Bad Company
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Movie Reviews of Bad Company
Movie Review: Basically a Junky Movie
Summary: 2 Stars
However, I was quite fascinated with Anthony Hopkin's performance. It seemed to be quite an interesting extension of his Hannibal Lecter character. I thought he got the jaded, weary, bureaucratic essence of his CIA agent character. Also, the movie was very effective as a window into the matter-of-fact ruthlessness of that world.
And the shots of Prague are beautiful.
Chris Rock's performance appeared to be mostly a disaster. It seemed to me that the director gave him a lot of conflicting signals. I think if the performance had been based on his character's desire to learn more about his identical brother, the movie would have been pulled up by several notches. After all, wouldn't anyone become driven to find out more about his newly discovered biological double, especially if he had grown up as a foster child? And, certainly, the choice would have given Chris Rock a lot more dramatic opportunities.
Perhaps that is the impression I am left with: how good Chris Rock could be if he got the right director and script.
Movie Review: Mr. Rock two times in the same movie!
Summary: 2 Stars
Silly and predictable thriller without any trace of originality. Chris Rock, a most overreacting actor, plays a double part, Kevin Pope and Michael Turner, the first one a vagabond and the latter an inteligent and cold secret agent from the CIA. But they are twin brothers! (what a great idea!)and Mr. Turner (the agent) is killed in action and Mr. Pope must replace him for the sucess of the mission.
With that premise, the movie goes on only based upon the abominable jokes and gags of Rock and some unimpressive action scenes and car chases. A waste of time for a competent actor as Anthony Hopkins. And for you too.
Movie Review: I could have put more...
Summary: 2 Stars
...if Mr Joel Schumacher did not let his noise department (you can't use the word 'sound', and "music" would be totally inappropriate, not to say insulting!) inflict on us this (C)rap. Rap being as close to music as McDo is to "La tour d'Argent", it only debases things which, while pretending to be human, are most despicable (The only exception I know about is what was being performed by Warren Beatty in Bulworth; every other occurence I did encounter, I felt like polluted by the use of that BS).Movie Review: Poor attempt
Summary: 2 Stars
The story was good, but theree where too many unbelievable elements. It was surprising to see such poor work from such good actors.Movie Review: A typical Bruckheimer disaster.
Summary: 1 Stars
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.