction the raid that the A-Team pulls off.
SPOILERS: Spy photos in Germany make it seem like an Arab of some sort is working with the CIA guy to get the plates to a bank, but closer examination shows the 'Arab' is really the general (McRaney) who was thought to be blown up and dead. Lynch was also in on it, and when it was all finished the good guys, the A-Team, prevail. After lots of fireworks!