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Plot:
Gaylord Oakes, a veteran CIA agent must transform sarcastic, street-wise punk Jake Hayes into a sophisticated and savvy spy to replace his murdered identical twin brother. He only has nine days to acc...( read more 
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MCT:September 2, 2008I have seen this movie like a thousand times, but I never get sick of it. It really isn't that good a movie, but it's just something about it that makes it fun to watch over and over. Chris Rock is great!
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MCT:July 21, 2008Officer Seale (Gabriel Macht) is handsome, brave, intelligent, an ace biker, skilled in gun duels and at dodging bullets, and can even survive being shot in the back at close range. He's great! Unfortunately, he's not the focus of the film.
That is shared by street-wise scalp Jake (an irritating Chris Rock who is followed everywhere by blaring rap music) who has to pretend to be his undercover CIA agent brother, and dull (not to mention elderly and overweight) Officer Oakes (an unconvincing Anthony Hopkins sleeping through his lines) who has to train Jake to save the world from a nuclear bomb.
Bad Company starts with a cliched poetic action scene in which Kevin Pope is killed. Enter exposition overload to explain who Jake is and why he has to cover for Kevin. This gets all the information across in a short space, but is so obvious and clumsy only a child wouldn't be irritated. However, the plot itself is pleasingly straight-forward and sense-making, which isn't often the case in action films, but it does all rest on how lucky the CIA are that Jake is a receptive genius. But it can't be that hard for Jake to pretend to be Kevin, since Rock's Kevin acting involves using a quiet monotone and nothing else. This touches on a vague plot hole of the film, in that why does the CIA bother training Jake to act like Kevin, and then training him to act like Kevin acting like Michael Turner (Kevin's alias)? Why not go straight from Jake to Michael, especially since they are not supposed to give Jake any extraneous information that could pop out at the wrong time?
Ignoring plot holes and tacky editing, this is an inoffensive action film, fine for passing the time, although thanks to the two flat leads, probably not one to seek out. -
MCT:April 19, 2008
Good movie...
The story of the movie is good.
Anthony Hopkins is good in his role as always. Chris Rock played his role funny as always. The action is acceptable and totally it is a watchable movie.
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MCT:March 24, 2008
I love Anthony Hopkins, not a huge Chris Rock fan and could NOT inagine the two of them together in a movie. But they both pulled it off quite well, an enjoyable combination of humor and action & suspense.
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MCT:March 7, 2008
Another throwaway Schumacher film...looking back on my teenage years, was this shit director planting devices in my brain to compell me to see his movies? It seems like I saw everything he ever put out from 1999-2004. SHit!
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MCT:February 14, 2008Anthony Hopkins is awesome i am a big fan of him. the movie is so good. there is a some bad direction of Joel Schumacher. the acting of Anthony Hopkins's acting is really coool
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MCT:February 4, 2008Frankly, I am disappointed with this movie. Yeap, it's definitely a failure. Too bad for Anthony........
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MCT:January 15, 2008
So much better than I expected this to be. There were some extremely funny moments coming from Chris Rock of course, but also from Anthony Hopkins at times. The story itself was unexpectably good and held me from start to finish.
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MCT:December 22, 2007
Not a huge Chris Rock fan (actually I hate him) but Hopkins is a master and makes this film worth sitting through. Story is pretty impossible but that's holiwood and it all comes good in the end.
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MCT:November 7, 2007Chris Rock doing stand up is money. Chris Rock acting is like having your balls ripped off in garbage disposal.
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MCT:October 7, 2007An overused idea makes for a bad movie, and this is no different. Not that I have anything against Chris Rock, but he has bad luck with movies.
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MCT:August 30, 2007
I don't care if your from fucking Jersey... Stop saying it every other fucking line! Oh and Peter makes a sexy Russian... Don't you think so Carmin?
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MCT:August 27, 2007
Where is Chris Rock haven't seen him in anything lately. Anyway a great film with some talented actors.
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Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins were in a movie together? I mean, with both of them as main characters? I just can't even imagine the two of them even having a conversation, let alone starring in a movie together...
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MCT:August 15, 2007
Brilliant movie with great parts played by the wonderful Anthony Hopkins as the CIA operative and Chris Rock playing the stand in for his dead brother who was a refined CIA agent. Great part from Chris Rock playing a street-wise punk who must in a few days become a refined antiques dealer and be able to fool all that knew his brother before he was murdered. He has a mission impossible and great story line that doesn't become too intense because of Chris Rock's funny quest to become the CIA agent that his brother so clearly was , Thoroughly enjoyable movie.
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MCT:August 12, 2007
Unless the viewer is a fan of Chris Rock's motormouth antics, this movie really isn't worth its while. While one would assume that with such charismatic supporting actors as Hopkins and Stormare this movie would be awesome, it isn't. It has a couple of almost funny moments, but very little entertainment value.
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MCT:August 11, 2007
It was averagly ok. Nothing special on either Chris Rock's or Anthony Hopkins' part. It wasn't Chris Rock's usual stupid comedy but he did get a few funny one liners in there. It's says it's a comedy but I wouldn't class it as one. It isn't a very good one if thats what it's meant to be. Not one of Joel Schumacher's best films either. I loved some of his other ones but this one really doesn't live up to his reputation.
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MCT:July 21, 2007
I watched it while doing my nails (manicure & pedicure) so I wasn`t wholeheartedly paying attention. It`s entertaining and has a bunch of action/espionage/high speed chase scenes in it but if you hate Chris Rock then you`ll more than likely hate this movie. I would have liked it better if the relationship between Anthony Hopkins and the murdered Chris Rock had been deeper and shown in more detail. Skipping out on that made it an impersonal movie with the usual undercover/double dealing gone wrong.
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MCT:July 8, 2007
Dear Hollywood: Loud and fast music does not alone create an action scene.
I figured I would someday come face to face with this.... Bad Company was playing on tv last night and it was even worse than i expected. -
MCT:June 28, 2007Honestly. I've rented this once, and tried watching it again while my brother had it playing. It is horrible. While the concept could be funny, or at the very least interesting, it's not. Hard to believe that a film could be ruined while Schumacher is calling the shots . After all it's not like he made, oh, oh I don't know, Batman Forever and Batman and Robin. ARNOLD IN AN ICE MAN SUIT!!...how do you fuck that up!?!?! Well, Joel found a way. Anyways, as for this film, watch it, or don't watch it. Either way it's no sweat off my balls, but I'd advise against it. If you are in the mood for some action and a good laugh then just watch Commando.
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MCT:June 26, 2007Na boa? Nunca ri tanto. Eu ainda não havia assistido a um filme com o Chris Rock, mas imaginei que ele daria uma pitada de humor ao filme. E que pitada. E nem preciso falar nada do Hopkins, né. Enfim, humor negro de primeira, misturado com ação e suspense, não faltou NADA nesse filme. Empolgante.
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MCT:June 25, 2007
Pretty bad, despite a couple of laughs. One of those movies where Hopkins CLEARLY is in it for the paycheck. Doesn't even TRY.
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MCT:June 24, 2007
As much as I love Tony Hopkins, I just can't fucking stand Chris Rock, he ruins virtually **EVERYTHING** he's in.
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MCT:June 18, 2007
Hopkins and Rock don't have the chemistry to carry this. When I saw it first, I thought it was funny and cool. The second time I couldn't see it completely.
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