Bad Company (2002)

Pretty Good

Admirable film.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

I thought the movie was good. Some very exciting moments. Somewhat funny I would definitely recommend it to a friend

Wall to wall Hollywood clichés from start to finish. Cheesy lines from funny man Chris Rock make this a hard film to take seriously.Chris Rock should not have been cast if they were trying to make a serious thriller, and although I like Anthony Hopkins, the guy has got to learn to say no.Say no to scripts that involve running, fighting or anything physical. The fight scene in the car is simply ridiculous, as is seeing Hopkins with a gun or trying to look cool chewing gum.If you want to watch a comedy, don't watch this movie.If you want to watch a thriller, don't watch this movie.If you want to watch a suspenseful, intelligent and cleverly scripted action movie, don't watch it.It's not Bad Company it's just bad!

I didn't get if this movie is suppose to be a spy thriller or a comedy cause it did a terrible job of mixing both. The plot and direction is stupid, especially when it comes to the dialogue. The movie would have worked if it was spontaneous and cool but that isn't the case. The scenes that aren't suppose to be funny is way more funny than the actual scenes that is suppose to be funny. This movie just proved that Chris Rock should never play a serious character although it's short. When it comes to that part of the movie. This movie is just all over the place and isn't put together in a coherent way. The only funny part in this movie is seeing Chris Rock act like a serious character in the beginning. After that he is just plain annoying must of the way through with constant annoying remarks. There is a line that the villain of this movie says at the end that stands out, especially when this movie came out. But it just feels out of place with the rest of the movie which is unfortunate. The idea for this flick might have worked but the execution was just so darn corny and absurd in a negative way. And is mostly just poorly executed with almost no intelligence and wits. The chemistry between the 2 protagonists is alright but didn't go more in depth with it. It's just a easily forgettable movie that isn't worth a second viewing at all. This one probably tried to be another "Enemy of the State" but failed.3.9/10

I have say firstly that I never would have thought of Sir Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock in a film together, but, it happened, from director Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, Phone Booth). Basically, while working with him, Officer Oakes (Hopkins) witnesses Harvard educated African American CIA agent Kevin Pope (Rock) killed during an operation. The agency need to finish a project that he was working on, so they recruit his twin brother, street-wise hustler Jake Hayes (Rock again) to do the job. Oakes trains Jake, alias Michael Turner, how to act and talk like his brother, his interests, his social life, and ultimately his lifestyle, ready to face the terrorists, led by Adrik Vas (Fargo's Peter Stormare). After a while, it was obvious the bad guys would discover Jake's real identity, so they kidnap his girlfriend/fiancé Julie (The Last King of Scotland's Kerry Washington) to get what they want, otherwise they set off a nuclear weapon. Also starring Gabriel Macht as Agent Seale, John Slattery as Roland Yates, Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon as Nicole, Matthew Marsh as Dragan Adjanic and Brooke Smith as Agent Swanson. Hopkins and Rock do make a good buddy duo, Rock does lack a little bit of impact, but Hopkins is great as the dry witted agent, and there are some great chase and gun play sequences. Good!