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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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