"Bad Company," the corporate-killer thriller starring Laurence Fishburne and Ellen Barkin, turns out to be exactly what its title declares it to be -- the film is a bore, a brute, a dullard.
Given the prodigious talents of its stars, this is no small...read the complete Bad Company (1995) review at Washington Post (Hal Hinson)
Laurence Fishburne plays Nelson Crowe, a former CIA operative now looking for a job after an agency "downsizing." He goes to work for a private organization known as the Tool Shed, which specializes in doing dirty work like espionage, blackmail and...read the complete Bad Company (1995) review at Scott Renshaw
Ex-CIA operatives form a private company to perform corporate espionage, extortion and blackmail for the highest bidders. However, the CIA wants the group back. Let the CIA have them, as long as they take the flat acting and pitiful dialog with them....read the complete Bad Company (1995) review at Cinematter (Matt Williams)
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.. ...
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 ...
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 ...
...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 ...