Bad Company (2002)
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Reviews Counted: 134
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 120
Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins fail to generate the sparks necessary to save the movie from a generic and utterly predictable script.
Average Rating: 4/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 28
Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins fail to generate the sparks necessary to save the movie from a generic and utterly predictable script.
liked it
Average Rating: 2.8/5
User Ratings: 56,209
Movie Info
Dignified Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins tries the buddy action-comedy on for size with this typically slick and bombastic offering from producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Hopkins stars as Gaylord Oakes, a CIA spy attempting -- along with his partner, Kevin Pope (Chris Rock) -- to secure a suitcase-sized nuclear bomb in Prague from a Russian black marketer (Peter Stormare). Just as the partners discover that another bidder for the device exists, they are ambushed and Pope is killed trying to protect
Watch It Now
Cast
-
Anthony Hopkins
Gaylord Oakes -
Chris Rock
Jake Hayes, Kevin Pope -
Matthew Marsh
Dragan Adjanic -
-
Peter Stormare
Adrik Vas -
John Slattery
Roland Yates -
Garcelle Beauvais
Nicole -
Dragan Micanovic
Michelle Petrov -
Gabriel Macht
Seale -
-
Kerry Washington
Julie -
Peter Macdissi
Rami -
ADVERTISEMENT
Bad Company Trailer & Photos
All Critics (152) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (120) | DVD (23)
Director Joel Schumacher does a fair job of managing the chaos, but after a while you get tired of being dragged from setup to setup.
Top CriticIf you've seen the trailer, you've seen almost everything good in Bad Company.
Rock doesn't really act with the other performers; he stands next to them and buzzes in his own orbit.
Despite its cliché-ridden premise, Bad Company often works simply because there's so much talent on the screen.
Predictably soulless techno-tripe.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer demands the kind of formula action that leaves director Joel Schumacher no space to let characters breathe.
Nuclear-bomb-in-NYC plot leaves sour aftertaste.
Everything about has been done and seen before--even right down to the title, which the very same studio used as the moniker for a Laurence Fishburne/Ellen Barkin thriller.
The action fails to cause any excitement, and most of the characters are paper-thin.
O roteiro é absurdo, a direção de Schumacher é fraca e o filme, em si, é simplesmente ridículo.
Rock is trying too hard, and Hopkins isn't trying at all.
The funniest thing about Bad Company is that Hopkins actually agreed to star in it.
An easy watch, except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character.
This movie not only has literally no cause for existence, but it's a testament to how faceless, lazy, and pathetic movies can be.
Hopkins and Rock almost get lost in the hyperkinetic pyrotechnics of the second half... The movie might have been a good call if it had remained true to its beginnings.
Hopkins-Rock action-comedy wastes both talents with an achingly inept script and truly ruinous direction.
Not just a bad film -- it's boring and embarrassing, full of formulaic plot, predictable mugging by Rock, and numerous less-than-fascinating chase scenes.
Yet another exercise in seeing how many cars, buildings, and people he can blow up in two hours.
[Chris Rock gives] arguably the worst lead performance in a mainstream movie ever.
A completely pedestrian piece of entertainment... with a shrink-to-fit ending [that] builds to a dizzyingly ludicrous DIY climax; ...half-baked and over-baked at the same time.
This is a movie on autopilot, too tired and broken down even to find an appropriate place to crash.
Scores no points for originality, wit, or intelligence. It's a cookie-cutter movie, a cut-and-paste job.
Algo floja pero pasajera. Para los adictos al toque Bruckheimer que quieran experimentar una versión light de este contexto.
Is it a comedy or a thriller? The trailer left me unsure, and now, having seen the movie, I feel no better informed.
We started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed 'Chris Rock,' 'Anthony Hopkins' and 'terrorists' into some Univac-like script machine.
Audience Reviews for Bad Company
Super Reviewer
Super Reviewer
Discussion Forum
There are no discussion threads for Bad Company yet.
What's Hot On RT
John Goodman's Best Movies
Woody Allen in San Francisco
Naomi Watts stars as Princess Di
Pictures from a zombie nation
Fresh Links
Featured
Movie: ID: 12795 Title: Bad Company Release Date: 2002-06-07 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 3 Status: 1
Family Movie Mistakes
Even the best family entertainment experiences a few blunders now and then...
The Looks of Johnny Depp
To celebrate the star's birthday, BuzzSugar looks at the many faces of Johnny Depp.
10 Egregious Product Placements
Rolling Stone wonders if The Internship goes too far... then provides 10 examples of movies that did.
10 Bad Movies That Look Great
Sometimes even terrible movies can be beautiful; here are 10 of them, from HitFix.
50 Most Classic Movie Moms
In celebration of Mother's Day, TimeOut offers up 50 iconic matriarchs from the big screen.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter!
Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
Featured on RT
- James Gandolfini: 1961-2013 1
- Total Recall: John Goodman's Best Movies 12
- In Pictures: Zombie Nation! 0
- Video Interviews with Cast & Crew of Monsters University 0
- Digital Multiplex: 21 & Over, Quartet, and More 3
- RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: Jack the Giant Slayer and Quartet 23
- Box Office Guru Wrapup: Man of Steel Sets June Record 109
Top Headlines
-
Has Brad Pitt Ever Made a Successful Blockbuster?
0
-
Pacific Rim Set Visit Report
0
-
Shailene Woodley Cut from Amazing Spider-Man 2
0
-
Star Wars Casting Breakdown Reportedly Leaks
0
-
Universal Picks Up Dumb and Dumber To
0
-
Sam Taylor-Johnson Directing Fifty Shades of Grey
0
-
The Logan's Run Remake Has a New Writer
1
