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Let’s get all of the stuff you want to hear out of the way right in the beginning.

Yes it was awesome.

Yes I recommend that you go see it.

And, yes Murdock is as crazy as you want him to be.

The new A-Team film is an attempt at remaking a franchise that a lot of people would say didn’t need remaking.  In my opinion I think the filmmakers behind it’s creation (including one of the original co-creators of the series Steve Cannell) did more than remake the series, they gave it a rebirth.  As a fan of the original series there is a ton of nitpicking I could do, B.A. is lacking a lot of crazy bling, “the jazz” is never mentioned, and a good amount of people are killed.  We’re not talking Rambo numbers but as they pretty much killed no one in the original series it was surely noticed.  You certainly do not want to go in to this movie expecting a really long episode of the TV show.  It ended up more like the old show modernized , but not in a cheesy awful way, in a way that still felt like what the show would be like on TV today.

This modernization does a great job at bringing you on one hell of a thrill ride from start to finish, which is littered with cursing, explosions, and plans coming together from start to finish.  Not to spoil anything, but when a certain twist comes into the mix the film begins to get into that phase where everything after that moment is completely awesome.  You will be literally putting all bodily functions on hold as the action intensifies and your eyes are struggling to sort it all out as scenes that border on the ridiculous play in front of your eyes.

Once the story reaches the conclusion, you might have an “oh….OHH” reaction that only ends in the exact way you wanted it to.  Overall the film does what some revamps couldn’t (I’m looking at you Miami Vice) which is take an older series and bring it into this new world with success, but still respect the original source material.  If you like the A-Team, buddy action films, or just need to see some explosions The A-Team satisfies all of those audiences and then some.

I give the A-Team film 10 Plans coming together out of 10