Bad Company (2002)

When an Ivy League-educated C.I.A. Agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother. Bad Company is a Joel Schumacher film for sure plus no offense but as much as i did enjoy Rock's perfomance in Lethal Weapon 4 he is no main star kind of material and especially for an action film part of a role. Hopkins is a pretty great actor one of the best really but the script doesn't give him much to do and he is just there for the benefit of the doubt. Bad Company is a forgettable action film that is neither fun or cheesy enough to be fun. (4/10)

There are a lot of action comedy thrillers that lack one thing or another, Bad Company delivers on all the genres it represents, there is some good action shoot em up scenes (there's not a lot of those scenes, but there's some), the thriller aspect is what keeps this motion picture fast-paced, and the comedy aspect (delivered by Chris Rock) is always at the perfect time, the comedy that he brings are mainly one-liners, but they are funny one-liners which is what is important.Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock make a watchable unlikely duo, but it isn't that much of a duo due to the rest of the cast having the same amount of screen time as Hopkins as well as being in the same scenes with Rock and Hopkins most of the time.If you're a hardcore action fan, maybe you will not like this movie due to what i mentioned earlier, if you don't mind the lack of action and prefer thrillers then you will love this flick.There are not enough movies like this out there, one of the things that makes Bad Company entertaining is the age difference between the two main leads, they bounce off of each other and keep each other on an even level with their obvious different personalities and maturity levels, buddy action comedies with main leads of the same age can only rely on the action scenes, but Bad Company has more to offer due to the thriller trait.Kerry Washington gives a natural performance playing the girlfriend of Chris Rock's character, her supporting role is extremely relevant to the story especially much later on in the movie.The main plot is a bit out there and over the top, but there's a scenario that also presents the reality of everyday couples who don't have a lot of money. There is no twist in this movie, but it lives up to it's genre so much that you don't even notice that there isn't actually a plot-twist.The only thing that wasn't right was the very small amount of money that Chris Rock's character gave to his foster mother at the end of the film, he got $90,000, and only gave her $10,000, his excuse was that the $90,000 was for him and the girlfriend's wedding, i'm sorry but a wedding doesn't cost that much money, the foster mother raised him, fed him, supported him, and had faith in him and he only gives her a measly $10,000? it isn't right, even though the foster mother said "it's much more than i need", that isn't the point, and on top of that Chris Rock's character actually joked that she should give some of the money back.Roger Ebert said in his review that the scenes where they were wine tasting was unnecessary, the thing is those scenes were NOT unnecessary, they have to prepare for anything and there could easily be a situation where the bad guys want to meet Rock's character in a public place like a posh restaurant.Overall, Bad Company is a must-watch.

Officer Seale (Gabriel Macht) is handsome, brave, intelligent, an ace biker, skilled in gun duels and at dodging bullets, and can even survive being shot in the back at close range. He's great! Unfortunately, he's not the focus of the film. That is shared by street-wise scalp Jake (an irritating Chris Rock who is followed everywhere by blaring rap music) who has to pretend to be his undercover CIA agent brother and dull (not to mention elderly and overweight) Officer Oakes (an unconvincing Anthony Hopkins sleeping through his lines) who has to train Jake to save the world from a nuclear bomb.Bad Company starts with a clichéd poetic action scene in which Kevin Pope is killed. Enter exposition overload to explain who Jake is and why he has to cover for Kevin. This gets all the information across in a short space, but is so obvious and clumsy, only a child wouldn't be irritated. However, the plot itself is pleasingly straight-forward and sense-making, which isn't often the case in action films, but it does all rest on how lucky the CIA are that Jake is basically a receptive genius. But it can't be that hard for Jake to pretend to be Kevin, since Rock's Kevin acting involves using a quiet monotone and nothing else. This touches on a vague plot hole of the film, in that why does the CIA bother training Jake to act like Kevin, and then training him to act like Kevin acting like Michael Turner (Kevin's alias)? Why not go straight from Jake to Michael, especially since they are not supposed to give Jake any extraneous information that could pop out at the wrong time? Other plot holes include why in the lengthy car chase in which baddies want the bomb that Jake and Oakes have, do they not kill Jake and Oakes when they get the bomb, and undercover agents like Oakes probably shouldn't run around as CIA officers in the middle of undercover operations. Also, there is something extremely tacky about the style in which the diffusing the bomb scene is edited, with lots of random close ups.All that aside, this is an inoffensive action film, fine for passing the time, although thanks to the two flat leads, probably not one to seek out.

Beware, spoilers! Lots of them!Tourist movie, where behind patching with money, all you can really see is lame producer stitches. Then nasty scars too. Story from Peacemaker transferred in Prague, and spiced with initial death of CIA agent who is shot by Serbs. Without him, purchase of post-soviet A-bomb can't be achieved.That agent (Chris Rock) had a twin-brother. They are adopted separately long time ago, so the other rose only to a level of scalper. Then agency (Hopkins) makes copy of a dead brother from a street bum, with all comic twists which that process bears.Dragan Michanovich (Michelle in movie) shows unbelievable hypocrisy, by accepting to pose Rade Sherbegia in this vomit; while in movie Night is dark (from his native Serbian cinematography - Tamna je noc) he sought maximum of pacifism and humanity. Here, he play's French who swindle Russian, and than he himself is played out by Serbs. Ironic, isn't it?Serbs are lead by some Dragan Adyanich, wanted for war crimes. For what else Serb can be wanted?. He dislike USA so much, that for 20 million$ he doesn't open bar, gas station, or warehouse. Like costume is. Instead of silicone boobies or Merk, he buy's a nuke! Then surrender himself to adventure, which is about to change political scene of today…But the most pervert stupidity is final intrusion of that that person (temporarily absent from ICTY in Hague). Scene is so copied from Peacemaker, that is surprise how they are not sued. Reason why they aren't, is only because Peacemaker is also washout photocopy. Whose original is lost, because it is used as toilet paper by critique of 80's. Climax of perversion is smooth flatulence, which is gushing out when Adyanich holding his funeral oration. That is stylistic figure, in capital-realism (opposition to social-realism) known as: psychopathic anti-American sermon of terrorist unaware that he will soon be dead. I quote: Your country grows fat, while people all over the world starve. You stay at home, you watch our blood spilled on television. War reduced to video game. You take sides in conflicts you know nothing about, dictating to other people how they should live…This is supposed to make Pavlov-like synapse, in every kid who hears this or similar speech, automatically branding speaker as Adyanich's clone. (Type of person known to conduct cannibalism of exhausted grannies, rape of pets, etc.).That's why is in vain to impute Hopkins (and alike) as a great actors and persons. They are just incorrigible, unintellectual, covetous droppings. Chauvinistic farce. There is no need to exhaust yourself with thought that you will ever drink coffee with them, so opinion like this can bring you to unpleasant situation.Black for me, please.