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Bad Company is an entertaining and really enjoyable movie. Chris Rock is hilarious. As stated in an earlier review, he is street smart and cool when his life isn't being threatened. But, unless you are a trained professional, who among us wouldn't shriek and scream when they were being chased by terrorists with guns and you are defenseless? Anthony Hopkins, as a veteran CIA agent, is unreadable. But, that's how CIA agents are played in the movies. They are trained to be secretive and unreadable. So, Anthony Hopkins plays his role very well. AS for the other characters, I was quite aware of who they were and what their names were. I thought this movie was quite entertaining. I laughed through most of the movie. The writers gave Chris Rock loads of one liners and other sarcastic remarks, while Anthony Hopkins was also given some less obvious jokes to crack and comments to make. As for the effects and things like that, I didn't see anything wrong with them. Not once did I see the bad guys firing machine guns (which fire faster, but are less accurate) directly at the good guys. There was always something between them or they were moving. As for the plot, it was a little too close to reality but, I don't think that it was distasteful at all. It was a terrible thing that happened on 9/11, but we can't dwell on it forever. The number 1 movie in the country is The Sum of All Fears, in which a nuclear bomb actually explodes. If people thought that that was distasteful in the wake of 9/11, it would no be the number 1 movie in the country. But, as for Bad Company, I really enjoyed it and would gladly go see it again.

I'm being forced to watch this in my English class. I can't believe how horrid this is. Charles Dance puts Maxim De Winter to shame. He is not charming, not handsome and he lacks the inner turmoil that is very much a part of the character. And Emilia Fox.. she is too sweet, too innocent and also lacks the character's struggle to develop her own personality. Mrs. Danvers is just bad. She is not at all evil or sinister like the Mrs. Danvers in the book. Also, the mood of the story is supposed to be dark and very gothic. It's dark alright but not it's only dark because the lighting is horrendous. It doesn't set the mood of the story it just makes it seem like they are acting in a studio with only one light. The outside of Manderlay is not what you'd expect. It is bright, cheerful and sunny. In drastic contrast to the dark mood of the story. Also, the flashbacks including Rebecca really took away from her mystery.. they personified her breaking down the magical barrier that seems to have built up around her. It's a distracting point of the movie. All in all, this is one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. And I work in a video store so I watch a lot of movies. If you can avoid this movie do so at all costs. Hitchcock's 1940 version is so much better. I may be a die-hard Hitchcock fan but the Academy agrees with me. It won best picture and Olivier was nominated for his performance of Maxim. It's so much better than this monstrosity.

Honestly, I can't stand this movie. I refuse to watch it. And, as far as I know, I am the ONLY person in the entire world that hates it. In my opinion, it's horrible. The acting is bad, the plot is bad.. every thing is bad. Plus, the image of Santa they portray is traumatizing to little kids. But, I'll stop ranting. I just want to say that I hate this movie. And I think I'm the only person that does.