We step up the pace this week with the action thriller;
Bad Company.
To be fair, there is a good sprinkling of comedy too. As there should be, with Chris Rock taking a starring role, he just can't help being funny.
Rock stars alongside Anthony Hopkins in this espionage thriller.
This movie takes aspects of good action films such as; Lethal Weapon, Die Hard and The Matrix and spins them into tangled web of espionage, arms dealing, kidnap, double crossing and car chases.
The problem is, it doesn't really work as a whole, it's a watered down version of other great films of this genre. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad, it's just not great. It will keep you on the edge of your seat for a bit, it will make you laugh and it has a feelgood ending. (Has that spoilt it for you?)
The story itself opens with CIA operative Kevin Pope (Chris Rock) brokering an arms deal with a Russian mafia boss. Along with his partner, CIA Officer Oakes (Anthony Hopkins) they attempt to buy a rogue nuclear device before it gets into the wrong hands.
The problem is there are others after the device and within five minutes of the movie starting, there's a gun battle with the two sides vying to buy the bomb. In the ensuing cross fire CIA agent Pope (Chris Rock) is shot dead.
This leaves the CIA with a problem, they have brokered a deal, but their contact is now dead. Enter Chris Rock! Who also plays Kevin Pope's unknown twin brother; Jake Hayes.
Hayes teams up with Oakes, after some gentle persuasion and impersonates his brother so that the CIA can complete their mission, or so they think.
What follows is the double crossing, car chases gun battles etc.
This goes on for a long middle section of the film. Indeed, it goes on so long, that it may leave you bored. A bit of pruning from the Editors scissors, would not have gone amiss.
All in all it was a good film, but as I said; not great. The interplay between Rock and Hopkins wasn't great, in fact Hopkins was fairly mediocre. Whilst Chris Rock was fairly damn good.
If you get a chance to see it, give it a whirl, if not don't lose any sleep over it. There are better films out there.
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