New A-Team trailer features shirtlessness, explosions, some guy who's not Mr. T.

New A-Team trailer features shirtlessness, explosions, some guy who's not Mr. T.

Let's get right down to it. Here's a trailer for the forthcoming A-Team movie:

Now let's take it apart. This might be the quintessential remake trailer, combining modern-era action with well-timed moments of fan service: That theme? The catchphrases? Here they are again, just like you remember them, only shiny and new. Also making it quintessential: The inability to capture something elusive about the original. Case in point: That guy who's not Mr. T. I don't follow wrestling and have never heard of Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. He may be an excellent wrestler and all-around entertaining. Heck he might be great in this movie. But you know what he's not? Mr. T. You know who is? This guy:

 
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