Joel Schumacher... a director with a pretty bad reputation among audiences, partly due to him(from the opinions of the fans of the franchise) ruining the Batman franchise, which Tim Burton had done such a good job of resurrecting/building. Many think he's an awful director, but the fact is that he's efficient, fast and cheap. He gets his movies done fast and on a reasonably low budget, compared to many other Hollywood directors. Personally, I find him to be a fairly talentless director, but I haven't seen Phone Booth(which I've heard many great things about), and some claim that his movies are underrated. So here he teams up with Jerry Bruckheimer, the famous Hollywood big-time executive producer who has made tons of newer action flicks, and puts Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins together in a buddy-comedy-action-flick about spies. There's no doubt about it; the film is fairly typical Bruckheimer action flick, and it doesn't have a lot to offer, that we haven't seen before, often better. But I think Rock and Hopkins make a good "odd couple", and they have pretty good chemistry. The plot is pretty tame and typical, and it tries to keep itself interesting by throwing in a bunch of twists. The pacing is decent, and it's possible to sit attentively through the film, once, provided that you like either Hopkins or Rock(or both) enough, and enjoy this type of films. The acting is good enough. The characters are diverse, credible and well-written enough. The action is pretty good, Hopkins has some cool scenes. The humor is good, Rock and Hopkins have some great moments together. The dialog is good, especially between Rock and Hopkins. They play characters exactly like what we've seen from them before, and it works pretty good. All in all, a decent but entirely by-the-numbers action-comedy flick, good for a single viewing for fans of the people involved in the production of the film. I recommend it to big fans of Rock and Hopkins, and possibly Schumacher and Bruckheimer as well. 6/10
Review of Bad Company
