![Yet another '80s inspiration (from a 1983-1986 television show this time), The A-Team follows a group of ex-U.S. soldiers working as mercenaries while on the run from the military for crimes they didn't commit. Oh yeah, they're also trying to find the true culprit. As one might expect from anything involving the U.S. Army, there are plenty of huge, over-the-top explosionsâthough people are rarely seriously hurt. Critics apparently aren't fans of the real kind of fun, the type that involves fire and loud noises. "[It] feels like the cinematic equivalent of the BP disaster in the gulf," writes Steven Rea of the Philadelphia Inquirer. "It's a big-screen oil spill, a needless gushing of macho bluster and wild set pieces, and a waste of millions and millions of dollars."](https://api-prod.gothamist.com/images/278702/fill-700x467|format-webp|webpquality-70/)
Click on the film stills above for more details and reviews on this week's new releases and repertory screenings, which include The A-Team, The Karate Kid, Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work, Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinksy, Winter's Bone, The Lottery, Requiem for a Dream, and the Brooklyn International Film Festival.
Published Jun 11, 2010
Modified Jun 11, 2010
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