A-TEAM trailer is cookie-cutter perfect
A-TEAM trailer is cookie-cutter perfect
Jan 10
Don’t you just wish you could be a fly on the wall in the boardroom meetings that take place where it is decided to take an old TV show concept, assume the name is still recognisable enough to market against, buy the rights and shoot a glossy ‘remake’? It’s completely understandable why these things go ahead. As a business decision they seem to make sense– and money. But it will never cease to baffle me. I guess the aim is no longer to produce something that has the potential to be an original classic. It just needs to be a sure thing.
The latest offering in these corner of cinema is 20th Century Fox’s The A-Team which is due to hit cinemas 10 June 2010. And baby, it’s a sure thing — the trailer is cookie-cutter perfect. Everything from cheesy one-liners to high-octane set-piece action. One thing is an absolute guarantee: the campy quality of the original TV series is nowhere to be seen– unless maybe you want to consider Liam Neeson’s performance of Col. John “Hannibal” Smith as campy– we’ll have to wait for the entire film to absolutely know for sure). The trailer oozes explosions and abs and is sure to at least make a profit.
It’s a shame Mr T isn’t returning to reprise his career-making role as Sgt. B.A. “Bad Attitude” Baracus — Lord knows he could still pull it off (if those kickass SNICKERS advertisements are anything to go by). For this film instalment Quinton “Rampage” Jackson gets the honours. Also on hand is the always effective eye candy: Jessica Biel as Lt. Carissa Sosa for the boys and and Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck for the girls.
I’m personally still undecided. I’m not excited about it, I know that much. I never saw the TV show when I was younger (I’m not that old) so I have no desire or connection with it whatsoever. I guess that’d be the case for the majority of the audience this trailer is trying to cater to. While I wasn’t a regular viewer of the TV series, I am aware of the TV theme and it would have been nice to see it part of this trailer. Hopefully it crops up in the film.
Does the trailer look like fun? Yeah, I guess. It was easy to sit through and could have been a lot worse. Am I going to rush out to catch it? No. I’ll see it when there’s nothing else on. Maybe.
Complete cast:
- Liam Neeson as Col. John “Hannibal” Smith
- Bradley Cooper as Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck
- Quinton “Rampage” Jackson as Sgt. B.A. “Bad Attitude” Baracus
- Sharlto Copley as Capt. H.M. “Howling Mad” Murdock
- Jessica Biel as Lt. Carissa Sosa[7]
- Patrick Wilson as Lynch[8]
- Omari Hardwick as Chop Shop J
- Maury Sterling as Gammons
- C. Ernst Harth as Gilbert
- Brian Bloom as Pike
- Gerald McRaney as General Morrison
