Bad Company
(1995)
Regisseur:
Damian HarrisSchauspieler:
Laurence Fishburne, Ellen Barkin, Frank Langella, Michael Beach, David Ogden Stiers, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Gia CaridesNelson Crowe ist unehrenhaft von der CIA entlassen worden und sucht nach einem neuen Betätigungsfeld. An seinen Talenten zeigt sich die mysteriöse "Grimes Organisation" interessiert, zu deren vielfältigen Dienstleistungen schmutzige Arbeit von Erpressung bis Mord zählt. Crowe nimmt den Job an und macht Bekanntschaft mit seiner eiskalten Vorgesetzten Margaret, die den attraktiven Ex-Agenten für eine interne Intrige verwenden möchte. Doch Crowe treibt ein doppeltes Spiel und verfolgt ganz andere Ziele.
Unterkühlter Thriller, der in den frühen siebziger Jahren Lee Marvin gut zu Gesicht gestanden hätte. Ellen Barkin und Laurence Fishburne mögen in ihren Hauptrollen unsympathisch sein, doch geben sie überzeugende Vorstellungen.
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent individuals. Crowe, working with Margaret Wells (another former Covert Operations operative), blackmails and bribes a State Supreme Court judge, but the deal sours. One of Crowe's co-workers, Tod Stapp, discovers Crowe's current CIA involvement in a plot to overthrow Grimes, and blackmails him to be cut in on the deal. More blackmail occurs as Wells manipulates Crowe to kill Grimes, then the CIA uses that discovery to blackmail Wells into killing Crowe. Who can you trust???
Nelson Crowe is a CIA operative under the thumb of the Company for a disputed delivery of $50,000 in gold. They blackmail him into working for the Grimes Organization, which is set up as a private company for hire, to blackmail prominent individuals. Crowe, working with Margaret Wells (another former Covert Operations operative), blackmails and bribes a State Supreme Court judge, but the deal sours. One of Crowe's co-workers, Tod Stapp, discovers Crowe's current CIA involvement in a plot to overthrow Grimes, and blackmails him to be cut in on the deal. More blackmail occurs as Wells manipulates Crowe to kill Grimes, then the CIA uses that discovery to blackmail Wells into killing Crowe. Who can you trust???