The A-Team

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2010, 117 minutes

There Is No Plan B

John "Hannibal" Smith (Liam Neeson) is held captive in Mexico by two corrupt Federal Police (Mexico)|Mexican police officers working for the Turncoat|renegade General Javier Tuco (Yul Vazquez). Hannibal escapes and sets out to rescue Templeton "Faceman" Peck (Bradley Cooper), who is held captive at Tuco's ranch. Hannibal saves Face after enlisting fellow U.S. Army Ranger|Ranger Bosco Albert B.A. Baracus|"B.A." Baracus (Quinton Jackson), driving to the rescue in B.A.'s modified GMC Vandura van.<ref name="van1">{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/06/recreating-the-a-team-van-for-movie-was-tough-task/1 |title=Recreating 'The A-Team' van for movie was tough task |accessdate=2010-09-05 |publisher=USA Today |work=Drive On: A conversation about our cars and trucks |author=Chris Woodyard |year=2010 |month=June}}</ref> Pursued by Tuco, they stop at a nearby Army Medical Department (United States)|Army hospital to recruit the services of eccentric pilot H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock (Sharlto Copley). They flee in a medical helicopter, chased by Tuco in a dogfight which leaves B.A. with a fear of flying. The battle ends when they lure Tuco's helicopter into American airspace, where it's destroyed by a U.S. Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor, as Hannibal planned. "Eight years and eighty successful missions later," the team is a highly-regarded elite U.S. Army Special Forces|Special Forces unit stationed in Iraq. Hannibal is contacted by Special Activities Division|CIA SAD agent List of The A-Team characters#Lynch|Lynch (Patrick Wilson (actor)|Patrick Wilson), who reveals that Iraqi insurgency|Iraqi insurgents possess United States Treasury|U.S. Treasury plates that could be used to manufacture U.S. currency. Lynch wants Hannibal and his team to steal the plates and over $1 billion in cash that is due to be moved out of Baghdad in a Heavily-protected convoy. Defense Criminal Investigative Service|DCIS Captain List of The A-Team characters#Charissa Sosa|Charissa Sosa (Jessica Biel) arrives and warns Face, her former lover (whom she left after he became serious about their relationship), to stay away from the plates. Against the advice of his commanding officer, General List of The A-Team characters#Morrison|Russell Morrison (Gerald McRaney), Hannibal agrees to steal the plates in an unofficial black ops mission. The mission is successful, but when the team returns to base, the money, plates, and Morrison's vehicle are destroyed by List of The A-Team characters#Brock Pike|Brock Pike (Brian Bloom) and his men from the Private military firm|private security firm Black Forest. Without Morrison, the only proof that they were authorized to act, the team is sentenced to ten years in United States Army Corrections Command|prison and Military discharge|dishonorably discharged. Six months later, Hannibal is visited in prison by Lynch. Lynch reveals that Pike may be trying to sell the plates with the help of an Arab backer. Hannibal, who has been tracking Pike on his own, makes a deal with Lynch: full reinstatement and clean records for his team in return for the plates. Lynch agrees and Hannibal escapes, then breaks out the rest of the team. In a slight hitch, B.A. Baracus has turned to pacifism during his time in prison, and refuses to kill or hurt anyone. Sosa is hot on their trail, and angry after being demoted to Lieutenant after the team ignored her warning. Believing the team is working with Pike, she tries to intercept them before they leave Germany in a military Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130 transport aircraft. The plane is destroyed by Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone fighters, but the team escapes inside the body of a M8 Armored Gun System|tank on 3 parachutes. They track Pike and launch an offensive to reclaim the plates and kidnap Pike's backer. The team learns that the backer is actually General Morrison, who worked with Lynch and Pike to steal the plates, but then teamed up with Pike to double-cross Lynch and fake his death. When Lynch learns that the team has Morrison, he orders an air strike to eliminate them. The team barely escapes but Morrison is killed. Face hatches a plan. Hannibal arranges to meet Sosa, knowing her phone lines are Telephone tapping|tapped by Lynch, on board a container ship at a Los Angeles dock, saying he will hand over Morrison and the plates in exchange for his freedom. Ultimately, Face's plan works and Pike is killed (by B.A., who has come to terms with the use of force), Lynch is taken into custody, and the plates are recovered. Despite their success, the A-Team is arrested for escaping incarceration. Sosa is promoted back to Captain for retrieving the plates and apprehending the A-Team, but she promises to do all she can to set them free before kissing Face as he is led into a prison van. In the van, Face opens his mouth and smiles triumphantly around the key on his tongue, given to him by Sosa through the kiss. "I love it when a plan comes together!" he crows as his teammates laugh. The film closes with narration (provided by Corey Burton) reminiscent of the The A-Team|original television series' opening credits, stating that the team now live as mercenary|soldiers of fortune.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/major-releases/e3ib75f76acc2901e2665d0cf2637e34692 |title=Film Review - The A-Team |accessdate=2010-12-26 |publisher=Film Journal International}}</ref> In a post-credits scene, Face walks to the tanning bed in prison, asking the man emerging from the tanning bed how to protect his face. The man (Dirk Benedict) tells him, "You don't mess with it, kid." In the next scene, Murdock receives electro-shock therapy, while two doctors look on. One of them (Dwight Schultz) comments on Murdock's state of mind, saying "This guy, Murdock, is nuts." In the extended cut on DVD and Blu-ray these scenes are put back into the film, and removed from the credits. 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