Sylvain White directs Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana in this comic book action movie where a special forces unit fake their deaths to track down a shadowy figure who betrayed them.

Pretty standard Vertigo adaptation actioner. Think The A-Team with an R rating. More interested in visuals and gags than tension or urgency, The ensemble is very likeable and sweaty. Only Jason Patric’s utterly rotten big bad is doing anything above and beyond his usual MO. Considering he made a twenty five year long career as a bland lead, his scene stealing work here feels pretty special. Every time the storytelling feels pedestrian (which is a little too often) something momentarily excessive will happen to energise you.

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Perfect Double Bill: The A-Team (2010)

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