Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Bad Company is a formulaic buddy-action comedy that pairs Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock in a well-worn odd-couple CIA setup. The twin-brother replacement plot is a convenient but thin conceit, and the story follows predictable action-comedy beats without much surprise. Hopkins brings his usual gravitas and Rock provides energetic comedic relief, making the acting serviceable if unspectacular given the material. The cinematography is competent but unremarkable, typical of early 2000s Jerry Bruckheimer productions. There's little novelty here — the premise recycles familiar fish-out-of-water and reluctant-recruit tropes. The ending resolves tidily but without much tension or memorable impact.