Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Peter Stormare, John Slattery, Brooke Smith, Kerry Washington, Shea Whigham

Director: Joel Schumacher

Summary: Gaylord Oakes must enlist the help of the twin brother of his recently murdered partner to stop the threat of a nuclear attack...

Anthony Hopkins and Chris Rock join up in the action-packed buddy movie BAD COMPANY. When CIA undercover operative Kevin Pope is killed during tense negotiations for a nuclear weapon, agent Gaylord Oakes (Hopkins) recruits the man's twin brother, Jake Hayes (Rock), to take his place and prevent the bomb from getting into the wrong hands. The problem is that Hayes, a streetwise kid who scalps tickets and hustles people playing chess in the parks, didn't even know he had a twin--and now he has only nine days to learn to impersonate his impeccably dressed, well-educated, well-trained agent brother. Rock is funny in this fish-out-of-water story as Hopkins tries desperately to transform him--something he considers to be an impossible mission.
Joel Schumacher, the director of such well-regarded films as TIGERLAND and FALLING DOWN, ups the action quotient as Oakes and Hayes and their determined crew (including Gabrielle Macht) travel to locations ranging from Prague to New York to save the world. Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, from NYPD Blue, plays Hayes' love interest, and Peter Stormare is the evil Vas. Hopkins and Rock make a great pair; Hayes is as loose as a goose, and Oakes is as tight as a drum. But as they get to know each other--and get thrown into dangerous situation after dangerous situation--they both discover a little something about life and love.

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In 1972's Bad Companya genteel Northerner during the American Civil War (Barry Brown) is robbed by scallywag Jeff Bridges--and winds up teaming up with him. Together they become a criminal duo (although with one member more reluctant than the other) in this entertaining, realistic tale of what the West was really like. Bridges has a gangly, easy-going demeanour, as well as a sense of playfulness that even extends to moments of extreme jeopardy. He makes an interesting team with the stiff, proper Brown, creating comedy seemingly out of thin air. This was the directing debut of Robert Benton, who had co-written Bonnie and Clydeand who would go on to win an Oscar for Kramer vs Kramer. --Marshall Fine

Aspect Ratio:	2.35 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	In Bad Company An Inside Look
Subtitles:	Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Swedish
Year:	2002
Release Date:	April 28, 2003
Runtime:	112 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B E D 888686
Keywords:	Action, Bad, Company, General, Thriller, Adventure
Genre:	Action/Adventure