Bad Company

Watch: Bad Company

PG-13

6/7/20021h 56m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The world is in good hands. ~

Overview:

When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$70,000,000.00

Revenue:

$65,977,295.00

Key words:

assassin
central intelligence agency (cia)
undercover agent
ambush
espionage
hustler
nightclub
decoy
mistaken identity
deception
twin brother
hidden camera
betrayal
shootout
terrorism
foot chase
silencer
surveillance
agent
impersonation
doppelgänger
langley virginia
odd couple
bitter
amused
compassionate
disapproving
disgusted

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

~ as ~

Oakes

Chris Rock

~ as ~

Jake Hayes / Kevin Pope

Gabriel Macht

~ as ~

Seale

Peter Stormare

~ as ~

Adrik Vas

John Slattery

~ as ~

Roland Yates

Kerry Washington

~ as ~

Julie

Garcelle Beauvais

~ as ~

Nicole

Brooke Smith

~ as ~

Officer Swanson

Irma P. Hall

~ as ~

Mrs. Banks

Matthew Marsh

~ as ~

Dragan Adjanic

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
You might be more forgiving of this if you are a fan of Chris Rock's fast-paced, quick-thinking banter. If you are not then it really can border on the puerile at times. The premiss sees Rock ("Jake") recruited by worldly CIA man "Oakes" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) after his twin brother is killed. Aside from the fact that "Jake" didn't even know he had a brother, let alone that he was an agent, he is not an especially brave young man who tends to let his mouth do most of the work - so off we go into the murky and perilous world of terrorists bent on killing his fiancée and destroying New York. It's all pretty formulaic stuff - pyrotechnics, shoot 'em ups, secret codes etc. - with Hopkins standing around most of the time chewing on a toothpick looking about as disinterested at I rapidly became. Some of Rock's retorts are quite amusing, but at two hours the story wears too thin too quickly and there is little, if any, chemistry between the two at the top of the bill. The effects are pretty standard, as is the plot and though it is watchable enough, it's certainly not remotely memorable.