I think part of the reasons that few people listen to film critics anymore is because they seem to review every movie expecting it to be “Citizen Kane.” Such ridiculously lofty expectations have put the trade on the verge of extinction as a profession. It’s important to have high expectations of a movie as a reviewer and moviegoer, yet at the same time, it’s important to keep things in perspective.
For a movie like “The A-Team,” the most we can expect is some well thought-out action sequences, a decent plot that has the ability to engage, and potentially some character development. For pure entertainment, it’s fairly successful. For much else, you’re might be out of luck.
“The A-Team” is no “Citizen Kane” of action movies, but it’s a very different kind of action movie that is a nice change of pace in the nearly homogenous summer market. The action focuses on the plan, not just indiscriminate shooting and killing. Many of the sequences weave in the team of elite operations carrying out the plan with them formulating it. It’s a very cool way to execute the action, and the filmmakers nailed the only thing that was essential for them to get right.
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