Very well executed

Just so...so bad

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

There are a lot of action comedy thrillers that lack one thing or another, Bad Company delivers on all the genres it represents, there is some good action shoot em up scenes (there's not a lot of those scenes, but there's some), the thriller aspect is what keeps this motion picture fast-paced, and the comedy aspect (delivered by Chris Rock) is always at the perfect time, the comedy that he brings are mainly one-liners, but they are funny one-liners which is what is important.Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock make a watchable unlikely duo, but it isn't that much of a duo due to the rest of the cast having the same amount of screen time as Hopkins as well as being in the same scenes with Rock and Hopkins most of the time.If you're a hardcore action fan, maybe you will not like this movie due to what i mentioned earlier, if you don't mind the lack of action and prefer thrillers then you will love this flick.There are not enough movies like this out there, one of the things that makes Bad Company entertaining is the age difference between the two main leads, they bounce off of each other and keep each other on an even level with their obvious different personalities and maturity levels, buddy action comedies with main leads of the same age can only rely on the action scenes, but Bad Company has more to offer due to the thriller trait.Kerry Washington gives a natural performance playing the girlfriend of Chris Rock's character, her supporting role is extremely relevant to the story especially much later on in the movie.The main plot is a bit out there and over the top, but there's a scenario that also presents the reality of everyday couples who don't have a lot of money. There is no twist in this movie, but it lives up to it's genre so much that you don't even notice that there isn't actually a plot-twist.The only thing that wasn't right was the very small amount of money that Chris Rock's character gave to his foster mother at the end of the film, he got $90,000, and only gave her $10,000, his excuse was that the $90,000 was for him and the girlfriend's wedding, i'm sorry but a wedding doesn't cost that much money, the foster mother raised him, fed him, supported him, and had faith in him and he only gives her a measly $10,000? it isn't right, even though the foster mother said "it's much more than i need", that isn't the point, and on top of that Chris Rock's character actually joked that she should give some of the money back.Roger Ebert said in his review that the scenes where they were wine tasting was unnecessary, the thing is those scenes were NOT unnecessary, they have to prepare for anything and there could easily be a situation where the bad guys want to meet Rock's character in a public place like a posh restaurant.Overall, Bad Company is a must-watch.

I was intrigued by the choice of Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins together, hence I decided to sit and see what I was in store for. I was pleasantly pleased with the movie overall, though it ran a little long, but the premise was delightful. I also enjoyed Chris Rock and his humour and delivery. I found Anthony Hopkins played his role spot on with his ability maintain his character without a miss-step, which was brilliant. I never considered these two in a film together, but they played nicely off of each other. If you would like to enjoy a comical action film, light on the action, you will enjoy this film. It is much better than some of the critics reviews, I must admit that I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Kevin Pope (Chris Rock) was an undercover CIA agent who sacrifice himself for his fellow spy Gaylord Oakes (Anthony Hopkins). In order to maintain the cover identity Michael Turner, Oakes has to recruit Kevin's twin Jake Hayes to pretend to be his brother. Jake is a street smart hustler and very different from his brother. Jake doesn't even know he had a brother and they only have 9 days to negotiate a nuclear weapon deal with villain Adrik Vas (Peter Stormare). There is a terrorist group competing for Vas' nuke and trying to kill him. Meanwhile, his girlfriend Julie (Kerry Washington) is leaving him for Seattle.My one big problem is that this is not funny. It's either a waste of Chris Rock or a miscast for this character. Joel Schumacher just doesn't know how to make funny jokes and Rock can't do it by himself. The movie is better off getting a tough guy to play this seriously. It's an almost functional spy thriller with some passable action. Hopkins and Rock have no chemistry at all. Sometimes the movie has good moments but overall it is not really that good.

BAD COMPANY is probably the worst spy thriller I have ever seen, and I've seen hundreds of them as a former film reviewer and lifelong movie nut. A CIA veteran played by a sleepwalking Anthony Hopkins must train a schlub played by a very unfunny Chris Rock to pose as an illegal arms buyer in just a few days, and don't ask why. Rock is to purchase a "thermonuclear device in a briefcase." Everything that can go wrong does, but mainly the film is a series of short scenes depicting an aging Hopkins and his crew running around interspersed with scenes of a seemingly endless army of black-garbed assassins trying to rub out Rock -- again, don't ask why. It's simply lazy writing. To give you an idea of how bad this movie is, there is a prolonged fight between one of Hopkins' agents and one of these black-garbed assassins. Problem is, we barely know the agent and have no feeling for him, but the fight goes on at great length as if this CIA guy were the second coming of James Bond. And decent supporting players like Brooke "Crossing Jordan" Smith and Peter "Fargo" Stormare are utterly wasted. What could Joel Schumacher have been thinking? I confess I fell asleep before the big finale. One firefight too many, methinks. I can only hope everyone was blown to kingdom come in the end.