{"id":425186,"date":"2026-02-14T10:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425186\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:07:09","slug":"time-is-running-out-to-stream-this-underrated-movie-reboot-of-a-beloved-80s-action-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/425186\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Is Running Out To Stream This Underrated Movie Reboot of a Beloved \u201880s Action Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reboots and revivals have been a big entertainment trend for several years now, with Hollywood looking to the hits of the past to (hopefully) create new success. Most of the nostalgia grab has been focused on television, with new series based off popular olds ones coming to life \u2014 things like Night Court and iCarly and even the upcoming Scrubs revival \u2014 but movies have gotten involved as well. Last year\u2019s Liam Neeson starring The Naked Gun, while technically more of a sequel, capitalized on the popular franchise. Now, another Neeson flick that also happens to be a reboot is about to leave Netflix<\/a> \u2014 and you don\u2019t have much time left to watch it.<\/p>\n

Released in 2010, The A-Team is a movie reboot of sorts based on the 1980s television series of the same name. Like the beloved television series, the movie follows a Special Forces team who were imprisoned from a crime they didn\u2019t commit and escape from custody. In the movie, the team then sets out to clear their names. In addition to Neeson, The A-Team movie stars Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copley, and Patrick Wilson. It\u2019s set to leave Netflix on February 16th.<\/p>\n

The A-Team Movie Didn\u2019t Win Over Critics, But Found Fresh Success on Streaming<\/p>\n

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While The A-Team television series made a mark on pop culture in the 1980s, the 2010 movie didn\u2019t exactly do the same for its decade. The film under performed at the box office, which killed any hope that there would be a sequel, and it didn\u2019t fare well with critics either. Critics thought the movie was fairly mediocre even for a summer release action movie and while the somewhat superficial nature of the television series worked on the small screen, it didn\u2019t work very well at feature length. There was, however, some praise for the film\u2019s action generally \u2014 so long as you didn\u2019t really look for story.<\/p>\n

The film also didn\u2019t exactly win over the original cast, either. While some of the original cast had cameo appearances in the film, they were more of a blink and you\u2019ll miss them sort of situation. Dirk Benedict, who played Templeton \u201cFaceman\u201d Peck in the original series, in particular wasn\u2019t happy about how the cameo worked out, finding the brevity of the appearance insulting. Fans of the original series weren\u2019t exactly thrilled by the lack of appearances for the original stars, either.<\/p>\n

All that said, however, when the film hit Netflix last October, the film was an immediate hit, rapidly climbing the streaming charts as it found a fresh, new audience. It was an interesting development for the film that failed to catch during its theatrical run but seems to reinforce the idea that nostalgia is still an important genre when it comes to entertainment and there\u2019s something special about trying a new take on a classic. The A-Team movie might not be exactly the iconic \u201880s television show and never managed to launch the franchise it was intended to, but it\u2019s a movie that is a fun, action-packed watch for a chill afternoon \u2014 and you don\u2019t want to miss it before it leaves Netflix in just a few days.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Leave a comment below and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reboots and revivals have been a big entertainment trend for several years now, with Hollywood looking to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":425187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,7521,2839,392,1092,3842,156107,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-425186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-liam-neeson","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-netflix","12":"tag-regular-news","13":"tag-streaming","14":"tag-the-a-team","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/425187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}