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Hard on the heels of "The Sum of All Fears," here's Jerry Bruckheimer's "Bad Company," another movie about an American city threatened by the explosion of a stolen nuclear device. This one is an action comedy. There may come a day when the smiles fade. To be sure, the movie was made before 9/11 (and its original autumn 2001 release was delayed for obvious reasons), but even before 9/11 it was clear that nuclear terrorism was a real possibility. While "The Sum of all Fears" deals in a quasi-serious way with the subject (up until the astonishingly inappropriate ending), "Bad Company" is more light-hearted. Ho, ho.

The nuclear device is really only the McGuffin. It could be anything, as long as bad guys want it and good guys fight to keep them from it. The movie's a collision between three durable genres: Misfit Partners, Fish Out of Water and Mistaken Identity. After an opening scene in which the Chris Rock character is killed, we learn that he had a twin brother named Jake Hayes; the babies were separated at birth and never knew about each other. The first was adopted by a rich family, went to Ivy League schools, and joined the CIA. Jake is a ticket scalper and chess hustler who's in love with a nursing student ( Kerry Washington ).

One problem with the movie, directed by Joel Schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time. Consider the training sequence, in which Rock has nine days to perfect the mannerisms and absorb the knowledge of his dead brother. Odd that most of the coaching sessions have him learning to recognize fine vintages of wine and evaluate ancient cognacs; is he going to be dining with the terrorists? Meanwhile, he's apparently expected to learn to speak Czech from a dictionary tossed onto his bunk.

His minder at the CIA is Gaylord Oakes ( Anthony Hopkins ), a spookily calm veteran operative whose plan is to substitute this twin for the other in a sting operation designed to buy a stolen nuclear device. When another would-be buyer enters the picture, the film descends into a series of chase scenes, which are well enough done, but too many and too long.

Hopkins plays his character right down the middle, hard-edged and serious. Rock has some effective scenes played straight, but at other times he goes into a nonstop comic monologue that is funny, yes, but unlikely; when he's being shot at, how can he think of all those one-liners? The movie's strategy is to make every sequence stand on its own, with no thought to the overall tone of the film, so that we go from the deadly serious to something approaching parody.

Of the plot I can say nothing, except that it exists entirely at the whim of the stunts, special effects, chases and action. The two competing teams of would-be evil bomb buyers function entirely to supply an endless number of guys who fire machineguns a lot but hardly ever hit anything. The motive for blowing up New York is scarcely discussed. And could I believe my eyes? Here in 2002--another Red Digital Readout counting down to zero, just when I thought that was one cliche that had finally outlived its viability.

As for the girls, well, Kerry Washington is sweet and believable as Rock's girlfriend, but a Bruckheimer movie is not the place to look for meaningful female performances. No doubt there was a nice payday, but meanwhile Washington's fine performance in "Lift," the shoplifting film from Sundance 2001, goes unreleased. Even more thankless is the role by Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon as a CNN correspondent who was the girlfriend of the first twin, and spots this one because he kisses differently. She disappears entirely from the film after an ironically appropriate slide down a laundry chute. (By the way: During the shoot-out in that hotel, how come not a single guest or employee is ever seen?) I won't tell you I didn't enjoy parts of "Bad Company," because I did. But the enjoyment came at moments well-separated by autopilot action scenes and stunt sequences that outlived their interest. As for the theme of a nuclear device that might destroy New York, I have a feeling that after this generation of pre-9/11 movies plays out, we won't be seeing it much anymore.

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Nuclear-bomb-in-NYC plot leaves sour aftertaste.

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A lot of violence, many characters killed.

Non-graphic, character resists temptation to be un

Strong language for a PG-13.

Some drug humor.

Parents need to know that this movie has a great deal of violence with characters, including a terrified young woman, in frequent peril. They use strong language, and there's some drug humor. Hayes says that if his girlfriend is pregnant, he will marry her, but if she's not, he's not in a hurry. Hayes has…

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Parents need to know that this movie has a great deal of violence with characters, including a terrified young woman, in frequent peril. They use strong language, and there's some drug humor. Hayes says that if his girlfriend is pregnant, he will marry her, but if she's not, he's not in a hurry. Hayes has the opportunity to have sex with a gorgeous woman. He jokes about it, but remains faithful to his girlfriend. Rock's mugging is occasionally uncomfortably reminiscent of the racist stereotypes perpetuated by early movie stars like Step'n Fetchit. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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What's the Story?

In BAD COMPANY, Chris Rock plays Jake Hayes, a streetwise hustler who finds out that not only did he have an identical twin brother who was adopted while he was shuttled to foster homes, but that his brother was a brilliant, sophisticated spy, and that he was killed just as a crucial future-of-the-world-depends-in-it deal was about to be concluded. His brother's partner, Gaylord Oakes (Anthony Hopkins), a spy so cool that he chews gum while he shoots people, recruits Hayes to take his brother's place. Oakes has nine days to train Hayes and is instructed by his supervisor not to tell him that he may be killed.

Is It Any Good?

This generic summer popcorn movie would be instantly forgettable if not for the sour aftertaste left by its climax, with a nuclear bomb set to explode in New York City's Grand Central Station. We are just not ready for a scene like that, and it would not be so bad if we never were again.

Rock is not an actor. He can barely get through the part of Hayes, which is written around his strengths, and his brief attempt to play the spy brother is painful to watch. Every so often, the script lets him go into one of his stand-up rants and his charm and wit come alive. Hopkins, of course, is a magnificent actor, and he does his best to create a real character out of the cardboard script.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about the fact that this film, which includes a plot to set off a nuclear bomb in NYC, was released in 2002, a year after 9/11. Do you think the timing was just a case of the film already being in production and too late to modify, or do you think filmmakers might have wanted to try to capitalize on the national attention to terror plots? What responsibilities do you think filmmakers have when it comes to creating films with stories similar to real-life tragic events?

Movie Details

• In theaters : June 7, 2002
• On DVD or streaming : November 12, 2002
• Cast : Anthony Hopkins , Chris Rock , Kerry Washington
• Director : Joel Schumacher
• Inclusion Information : Black actors, Female actors
• Studio : Touchstone Pictures
• Genre : Action/Adventure
• Run time : 117 minutes
• MPAA rating : PG-13
• MPAA explanation : intense sequences of violent action, some sensuality and language.
• Last updated : October 1, 2022

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It is no surprise that Bad Company started life as a movie project in the '80s. Throwing together many elements of the high-concept filmmaking that defined that decade - the fish-out-of-water scenario, the mismatched partners schtick - the only thing missing is a Harold Faltermeyer score. Unfortunately, what this comedy-action-thriller fails to do in any way is add any new licks to the old formulas and scenarios. If Beverly Hills Cop is the benchmark, then this falls a long way short.

Not originally envisaged as a summer release - its terrorist-attack-on-New-York finale has seen it delayed - Bad Company is subsequently a lower-key effort compared to recent Bruckheimer blockbusters.

The set-up is small-scale, the look is muted compared to the filter-fests of Michael Bay and Tony Scott, and the competent, bog-standard action set-pieces - a shoot-out in a practically deserted hotel, a car chase through high grass - swap huge explosions for more down-to-earth thrills. The movie is better in its first half, as Jake is inducted into the ways of the CIA with Rock given the space to freeform some funny comedic riffs into the formulaic mix. Yet when the hackneyed plot machinations kick in - the rent-a-villains (including a wasted Stormare) lack colour and personality - Rock gets subsumed in standard thriller staples and can do little to up the fun quotient.

Hopkins adds well-worn gravitas to his underwritten CIA operative without ever giving the feeling he is trying particularly hard. That there is something not quite clicking in the chemistry between the two stars is symptomatic of the film itself - Schumacher never achieves the right tone between the comedy and action. The result is that all-too-familiar beast: average Saturday night fare devoid of any kind of surprise or invention.

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Any film that puts “bad” in its title is asking for trouble from critics. Bad Company , a dumbed-down spy thriller following the high-testosterone, low-plausibility formula of producer Jerry Bruckheimer, deserves whatever zingers it gets. Not that young fans of adrenalized action will care what the critics think.

Undercover CIA operatives led by agent Oakes (Hopkins) are trying to buy a bomb on the black market, in part to sting the Russian dealer, in part to keep it out of the hands of rival bidders determined to nuke Manhattan. A crucial agent dies, forcing the CIA to recruit his streetwise twin, Jake (Rock), to complete the deal. The jive-talking hustler is out of his element, but gets trained just in time for the action to kick into high gear and the body count—with several people shot at point-blank range—to push the bounds of the PG-13 rating. Considerable violence is joined by more than 60 profanities or obscenities (including 17 s-words and one f-word), as well as crass sexual remarks.

The movie does try to make some positive statements about self-sacrifice, staying in school and the institution of marriage. In one scene, Jake walks in on a showering beauty who, thinking he is his brother, wants to get frisky. He finds her attractive, yet resists her advances because his heart belongs to a girl he hopes to marry. That’s great. But the film takes every opportunity to titillate the audience by showing the temptress in skimpy lingerie, and by zooming in on her foot as it massages Jake’s crotch.

Ridiculous action and dialogue is one thing, but teens can do without the barrage of violence, language and other moral miscues. Heed the words of 1 Corinthians 15:33. Don’t let Bad Company corrupt good character.

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Bad Company (2002)

Genre: action / comedy, duration: 116 minuten, country: united states / czech republic, directed by: joel schumacher, stars: anthony hopkins , chris rock and peter stormare, imdb score: 5,6  (50.169), releasedate: 7 june 2002.

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"Two Mismatched Partners. One Messed Up Case!" When a Harvard graduate CIA agent is murdered on a job, the CIA hires his twin brother (Chris Rock), who is a kid from the street. The CIA wants him to finish the project his brother started. But since the brother has no experience at all, an experienced agent (Anthony Hopkins) is hired to train him to become a 'real' CIA agent.

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Druk. Als tussendoortje misschien voor sommigen nog net te pruimen, maar echt vrolijk word je er niet van. Bad Company is druk, stapelt de clichés op en qua humor is dit al evenmin mijn ding. Met een speelduur die een minuut of 20 te lang is, wordt het al snel moeilijk een goede film af te leveren. Anthony Hopkins in een actiekomedie met Chris Rock: het is eens wat anders. En daarmee is alles gezegd, want een acteur van het niveau Hopkins dient niet in dergelijke prul verzeild te raken. Helaas zou Hopkins die fout later nog meer maken. Audiovisueel is dit ook gewoon een drukke bedoening. Hip en snel zal het allemaal wel zijn, maar of daar een film goed door wordt? Mneen, middelmaat. Nipt. 2,5

Maybe as a snack for some people, but it doesn't really make you happy. Bad Company is busy, the clichés pile up and this is not my thing in terms of humor either. With a playing time that is about 20 minutes too long, it quickly becomes difficult to deliver a good film.

Anthony Hopkins in an action comedy with Chris Rock: it's something different. And that's all, because an actor of the Hopkins level should not get caught up in such nonsense. Unfortunately, Hopkins would make that mistake even more later.

Audiovisually, this is also just a busy affair. It will all be hip and fast, but does that make a film good? No, mediocre. Nipped.

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Wel vermakelijk, maar niet heel bijzonder. Relatief weinig grappen voor een film met Chris Rock. Een krappe voldoende.

Entertaining, but not very special. Relatively few jokes for a Chris Rock movie. A tight enough.

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Bad Company Heel veel actie en druk gelul van Chris Rock, maar dat kan niet verbloemen dat Bad Company een ontzettend slecht en voorspelbaar script heeft. De film wil spannend en humoristisch zijn, maar slaagt in geen van beide. Waarom Hopkins hierin meespeelt is mij een raadsel, maar hopelijk wordt hij blij van zijn salarisstrookje. De actie is wel goed gedaan en Rock doet het zeker niet slecht. Hij is geen Eddie Murphy (in zijn topjaren), maar hij zorgt ervoor dat Bad Company nog het aanzien waard is.

A lot of action and busy bullshit from Chris Rock, but that cannot disguise the fact that Bad Company has a very bad and predictable script. The film aims to be exciting and humorous, but succeeds in neither. Why Hopkins is in this is a mystery to me, but hopefully he will be happy with his payslip. The action is well done and Rock is certainly not bad. He's no Eddie Murphy (in his prime), but he makes sure that Bad Company is still worthy of the spotlight.

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It's one of the most authentic westerns ever made, and that puts it in undisputably good company.

Benton excels In creating the appropriately gritty frontier atmosphere for his characters.

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The ironic comical Western prides itself in taking on the Horatio Alger myth.

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[A] smart, character-driven Western that plays a little like the undercover cop genre.

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Benton's first film, a Western good enough to make everything he has done since seem disappointing by comparison.

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