The A-Team remake is bombs and bromance ‎

As the temperature rises, so does the movie industry's demand for potential summer blockbusters. And with the A-team, adrenaline junkies will not be disappointed. However, style greatly overrides substance, making for an aesthetically pleasing film, but a gut feeling that I missed something.

First off, if one is expecting the cheesy, campy atmosphere of the 80's television show, one will be sorely disappointed. This is definitely much darker in tone, with a lot of drama, and very seldom is humor added into the mix.

All the characters from the show return: the leader, John "Hannibal" Smith, played by Liam Neeson; the ever-so-witty playboy, Templeton "Faceman" Peck, played by Bradley Cooper; the violently impulsive B.A. Baracus, played by Quinton Jackson; and last, but certainly not least, the mentally unstable H.M. "Howling Mad Murdock," played by Shalto Copely, who was a personal favorite of mine. B.A is the only member of the team that left me feeling underwhelmed, but what do you expect out of an Mixed Material Arts fighter playing an iconic character? Definitely not award-winning.

It first takes place Mexico, prior to all of the missions they completed during the television series. Therefore, only Faceman and Hannibal know of each other, but Hannibal quickly stumbles upon Baracus after hijacking his vehicle. Eight years after the very messy battle in Mexico, the team becomes a highly elite combat unit stationed in Iraq. This added little depth to the storyline. What are four more gun-toting war heroes in the expansive lineage of other TV series based on gun-toting war heroes?

Though they were successful in a total of 80 missions prior to their rank as elite soldiers, their downfall came quickly when the team disobeyed orders, leaving them dishonorably discharged and sentenced to 10 years in separate federal prisons, except Murdock, who was sent to a mental institution. This was the turning point, also the last time one will have any closeness to the characters, because here is when the non-stop action begins.