What is The A-Team about?
A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."
Ex-Special Forces on the run deliver brisk, broad-humored justice in this campy, crowd-pleasing adventure.
Pulpy, with big broad humor. A comfort watch at a brisk pace.
Streaming on Tubi (free).
The A-Team parents guide
Mild language and nothing scary, about what a TV-PG should carry.
Our estimate: fine from about 7. Rated TV-PG.
- Scare
- Not scary
- Jump scares
- None noted
- Gore
- No gore
- Violence
- Some violence
- Some fighting or peril.
- Sex and nudity
- None noted
- Language
- Mild
- Mild words like damn, hell or crap.
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Cast and crew
Created byFrank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
StarringGeorge Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Mr. T, Dwight Schultz, Eddie Velez, Robert Vaughn
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