The A-team rescues a girl from a cult and then takes on the cult leader to save others and get back Hannibal's boots.The A-team rescues a girl from a cult and then takes on the cult leader to save others and get back Hannibal's boots.The A-team rescues a girl from a cult and then takes on the cult leader to save others and get back Hannibal's boots.
John Ashley
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst appearance of the A-Team's iconic red and black van.
- GoofsAfter the A-Team has been captured and get out of the van, Hannibal's handcuffs are open, he has to close them himself.
- Quotes
Coulton's Daughter: Are you sure you're all right? You really should be lying down, you know.
Face: Oh, I can't lie down. Not till we get Hannibal's boots back.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The A-Team: Holiday in the Hills (1983)
Featured review
What a waste of John Saxon!
I'm really torn about this episode. It's not at all what I expected. Usually you see Saxon's name in a 70s/80s TV show and you know it's gonna fun. He delivers. However, this script was crap! There is absolutely nothing of substance here, nothing at all entertaining except a bunch of car chases, jeeps passing over the camera, back & forth, and helicopter views.
Literally, John Saxon doesn't remove his glasses till ONE MINUTE FROM THE END! WTF?? His eyes are everything, they convey his moods. He doesn't appear until a dozen mins in. And all the stupid writing has him do is spew bad poetry and fake scriptures. WTF?? So here is an evil guy (which John played to perfection) believing his own tripe? It is established he's doing this for the money, and yet he's alone and spewing his scriptures when no one is around to hear him go unhinged?
So what are we to believe? That his character was brainwashed into believing his lies? I can understand why Saxon would want his face not seen and play him under sunglasses: he's 1 dimensional, a cookie-cutter bad guy that makes no sense!
To make matters worse, the "Children of" aren't brainwashed at all. They're all happy to be released. In a sect, this wouldn't be the case. So there's 0 character development, heck ZERO cohesion between these characters and what real life cult leaders are cult victims are. I expected a lot more: I expected bad guy Saxon to have scenes showing how he's exploiting the kids for money and how he doesn't buy what he makes them believe. And I expected brainwashed "children".
Also, the daugther is rescued within the first scene/first attempt at rescue. BORING! The rest is just, again, fast paced chases. I'll give the show this: the episode was over in like 3-5 min and yet I watched the whole 45 some minutes. Saxon, again, didn't remove his sunglasses until minute 43 point something (3? 5?) and he has one line, and that's it! A huge waste. It's like he didn't understand what his character was supposed to be, beyond a bad guy. Not his fault: I guess they didn't have the sharpest script writers here.
Is it entertaining? Mildly so. Fast paced? Hell, yeah! So it's not a complete waste of time but at the end, I feel cheated of what it was supposed to be. Too many people, nothing much to do for any one, the star of the show was pretty much the jeeps, the explosions and the chopper. Not my kind of show. 4/10 for what it didn't deliver but there's a lot worse tripe out there. I don't think this is a show I'll care to watch much. The time was wasted with too many camera angles for all those damned jeeps running around across my screen, nearly nonstop.
Literally, John Saxon doesn't remove his glasses till ONE MINUTE FROM THE END! WTF?? His eyes are everything, they convey his moods. He doesn't appear until a dozen mins in. And all the stupid writing has him do is spew bad poetry and fake scriptures. WTF?? So here is an evil guy (which John played to perfection) believing his own tripe? It is established he's doing this for the money, and yet he's alone and spewing his scriptures when no one is around to hear him go unhinged?
So what are we to believe? That his character was brainwashed into believing his lies? I can understand why Saxon would want his face not seen and play him under sunglasses: he's 1 dimensional, a cookie-cutter bad guy that makes no sense!
To make matters worse, the "Children of" aren't brainwashed at all. They're all happy to be released. In a sect, this wouldn't be the case. So there's 0 character development, heck ZERO cohesion between these characters and what real life cult leaders are cult victims are. I expected a lot more: I expected bad guy Saxon to have scenes showing how he's exploiting the kids for money and how he doesn't buy what he makes them believe. And I expected brainwashed "children".
Also, the daugther is rescued within the first scene/first attempt at rescue. BORING! The rest is just, again, fast paced chases. I'll give the show this: the episode was over in like 3-5 min and yet I watched the whole 45 some minutes. Saxon, again, didn't remove his sunglasses until minute 43 point something (3? 5?) and he has one line, and that's it! A huge waste. It's like he didn't understand what his character was supposed to be, beyond a bad guy. Not his fault: I guess they didn't have the sharpest script writers here.
Is it entertaining? Mildly so. Fast paced? Hell, yeah! So it's not a complete waste of time but at the end, I feel cheated of what it was supposed to be. Too many people, nothing much to do for any one, the star of the show was pretty much the jeeps, the explosions and the chopper. Not my kind of show. 4/10 for what it didn't deliver but there's a lot worse tripe out there. I don't think this is a show I'll care to watch much. The time was wasted with too many camera angles for all those damned jeeps running around across my screen, nearly nonstop.
- imdb-25288
- Sep 24, 2022
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