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List Price: $9.99 | | Label: Walt Disney Video
Salesrank: 16785
Released: October 14, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Dynamic stars and edge-of-your-seat suspense electrify BAD COMPANY, the sexy thriller that's charged with red-hot erotic energy! Laurence Fishburne (WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?, THE MATRIX) is Nelson Crowe, a deep-cover CIA operative with a deadly assignment: infiltrate a highly secret industrial espionage firm. Once inside, he teams with Margaret Wells (Ellen Barkin -- SEA OF LOVE, SOMEONE LIKE YOU) a master spy and seductive manipulator, in a plot to overthrow the organization's sinister president (Frank Langella -- DAVE). It's an explosive situation as this dangerous power play leads Crowe and Wells into a darkly mysterious web of intrigue -- and shocking murder!
Description of Bad Company:
Laurence Fishburne is so cool and confident as rogue CIA man Nelson Crowe he looks born to the game. Wearing a cagey smile and exuding a fierceness beneath his calm, he runs through a battery of tests under the watchful eyes of Ellen Barkin (whose crooked grin reveals she's interested in more than simply his professional abilities) and Frank Langella. Barkin and Langella run "The Toolshed," a private-sector version of the CIA that provides security, investigations, and covert work such as blackmail and espionage, and they've got plans for Fishburne. Little do they know that he's not as rogue as they think. As Barkin plots her palace coup with Fishburne as her strong-arm partner, CIA agent Michael Murphy (at his most sleazy and manipulative in an unbilled role) plans his own takeover. Fishburne's role recalls Deep Cover, another film where the cop finds himself so in tune with his undercover part that he becomes as ruthless as the people he's investigating. Bad Company is rarely as compelling as Deep Cover, but its cleverly twisting plot (by veteran mystery scribe Ross Thomas) and roll call of corruption makes for an entertainingly cynical thriller. Director Damian Harris proves an adept stylist with his low-key direction and sleekly handsome look, but Fishburne makes the film with quiet menace and cold-blooded efficiency oozing from under his calculated reserve. --Sean Axmaker
Bad Company Reviews:
Bad Company (1994) 
2009-09-08 - Former CIA operatives going rogue to a high paying Private Corporation. They refer to themselves as the 'Toolshed'. Good action, well written and directed. I thoroughly enjoyed this film!
Bad company 
2008-06-26 - I love Ellen Barkin and her crooked smile, Lawrence Fishburne and his impeccable rendition and elocution, Frank Langella and his stature... This is a movie I plan to see over many times more..
BadCompany1
2007-05-14 - One of my favorite movies of all time. Ellen Barkin sizzles in this 90s thriller.
Barkin Fan
2006-09-07 - This isn't Oscar material but a film worth seeing. I am biased toward Barkin. The plot with it's twists and turns keep you guessing and the ending is appropriate. Barkin will keep you interested. Barkin and Fishburne were the film, though they could have editted the outdoor scene, it was strictly for sensationalism.
Barkin, Fishburne Out for Blood... 
2004-05-20 - ...forget the overused plot line of cross and doublecross in this 1990's noir like thriller. Watch Barkin and Fishburne do some serious sneering and smirking as the plot gets twisted and contorted and convoluted...Beach and the two gov't agents are so sleezy you can see the greed dripping from their pores. Good movie.
