The A-Team is back in a movie, but it’s not the same old team from the 1980s Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo television series. When there used to be George Peppard for leader, Hannibal Smith, now there’s Liam Neeson, and he’s leading a bunch of new faces that look like the actors who played the characters originally. For Bosco B.A. Baracus, there’s now Quinton “Rampage” Jackson; for Templeton Peck, there’s now Bradley Cooper; for Howling Mad Murdock, there’s now Sharlto Copley.

Except for Liam Neeson, the other major cast members may not be too familiar to fans. But, with the A-Team, their names may soon become associated with the fictional war veterans they now play. Oh, let’s not forget that Jessica Biel is also in the movie. She plays Lt. Sosa. Dwight Schultz, who plays Murdock in the series, and Dirk Benedict, our old “Faceman,” have cameo roles in The A-Team movie. Too bad for fans, George Peppard has passed away.

The A-Team movie, directed by Joe Carnahan, has three screenplay writers with Stephen J, Cannell credited for the characters. It attempts to capture the light tone of the series in which our team of veterans (now coming from Iraq instead of Vietnam), try to elude the authorities after escaping jail term for a crime they didn’t commit and helping people in trouble along the way as soldiers of fortune. Yes, that’s their living and they do it with style—sourcing and improvising things as needed and coming up with crazy contraptions from what used to be junk.

The creativity of the A-Team became the inspiration for other characters on television and cinema that also use their ingenuity to get out of difficult situations and save the day in the end. In the series, it’s like the A-Team guys are simply having fun with each member doing what they do best. Smith is the charismatic leader; Peck is the smooth-talking procurement person; Baracus is the handyman; and Murdock is the ever-useful pilot and comic-relief.

But The A-Team is almost never serious even when Murdock isn’t in the scene. In the series, no one gets shot and guns are rarely used. It’s the team that always gets shot at and the bullets simply miss their target. Fans can expect much of the same in The A-Team movie and because it’s on a much larger scale than the series, they can also expect more action, crazy situations, and lots more improvised thingamajigs to go around.

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