Bad Company

Pros: some good action, good acting by Rock and Hopkins, Interesting Premise
Cons: not a top-notch film, struggled to find an audience

Bad Company Directed by Joel Schumacher Starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock 2002 Summer Release ---- 116 minute running time Cost of Production: $70 million World Box Office Gross: Just under $40 million ...

Pros: slick
Cons: shallow, predictable and ultimately boring

I went to see Bad Company for two reasons, and they're staring back at me from the other side of the movie marquee: Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins. Both men are at the top of their game, and perhaps the best image we can get of their respective sides ...

Pros: Chris Rock, Anthony Hopkins, action film
Cons: predictable

Bad Company stars comedian Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins. Together they are on a mission to save America from terrorists. This is not an unusual plot. The basic story consists of a suitcase sized nuclear weapon being sold by Russians to undercover CIA,...

Pros: I can't think of a single one.
Cons: This is possibly the worst movie I have ever seen.

Thankfully, I snuck into this movie on a rainy afternoon after seeing a very good movie. What I am thankful for, is that I didn't actually purchase the ticket to this movie. I'd have rather watched Howard the Duck or Showgirls ten times...

Pros: Chris Rock, the Prague scenes, Garcelle Beauvais
Cons: Anthony Hopkins is wasted and the film's plot is clunky and dull

If Bad Company were a better movie, it could have been the vehicle that finally shot Chris Rock up as a major movie star. Sure, everybody knows Chris Rock and lots of people love him, but if you think he's a movie star I've got two words for you: Pootie....

Pros: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock when he is funny, some action scenes
Cons: most of the plot, lack of chemistry, Rock's dramatic acting

Each new summer season at the box office offers many different features each one appealing to one demographic or another that are a total guess if they pass or fail. But there are also plenty of consistent films that appear season after season that many c ...

Pros: Rock and Hopkins deliver a much-better-than-expected performance
Cons: tries too hard to be a *James Bond* movie at times.

UPDATE : 4PM-July 23rd,2002. I apologize to people who had to read this before my editing the review. I've just gone through the whole thing,editing spelling mistakes,grammatical errors ; I also got rid of all the needless comments. Sorry the...

Pros: Chemistry between Rock and Hopkins. Schumacher's restrained directing (!)
Cons: action scenes just a tad average.

Chris Rock, playing street-wise Jake Hayes learns one day of a twin brother he never knew who worked for the CIA. The CIA needs Hayes to complete a mission to purchase a suitcase nuke from a renegade Russian scientist. One recruitment period, several...

Pros: Prague setting, good music score
Cons: Uninspired, uninvolving, unworthy of Hopkins

While being a huge fan of Anthony Hopkins ( and fairly indifferent to Chris Rock's movies ), it was not for this reason I decided to watch Bad Company. It's one of those movies where you know exactly what it's going to be like just by looking at the DVD...

Pros: Strong cast, clever script.
Cons: Hopkins' performance is somewhat problematic.

Genre films have a bit of a problem with criticism -- they're always vulnerable to the aspersion that each one is basically like the others. The Bond films are very vulnerable to this because it's true -- and the fans would be deeply disappointed if...

Pros: The stars...
Cons: ...are trapped in this woefully uninspired vehicle.

To help prevent a nuclear bomb from falling into the wrong hands, a veteran CIA operative named Oakes (Anthony Hopkins) must convince his recently deceased partner's separated-at-birth, polar-opposite twin brother Jake (Chris Rock) to take his place....

Pros: Some good action scenes and okay acting.
Cons: Not exciting as it could have been.

A fast-talking con man takes a crash course in becoming a CIA agent in order to apprehend a black market arms dealer in this action/comedy directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock who I...

Pros: Trevor Rabin's soundtrack is really good.
Cons: Everything else.

I read a few things about this movie when it came out, as well as some of the reviews on this site. I’ll assume most readers have, too, so this will probably be a fairly short review. It was a bad idea from the start, this mating of Chris Rock and...

Pros: Lots of action, good cast,air of familiarity
Cons: Tired premise

Chris Rock plays a street smart brother who fell off the wrong side of the tracks. He is going through some rough times when a little good luck, or so he would think, falls his way. Basically take any buddy movie, insert the recent events of nine eleven...

Pros: Some solid action, humour, and a pretty solid last half-hour.
Cons: There's nothing you haven't seen before.

Joel Schumacher, the master of frachise-destroying disaster, teams up with Jerry Bruckheimer, the master of car chase/terrorist lights-camera-BOOM! disasters, in this summer's newest action-comedy, Bad Company.

So how is it?

Pretty...