Battlefield 2 – Bad Company
No one should be shocked by the revelation that in the 1980s, Bad Company was conceived as a movie concept. It brings together many of the high concept movie-making strategies that were the order of that decade the fish out of water scenario, the mismatched partners schtick the only thing missing is a Harold Faltermeyer score.
But what this comedy action thriller does not do, and could not possibly do, is to advance, in any way shape or form, any of the tired themes that have become your staples, tired because they are overused. If Beverly Hills Cop is the best, then this one will have to score a long way off from that mark.
Not designed from the start to be a summer K9 chaser, with its world trade center explosion being the best bell ringer, it’s difficult really to cast Bad Company amongst the more recent attempts by Bruckheimer rather low key.
The scope is quite limited, the aesthetic is restrained relative to the Michael Bay and Tony Scott filter-burst, and the adequate, anything but extraordinary battle scenes an exchange of fire in a half-abandoned hotel, a pursuit in a high grass car replace the mindless whacks with more manageable repulsions.
A successful movie, especially its first half where Jake becomes a part of the CIA, allows Rock to improvise some comical moments within the predictable formula. However, once those tiresome scenes where the inevitable antagonists (including a wasted Stormare) appear kick in Rock gets overwhelmed by usual attributes of a thriller and cannot do much about the enjoyment level.
Hopkins has added some attempted depth to an undercooked CIA operative with very little effort. The actor’s chemistry, however, is not as engaging and active as it should be, which goes back to what the movie suffers from in all its forms Schumacher fails to strike the right balance between the humorous bits and action. And so we have that same tragic omnipresence: bland Saturday night entertainment with no creativity or imagination.
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