When a Harvard-educated CIA agent is killed during an operation, the secret agency recruits his twin brother.
Acting
Hopkins earns that paycheck with absolute commitment
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI explosion era hits different
Writing
Fish-out-of-water jokes that somehow land
Director
Joel Schumacher
Anthony Hopkins
Oakes
Chris Rock
Jake Hayes / Kevin Pope
Gabriel Macht
Seale
Peter Stormare
Adrik Vas
John Slattery
Roland Yates
Kerry Washington
Julie
Garcelle Beauvais
Nicole
Brooke Smith
Officer Swanson
Irma P. Hall
Mrs. Banks
Matthew Marsh
Dragan Adjanic
Deborah Rush
Mrs. Peterson
Daniel Sunjata
Officer Carew
John Aylward
Officer Ferren
Dragan Mićanović
Michelle Petrov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was originally developed as a serious thriller until Chris Rock rewrote it as comedy. The original script sat in development hell for years.
Peak 'black comedian + white mentor' studio formula — Coming to America meets Bad Boys by way of The Recruit, released when post-9/11 spy anxiety made espionage oddly comforting popcorn fare.
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