Bad Company (DVD)

...into any such story ideas. Bad Company’s director (Joel Schumacher) has made some good films in his time, including The Lost Boys, Flatliners and The Client. Alas, he has also made a few turkeys too – I’m thinking Batman & Robin – and Bad Company will join their ranks without a shadow of a doubt. Kevin Pope is a highly experienced CIA agency, who is working undercover as a crooked antique dealer in order to obtain a rogue ...
...serious cop, silly cop routine, Bad Company adds another entry to the genre – and a very poor one at that. I had been led to believe that Bad Company was a relatively serious action thriller – but instead I found myself watching a daft comedy that was not unlike fifty other films that have gone before. The idea of matching up the unmatchable has been seen many times before, and I’m sure will be seen many times again. In Bad Company, ...

LostWitness 29.12.2002 · Read full review
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...or other distinctly average movies. Bad Company, directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins, fits into the brainless summer action movie genre and is, at best, a distinctly average example of it. Jerry Bruckheimer will never have the word 'intelligent' applied to any movie he gets involved with, but it has to be said this is one of the dumbest, most lamely scripted, hole-ridden, lack-lustre ...
...be achieved. The problem with Bad Company is that the script and screenplay are not only quite awful and incredibly unbelievable, but there are also so many lulls in the 'action' that you have absolutely hoards of time to ponder upon that fact. Bad Company is more interested in plot and exposition than action, thrills and spills and that’s a huge mistake when its all quite this preposterous and frankly quite boring in parts. I think this movie manages ...

wampyrii 10.07.2002 · Read full review
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Bad Company pairs odd couple Anthony Hopkins ("Hanibal Lecter" fame) and Chris Rock ("Lethal Weapon 4") and teams big time producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("Bad Boys", "The Rock") and director Joel Schumacher ("Batman & Robin", "A Time To Kill"). The story is about the CIA making a nuclear weapons purchase (better them buying it then a terrorist state). The purchase is organised by CIA Agent Kevin Pope (Chris Rock) but he unfortunately (cough - sarcasm ...
...a gun and shooting a bad guy without blood or anything. There are some impresive moments, but they don't last long. If the film wasn't aimed for 12 year olds, it would be so much better and i'm talking leaps and bounds here people. The scenes in Prague and New York City also look impresive as Schumacher (admitidly) has a good idea for composition and cinematogrophy but is weak in the story pacing department, packing most of the good action toward ...

DarkMark 02.07.2003 (03.07.2003) · Read full review
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...that’s just my opinion. It’s the kind of film that once you have seen it you probably wouldn't watch it again for a very long time, so I'd borrow it rather than buy it. But over all not a bad film at all, I have spent evenings watching worse films. ...

mum_to_1 27.03.2004 · Read full review
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What makes this film better is that it contains a lot of humour courtesy of Chris rock. If you like Chris rock then you will bare to watch this film for the full 90 minutes. The storyline is pretty basic and dull but there are some twists. The odd explosion and joke just manage to keep your attention on screen which’s speaks for itself. I Am I big chris rock fan but this feel disappointed me a little. To be honest I did not think Anthony Hopkins ...
...bit old to be a active CIA agent he fits the cannibalistic role much better! The film is basically about a man in the CIA who was dealing with terrorists who gets killed. His brother who nobody knew about comes along and must take his brothers identity to save the world from a bomb. The storyline is what we have seen a hundred times before. With two big names such as Hopkins and Rock you would expect much more from them. Quite frankly when they acted ...

kev_macca 04.04.2003 · Read full review
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I read the other reviews for this film and have to say i think they were a bit harsh. Sure this film is a little predictable but if your watching it for the comedy rather than the action packed main plot you will enjoy it. It features Antony Hopkins who played hanible lecter and his acting is as good as ever. The story follows the FBI across the globe as they have to recruit Jake haynes to replace his dead twin brother on a mission. However jake ...

mattdoble 16.10.2005 · Read full review
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