Bad Company (2002) 6/10

Starring : Anthony Hopkins, Chris Rock, Gabriel Macht, Peter Stormare
Director : Joel Schumacher
Running Time : 111 mins

When CIA agent Kevin Pope (Rock) is murdered in the line of duty, his colleague Gaylord Oakes (Hopkins) is forced to try and turn the dead agents identical twin brother, a man who never even knew he had a brother, named Jake Hayes (Rock), into a believable replacement for him so that they can complete a vital mission.

The plot here is pretty standard, having Rock playing his own dead CIA brother who he has to replace to finish his work, but Rock really wasn’t right for the role. Don’t get me wrong, I like his comedy, but he really isn’t very good at playing it straight. Thankfully Hopkins rescues the movie by playing his role with spot on deadpan humour that manages to bring Rock’s performance up at least a little.

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