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Movie Overview
Cast
• Anthony Hopkins
• Chris Rock
• Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon
Director
• Joel Schumacher
MPAA Rating
PG-13 - intense sequences of violent action, some sensuality, and language
Bad Company (2002)

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OFCS Rating: 6% Rotten
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"Algo floja pero pasajera. Para los adictos al toque Bruckheimer que quieran experimentar una versión light de este contexto."  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

"Chris Rock stoops to a feet-don't-fail-me-now acting level reminiscent of stereotypical African-American portrayals in films of the 30s and 40s."  ReelTalk Movie Reviews  Betty Jo Tucker

"The movie slides quickly down its slippery illogical slope."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

1/4
"[Chris Rock gives] arguably the worst lead performance in a mainstream movie ever."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

2/4
"Its generic premise and low-scale action sequences prove to be a mostly forgettable affair."  TheMovieBoy.com  Dustin Putman

2/4
""Welcome to my church, where we worship money," says the film's Czech ghoul. Words fit for Bruckheimer."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

C-
"Uneven like a Schumacher film, and loudly stupid like a Bruckheimer film."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

1.5/4
"If routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea, then pay your $8 and get ready for the big shear. This is one baaaaaaaaad movie."  eFilmCritic.com  Erik Childress

C-
"Bad Company somehow manages to become Bait-lite."  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

D+
"Everything in it seems recycled from earlier movies....Any movie in which a bomb plays so prominent part has no business being such a dud."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

1.5/4
"Bad Company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year, full of holes that will be obvious even to those who aren't looking for them."  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

2/4
"thoroughly and maddeningly okay from start to finish"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

1/5
"Hopkins-Rock action-comedy wastes both talents with an achingly inept script and truly ruinous direction."  Netflix  James Rocchi

3/4
"There's surprisingly little awkward comic interplay between the two, and as a result "Bad Company" beats "Rush Hour" at its own game."  MovieMartyr.com  Jeremy Heilman

3.5/10
"Repetitive, flat and completely forgettable."  Screen It!  Jim Judy

4/10
"Serviceable entertainment if you don't mind plot holes, unoriginality, generic gun fights galore and an unnecessary two hour length."  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

5/10
"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."  DVDTown.com  John J. Puccio

4/10
"Bruckheimer & Co. would have saved millions and millions of dollars had they just used footage from the films they ripped off to make this film."  Planet Sick-Boy  Jon Popick

D+
"The pairing does sound promising in theory...but their lack of chemistry makes Eddie Murphy and Robert DeNiro in Showtime look like old, familiar vaudeville partners."  Countingdown.com  Larry Carroll

D+
"While there's something intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying 'Get in the car, bitch,' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

2/4
"Scores no points for originality, wit, or intelligence. It’s a cookie-cutter movie, a cut-and-paste job."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

"The real movie that goes with the title "Bad Company" probably stars Clooney in some smartass CIA-meets-Ocean’s 11 piece of fluffery, you know, something sexy and dangerous instead of boring and obvious."  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

2/4
"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."  Mr. Brown's Movies  Michael Dequina

2/5
"It was about 50-50, the funny, charismatic Rock, and the loud, annoying Rock."  Goatdog's Movies  Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

2.5/4
"Maybe I would have liked this better ten years ago, when mixed-race action/buddy movies were simply stale instead of downright moldy."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

3/5
"This generic summer popcorn movie would be instantly forgettable if not for the sour aftertaste left by its climax, with a nuclear bomb set to explode in New York City's Grand Central Station."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

D
"This is a movie on autopilot, too tired and broken down even to find an appropriate place to crash."  Flipside Movie Emporium  Rob Vaux

D+
"“Bad” is the operative word for “Bad Company,” and I don’t mean that in a good way."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

67/100
"An easy watch, except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character."  Apollo Guide  Ryan Cracknell

1/5
"This movie not only has literally no cause for existence, but it’s a testament to how faceless, lazy, and pathetic movies can be."  eFilmCritic.com  Scott Weinberg

"Bored Company."  Eclipse Magazine  Sean O'Connell

C
"Fitfully funny but never exciting or engaging, modestly entertaining but excessively dimwitted, and finally just too darn long… in a word, relentlessly average."  Decent Films Guide  Steven D. Greydanus

C-
"This bizarre, botched spy thriller is bad enough to rank as a waste of time and money; it should have remained on the shelf."  www.susangranger.com  Susan Granger

0/4
"The umpteenth summer skinny dip in Jerry Bruckheimer's putrid pond of retread action twaddle."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw

5/10
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OFCS Rating: 6% Rotten
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