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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Not For Children Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 10/14/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 48 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir), Crime Thriller, Psychological Thriller

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 was by famous crime writer Ross Thomas, and the film's elegant cinematography by Jack N. Green captures the coldness of the characters and their surroundings. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide

Ellen Barkin - Margaret Wells
Susan Wooldridge - Ann Whelan
Jonny Lee Miller - Michael Hickey
Laurence Fishburne - Nelson Crowe
Frank Langella - Vic Grimes
Ken Stott - Joe Hickey
Michael Beach - Tod Stapp
Mark Drewry - Vincent Hickey
Angus Deayton - Paul Foot
David Ogden Stiers - Judge Beach

This suspense thriller gets a simple but effective presentation for its release on DVD. Bad Company has been transferred to disc in its original widescreen aspect ratio of 2.35:1, which is letterboxed on conventional televisions and enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. Viewers have a choice of two English-language audio tracks, one in Dolby Digital 5.1 and the other in Dolby Digital Surround. No multiple language options have been included, but the features does have optional English subtitles. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide