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33 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorDeft, funny and intelligently scary.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThere is much more suspense in this sequence than a similar scene in last week's "The Sum of All Fears" -- which wasn't intended to be funny.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghHopkins and Rock are a surprisingly good mix; Hopkins actually underplays his role as a company man with a barely acknowledged conscience, while Rock's manic impulses aren't allowed to run riot.
- 60Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterAnthony Hopkins, with a toothpick and a slouch. Fabulous!
- 50Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyBad Company would just be another silly, intermittently funny, buddy comedy (Anthony Hopkins is Rock's training agent) were it not for a plot unlaughably close to current events.
- 50Chicago ReaderChicago ReaderAs in all Jerry Bruckheimer-produced summer blockbusters, the premise is paper-thin and the action sequences play out with assembly-line regularity.
- 40Los Angeles TimesGene SeymourLos Angeles TimesGene SeymourWhether you care if they find them (terrorists) or not may depend on how much you've been able to withstand Bad Company's sensory overload of firefights, vehicular mayhem, techno-cool swagger and enough bumptious contrivances to fill several seasons of daffy prime-time soaps.
- 30Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonA longwinded, predictable scenario.
- 25New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardThe main problem with this whole Jerry Bruckheimer-produced mess is that they took a promising comedy setup and squandered it by trying to make a legitimate spy thriller out of it.
- 20The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottLike many of the nonpolitical terrorist-as-villain spectaculars that have been held back after Sept. 11, has the whiff of something gone stale. Though it may have sat on the shelf for a while, this project had gone bad long before it was released.