Bad Company (2002)
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
- Joel Schumacher
- Mark Cotone
- Eric Henriquez
- Jakub Dvorak
- Gary M. Goodman
- David Himmelstein
- Jason Richman
- Michael Browning
Rating: 5.5/10 by 764 users
Alternative Title:
Mala compañía - CO
Em Má Companhia - BR
9デイズ - JP
9 días - ES
Malas compañías - MX
Bad Company - Czeski Łącznik - PL
Czeski Łącznik - PL
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 56 minutes
Budget: $70,000,000
Revenue: $65,977,295
Plot Keyword: assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), undercover agent, ambush, espionage, hustler, nightclub, decoy, mistaken identity, deception, twin brother, hidden camera, betrayal, shootout, terrorism, foot chase, silencer, surveillance, agent, impersonation, doppelgänger, langley virginia, odd couple, amused
You might be more forgiving of this if you are a fan of Chris Rock's fast-paced, quick-thinking banter. If you are not then it really can border on the puerile at times. The premiss sees Rock ("Jake") recruited by worldly CIA man "Oakes" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) after his twin brother is killed. Aside from the fact that "Jake" didn't even know he had a brother, let alone that he was an agent, he is not an especially brave young man who tends to let his mouth do most of the work - so off we go into the murky and perilous world of terrorists bent on killing his fiancée and destroying New York. It's all pretty formulaic stuff - pyrotechnics, shoot 'em ups, secret codes etc. - with Hopkins standing around most of the time chewing on a toothpick looking about as disinterested at I rapidly became. Some of Rock's retorts are quite amusing, but at two hours the story wears too thin too quickly and there is little, if any, chemistry between the two at the top of the bill. The effects are pretty standard, as is the plot and though it is watchable enough, it's certainly not remotely memorable.
