Bad Company

Name: Bad Company
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller, Comedy
Released: June 7, 2002
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 37
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock

2002

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Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: June 7, 2002 | PG-13

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock

Summary: Gaylord Oakes (Hopkins) is a veteran CIA agent who must transform sarcastic, street-wise punk Jake Hayes (Rock) into a sophisticated and savvy spy to replace his murdered identical twin brother. (Touchstone Pictures)

Director: Joel Schumacher

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Thriller, Comedy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 116 min

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Ella Taylor

Deft, funny and intelligently scary. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

Anthony Hopkins, with a toothpick and a slouch. Fabulous! Read full review

Hank Sartin

As in all Jerry Bruckheimer-produced summer blockbusters, the premise is paper-thin and the action sequences play out with assembly-line regularity. Read full review

Gene Seymour

Whether you care if they find them (terrorists) or not may depend on how much you've been able to withstand Bad Company's sensory overload of firefights, vehicular mayhem, techno-cool swagger and enough bumptious contrivances to fill several seasons of daffy prime-time soaps. Read full review

Michael Sragow

Bad Company is about an undercover brother, but it will never be confused with "Undercover Brother."

Jami Bernard

The main problem with this whole Jerry Bruckheimer-produced mess is that they took a promising comedy setup and squandered it by trying to make a legitimate spy thriller out of it.

Sam Allis

The major problem with this alleged comic thriller is it is neither funny nor thrilling. Neither the heavies nor the good guys are believable. Read full review

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RobertHoward

Mar 5, 2022

Bad Company has its moments, at least enough of them to provide mild entertainment for roundabout two hours. But in the end, it is a rather run-of-the-mill action movie that has little to offer.

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laz2006

Aug 8, 2017

I don't know who persuaded a terrific actor like Hopkins to get involved with this piece of crap but maybe the paycheck had something to do with it. Lots of gunfire, bad acting, unfunny script and a very weak premise makes this a complete waste of space.

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kublay0880

Dec 18, 2012

It was a shame to see Anthony Hopkins in a movie like this, who the hell thought that these couple could work together?? totally different types of actors, this was a big fail.

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Broyax

Jun 24, 2017

Joel Schumacher se vautre éhontément dans la grosse bouse hollywoodienne avec ce Bad company de fort mauvaise compagnie : le scénario a en effet été boulotté par deux guignols qui n'ont pas peur du ridicule ni de la farce la plus grotesque.

Chris Rock se la joue Eddie Murphy très agité maisJoel Schumacher se vautre éhontément dans la grosse bouse hollywoodienne avec ce Bad company de fort mauvaise compagnie : le scénario a en effet été boulotté par deux guignols qui n'ont pas peur du ridicule ni de la farce la plus grotesque.

Chris Rock se la joue Eddie Murphy très agité mais sans la tchatche de son aîné, ce qui le rend insupportable de grimaces et de bêtise. On plaint Anthony Hopkins de s'être fourvoyé dans une telle bouffonnerie produite par Jerry Bruckeimer (ah mais tout s'explique...) et si l'opposition des tempéraments de ce "buddy movie" typique peut éventuellement faire sourire au début, elle fait long feu.

Impossible de tenir jusqu'au bout de cette catastrophe complètement débile et aberrante qui n'en finit pas de s'enfoncer et creuse encore : jusqu'où, on ne veut pas le savoir !… Expand

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[Anonymous]

Dec 2, 2005

In a word: Awful.

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