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5.5

Bad Company

PG-13·2002·116m

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Thriller

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Thriller

Summary

When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.

Cast

Anthony Hopkins

Oakes

Chris Rock

Jake Hayes / Kevin Pope

Gabriel Macht

Seale

Peter Stormare

Adrik Vas

John Slattery

Roland Yates

Kerry Washington

Julie

Garcelle Beauvais

Nicole

Brooke Smith

Officer Swanson

Irma P. Hall

Mrs. Banks

Matthew Marsh

Dragan Adjanic

Deborah Rush

Mrs. Peterson

Daniel Sunjata

Officer Carew

John Aylward

Officer Ferren

Dragan Mićanović

Michelle Petrov

T.J. Cross

Cool Bean

Michael Ealy

G-Mo

Adoni Maropis

Jarma / Dragan Henchman #1

DeVone Lawson Jr.

Officer Parish

Wills Robbins

Officer McCain

Marek Vašut

Andre

Majed Ibrahim

Dragan Henchman #2

Peter Macdissi

Dragan Henchman #3

Fuman Dar

Dragan Henchman #4

Petr Jákl

Darius

Dan Ziskie

Officer Dempsey

John Fink

Officer Fink

Joseph Edward

Club Owner

David Fisher

Young Valet

Jan Nemejovský

Hotel Manager

Winter Ave Zoli

Manicurist #1

Elin Špidlová

Manicurist #2

Magdalena Souskova

Manicurist #3

Peter Davies

Doorman Tim

Lanette Ware

Pam

Ammar Daraiseh

Assassin

Jiri Simberský

Ivan

Mikuláš Křen

Hotel Clerk

Eddie Yansick

Badeddie

Philip Buch

Businessman

Steven Fisher

CIA Officer

Miloš Kulhavý

Intruder #1

Petr Vlasak

Thug #1

Viktor Červenka

Thug #2

Dusan Hyska

Thug #3

P.I. Noccio

Military Interpreter

Minna Pyyhkala

Concierge

Kurt Bryant

Hotel Intruder #1

Pavel Krátký

Hotel Intruder #3

Frantisek Deak

Hotel Intruder #4

Muslim Tagirov

Hotel Intruder #5

Brad Harper

NYTA Officer

Jeff Mantel

General

Bill Massof

SWAT Team Leader

Shabazz Richardson

SWAT Guy

Joel Sugerman

SPO

Christopher Best

Henchman #1

Matthew Zolan

Henchman #2

Dale Wyatt

Tourist #1

Clare Britton

Tourist #2

Peter Von Berg

Manager

Philippe Vonlanthen

Desk Clerk

Shea Whigham

Agent Wells (Uncredited)

Crew

Director

Joel Schumacher

Screenplay

Michael Browning

Screenplay

Jason Richman

Story

David Himmelstein

Story

Gary M. Goodman

Reviews

Geronimo1967

September 3, 2023

You might be more forgiving of this if you are a fan of Chris Rock's fast-paced, quick-thinking banter. If you are not then it really can border on the puerile at times. The premiss sees Rock ("Jake") recruited by worldly CIA man "Oakes" (Sir Anthony Hopkins) after his twin brother is killed. Aside from the fact that "Jake" didn't even know he had a brother, let alone that he was an agent, he is not an especially brave young man who tends to let his mouth do most of the work - so off we go into the murky and perilous world of terrorists bent on killing his fiancée and destroying New York. It's all pretty formulaic stuff - pyrotechnics, shoot 'em ups, secret codes etc. - with Hopkins standing around most of the time chewing on a toothpick looking about as disinterested at I rapidly became. Some of Rock's retorts are quite amusing, but at two hours the story wears too thin too quickly and there is little, if any, chemistry between the two at the top of the bill. The effects are pretty standard, as is the plot and though it is watchable enough, it's certainly not remotely memorable.