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Summary: Very UNDERATED
Review: ...i thought it was funny and worth seeing. The acting isn't so great but still it has a little bit of action and I promise you will laugh. This was one of the best PG-13 movies I have seen in awhile other than Minority Report (Tom Cruise). I would recommend you see this movie soon because it IS good no matter what people tell you. I myself think that this movie is very underated and incorage you togo see it.
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Summary: Bad Company
Review: A must see. A great mix of comedy and drama. Chris Rock is a natural in this role. He is funny and serious. He does a great job at being himself and his brother, two totally different personalities. Anthony Hopkins,as expected, gives a great preformance. He keeps within the business emotion of his CIA job and display's his human emotions in a subtle manner. A great mix of humor in the face of disaster.
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Summary: Directed by the man who ruined the Batman movies.
Review: Anthony Hopkins saying a lot of one liners is pretty much the only good thing about this movie brought to us by the same film maker who ruined the Batman movies, now's he working at Disney Productions and Jerry Bruchemer. It figures.
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Summary: I Hope It Was The Money
Review: Anthony Hopkins was reportedly paid one million per day for his work on the second Mission Impossible film. I don't know what he was paid for this film, but I hope it was at least that much.This is a movie that is so far beneath Anthony Hopkins as an actor you sit there and wonder what made him do the film. Chris Rock also had lousy material to work with as this film has been done several dozen times, and every other incarnation was better, with the possible exception of last week's loser, "The Sum Of All Fears", The trailer for the film is misleading, and virtually every reference to the weapon they are pursuing is nonsense. There are people who truly fear the detonation of a nuclear device, films like this spread ridiculous misinformation that must derive from people who were to lazy to pick up a book. This film was not worth the cost of the Mercedes that got trashed.
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Summary: It BURNNNNS!
Review: AUGHHH! Oh, avoid! I actually thought this could be funny. Chris Rock didn't write his lines and it's never funny. There seems to be a lack of interest on all parts. Main actors, director, etc. etc. The humor all comes from him being a black James Bond. Spare us. It fails on almost every level, it's dry and dull, I thought it would never end!
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Summary: A well-crafted espionage adventure
Review: BAD COMPANY is getting a lot of bad raps as far as reviewers go and I question why such exalted expectations are heaped on this rather good film. No, this is not the tightest script written, and yes, the story has been done before, but in a field as repetitious as Hollywood products variations on a theme are bound to occur. Joel Schumacher has a style which includes a love affair with light and dark, with angles of view that distort and sharpen our perception, and he always seems to generate the feeling from his actors that htey are having one terific time working with him. It is refreshing to see Anthony Hopkins take on a bit of a fluff role, taking the script seriously that he is playing a burned out CIA agent, and spar with Chris Rock (who is always just Chris Rock...not a bad thing.....). As usual Schumacher introduces fresh faces in minor roles and gathers some of the more interesting new lights around in a full scale production. Special effects are good, the musical score fits the mood, and the pacing is excellent when the running gets real. This is a good evening at home movie, even if your only desire is to see another facet of the eloquent Anthony Hopkins.
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Summary: Good Company
Review: Bad Company is one of the best film yet. Jerry Bruckheimer Always make fun and exciting films. I hope everyone sees this movie. If you like movies with action and comady, I suggest you rent or purchase this film. Anthony and Chris together maks a great team. They should make another film with them. ... It is a gerat film and you should watch it.
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Summary: A typical Bruckheimer disaster.
Review: Bad Company is still slightly better than Gone in Sixty Seconds, but the point is, producer Jerry Bruckheimer is churning out crap at an alarmingly fast rate. And with Kangaroo Jack out, he's not slowing down this trend whatsoever (2001's Black Hawk Down proved to be a fluke on his part). The man truly doesn't know a good script when he sees one, and the odd part is, he typically hires decent directors and to helm these pictures, which typically follow a specific formula. You got your heroes on one side, the despicable villains on the other, a countdown clock, and lots of stuff getting shot up real good. Bruckheimer also knows how to draw in A-list actors. Anthony Hopkins is in this film. Anthony Hopkins! And he's paired with Chris Rock, who plays twins here, though the more refined, cultured one is killed off early on, and the plot has to do with the more street-wise half having to pose as his CIA sibling to make a transaction involving a nuclear bomb go smoothly. Hopkins plays his trainer, so you can see the filmmakers were opting for a mismatched buddy picture. But the point is, there's very little about this movie worth mentioning. The premise is silly, but good action movies can be made from a lack of strong plot, right? Last year there was the wonderfully entertaining The Transporter. But no, Bad Company fails from the start because it brings nothing new to the proceedings. Everything is bland and predictable, all the way down to the perfunctory shootouts. The only bright spot is an energetic car chase, but even that is marred by Rock's awful one-liners and Hopkins' unconvincing bid as an action hero. Hopkins and Rock display little to no chemistry. I cannot remember laughing once during the entire film, nor do I recall anything in the way of thrills, excitement, or fun. Jerry Bruckheimer won't be remembered as cinema's worst producer (Dino De Laurentiis, Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan have done much worse), but when people speak his name years from now, it probably won't be out of fondness.
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Summary: Throwing Nothing But Rocks
Review: Bad Company is yet another attempt to put a new spin on the worn and weathered action-comedy buddy pic. Unfortunately, the film offers nothing new, and is only slightly watchable because Chris Rock is let loose every now and then. After a top undercover CIA Agent is killed in the line of duty (Rock), while negotiating with terroists. It just so happens that they are holding on to a rougue nuke; Senior agent Oakes (Anthony Hopkins) decides to recruit his identical twin brother named Jake (Rock again) to complete the sting operation. Poor director Joel Schumacher hasn't had very much luck lately. The last good film he turned out was A Time To Kill, ever since then, he can't seem to find good material. The script falls back on every tired cliche` Of course the pair don't see eye to eye, Jake wisecracks his way through as a fish out of water, and is afraid of getting shot. The villians are cardboard cut outs of what's come before. For his part, Hopkins seems like he knows he's in a bad film, and wishes he had said no to the whole thing. Despite the gravity of the situation--no one seems to care in the story. There's also not much tension in the film either. It seems as though no one had much confidence in this one anyway. At 156 minutes, all one really gets is a few funny one liners from Rock, that are good for a chuckle--that's it. Not wanting to throw salt on the wound, the DVD only has one main extra: a typical 12 minute long behind-the-scenes featurette, aptly titled, "In Bad Company". A few sneak peek trailers are included for a lttle padding. Rather than call the film Bad Company they should have called it Sad Company...Watch some of Rock's comedy concerts instead of this piece of trash. Trust Me. You will have a better time.
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Summary: Bad Company- The Company of A good Movie
Review: Bad Company, a very funny action comedy, but a poor excuse for a spy thriller. Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins are quite funny together, but I don't think there will be a sequel for this movie. I saw it in theatres and I am glad I did, the plot was ok, the action was interesting, and the humor was quite hilarious. You put those ingredients together and you get a funny action comedy. Bascially, the plot is a CIA agent gets murdered then his twin-brother played Chris Rock must cover for him for 9 nine days at the most, supposedly. Anthony Hopkins is the boss and leader of the mission, he appoints Rock's character into helping him out. Rock is quite hesitant at first, but soon tags along. Bad Company is rated PG-13 for Intense Sequences of Violent Acion, Some Sensuality and Language. So, an exceptable choice for preteens, but maybe not the best choice of interest. A funny, yet poorly written and configured film, but does have the occasional laughs. Bad Company available to own On Video and DVD, November 12, 2002, in theatres everywhere June 7, 2002.
A film, that you should possibly or probably rent first.
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