adidas12185
07-15-2002, 02:56 PM
Bad Company (2002)
Starring: Chris Rock, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Stormare, Gabriel Macht, John Slattery
Director: Joel Schumacher
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike Stenson
Writers: Jason Richman, Michael Browning
Distributor: Touchstone
Plot: A top CIA operative Kevin Pope is killed in a covert black ops. mission to keep a rogue nuclear weapon off the black market. Time is running out and the Agency can't think of any other possibilities so they reluctantly recriuit Kevin's long-lost identical twin brother, Jake, to take his place. Jake is the exact opposite of Kevin though and doesn't have any prior government training.
Review: "Bad Company" is a typical action/adventure thriller mixed with comedy at certain parts, it doesn't offer much else though. Chris Rock is used fairly well and his funny at times, but the overused jokes come off as being annoying after a while. Not really Rock's fault just poor writing, Rock didn't ruin the movie though. His acting is questionable but to me Rock did a pretty solid job at what he was asked to do, then there is Anthony Hopkins as a secret agent trying to train him in only a few days. Hopkins is very good in this performance which isn't a surprise, although during a few action sequences he obviously seems to be slowing down. Stormare ("Armageddeon", "Windtalkers"... ) plays a tough, gritty secret agent, that ends up being double crossed by his own men. Stormare's talent ends up being wasted in "Bad Company" imo. Rock ends up being trained in a few days as a CIA operative, well not really, he's only suppose to pose as his dead brother. But things go wrong and he is put right into the action and has to avoid the terrible situations he was hoping wouldn't happen. I thought the film started out great but after the first 15 minutes it becomes all too much of the familar action thriller, with very little spy and mystery factor put into it. "Bad Company" is a good choice for a cheesy and predictable movie to watch just for pure entertainment, but its not as smart as it could of been imo. Basically the movie could of been great but just becomes the same old action-packed fest that's been done 100's of times before. Even though it is somewhat entertaining, "Bad Company" is the same type of cliched movie that Chris Rock would make fun of.
Overall rating: 5/10
Starring: Chris Rock, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Stormare, Gabriel Macht, John Slattery
Director: Joel Schumacher
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Mike Stenson
Writers: Jason Richman, Michael Browning
Distributor: Touchstone
Plot: A top CIA operative Kevin Pope is killed in a covert black ops. mission to keep a rogue nuclear weapon off the black market. Time is running out and the Agency can't think of any other possibilities so they reluctantly recriuit Kevin's long-lost identical twin brother, Jake, to take his place. Jake is the exact opposite of Kevin though and doesn't have any prior government training.
Review: "Bad Company" is a typical action/adventure thriller mixed with comedy at certain parts, it doesn't offer much else though. Chris Rock is used fairly well and his funny at times, but the overused jokes come off as being annoying after a while. Not really Rock's fault just poor writing, Rock didn't ruin the movie though. His acting is questionable but to me Rock did a pretty solid job at what he was asked to do, then there is Anthony Hopkins as a secret agent trying to train him in only a few days. Hopkins is very good in this performance which isn't a surprise, although during a few action sequences he obviously seems to be slowing down. Stormare ("Armageddeon", "Windtalkers"... ) plays a tough, gritty secret agent, that ends up being double crossed by his own men. Stormare's talent ends up being wasted in "Bad Company" imo. Rock ends up being trained in a few days as a CIA operative, well not really, he's only suppose to pose as his dead brother. But things go wrong and he is put right into the action and has to avoid the terrible situations he was hoping wouldn't happen. I thought the film started out great but after the first 15 minutes it becomes all too much of the familar action thriller, with very little spy and mystery factor put into it. "Bad Company" is a good choice for a cheesy and predictable movie to watch just for pure entertainment, but its not as smart as it could of been imo. Basically the movie could of been great but just becomes the same old action-packed fest that's been done 100's of times before. Even though it is somewhat entertaining, "Bad Company" is the same type of cliched movie that Chris Rock would make fun of.
Overall rating: 5/10