Bad Company [Blu-ray]

Director: Damian Harris, Damien Harris Damian Harris

Overview

Laurence Fishburne and Ellen Barkin star in this complex tale of former C.I.A. agents who now specialize in freelance espionage. As the film opens, Nelson Crowe (Fishburne) is being interviewed for a position with the Grimes Organization, which focuses on industrial espionage. He is hired by Margaret Wells (Barkin), who then takes Crowe to her boss, Grimes (Frank Langella). Grimes and Wells visit a man named Walter Curl (Spalding Gray) to tell him that they can bribe a state judge so that Curl's company doesn't have to pay a $25 million fine for the toxic poisoning of some children. The judge himself (David Ogden Stiers) is deep in gambling debts. Meanwhile, Wells aligns herself with Crowe and tries to convince him that the two of them could do away with Grimes and take over his entire organization. The plot thickens from there, with several surprises. The first-time original screenplay is by famous crime writer Ross Thomas,

Product Details

Release Date:	04/10/2018
UPC:	0738329229702
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Director Damian Harris; Animated Stills & Behind-the-Scenes Image Gallery; Original Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Ellen Barkin	Margaret Wells
Laurence Fishburne	Nelson Crowe
Frank Langella	Vic Grimes
Michael Beach	Tod Stapp
Gia Carides	Julie Ames
David Ogden Stiers	Judge Beach
Daniel Hugh Kelly	Les Goodwin
Spalding Gray	Walter Curl
Tegan West	Al
James Hong	Bobby Birdsong
Fred Henderson	John Cartwain
Michelle Beaudoin	Wanda
Sherry Bie	Mrs. Beach
Alan Robertson	Phil
L. Harvey Gold	Doctor
Alan C. Peterson	Cleaners Clerk
Larry Musser	Detective Harrison
Brian Drummond	Ed the Doorman
Sook Yin Lee	Waitress,ADR Voice
Marcus Youssef	Concierge
Nicholas Lea	Jake
Jill Teed	Jane
Susan Wooldridge	Ann Whelan
Jonny Miller	Michael Hickey
Ken Stott	Joe Hickey
Mark Drewry	Vincent Hickey
Angus Deayton	Paul Foot
George Irving	James Robinson
Deborah Aquila	Actor
Lang Yun	ADR Voice
Glen Chin	ADR Voice
Charles Bartlett	ADR Voice
David McCharen	ADR Voice
Judi M. Durand	ADR Voice
Lucy Lin	ADR Voice
Carter Burwell	Composer

Technical Credits

Ross Thomas

Damian Harris	Director,Director
Amedeo Ursini	Producer
Jeffrey Chernov	Producer
Randy Shymkiw	Special Effects
Deborah Aquila	Casting
Ernie Jackson	Stunts
Ross Thomas	Screenwriter
Clint Deboer	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

This convoluted crime drama lacks both the art and the edge of a solid noir, but its raunchy sex scenes, intricate story line, and decent lead performances should satisfy genre aficionados. Ellen Barkin gets to indulge her nasty side as a profit-motivated bad gal with a few residual scruples, while Laurence Fishburne gives a typically modulated performance in an equally seedy co-lead role. Supporting player David Ogden Stiers actually gives the best performance as a proud judge fallen on hard times. Bad Company really isn't an actors' showcase, however; it's a moderately successful meditation on old-fashioned greed, pure and simple. Ross Thomas's screenplay doesn't have too many new things to say about the subject, but it does serve up perennial themes with plenty of plot twists. Fans of the writer's novels will enjoy the many throwaway ideas he threads into his work here. Overall, though, Bad Company is the cinematic equivalent of an airport paperback: fine to consume if you're bored or captive, but nothing you should go out of your way to check out.

All Movie Guide - Brian J. Dillard