![]() ![]() After burning the receipt, Julie mails the tape to the U.S. As she meticulously picks up her shell casings, she finds Crowe's briefcase containing incriminating evidence, including the tape of his conversations with Smitty and the receipt she and Beach signed. In a chaotic shootout, Julie blindly fires at both as Crowe and Wells shoot each other dead. She arrives shortly after Wells, who also came to kill Crowe. Julie buys a gun from Goodwin and goes to Crowe's apartment to kill him in revenge for Beach's death. Smitty confronts Wells in her office at the Toolshed and informs her of the CIA's plan to take over and also of Crowe's involvement in the agency's infiltration. Wells orders Crowe to find and kill Julie because of her knowledge of the bribe attempt. ![]() Goodwin sells this information to Crowe, who takes it to Wells. Upon hearing of her lover's death, Julie travels to Europe, sending Goodwin postcards telling him how she's enjoying spending the $1 million. Wells and Crowe then take over the Toolshed, though Wells now rebuffs Crowe's affections towards her, having used him to get what she wanted. Crowe sneaks in and shoots Grimes, then beats Wells to make it appear like the murder was a robbery gone wrong. Wells spends a romantic weekend with Grimes at his fishing cabin. However, after reneging on his agreement and voting against Curl Industries, Beach commits suicide.ĭespite the setback caused by Beach's death and his vote, Wells and Crowe continue with their plan to murder Grimes. Beach buys tickets for a flight to the Caribbean and sends Julie ahead with the money, telling her he intends to leave his wife and join her. He and his mistress Julie Ames sign a receipt to ensure Beach's cooperation. Stapp later discovers Crowe's secret objective and extorts a payoff from Smitty to remain silent about it.īeach accepts the $1 million bribe delivered by Crowe. ![]() During the meeting, as he turns over the $1 million bribe money for inspection, Crowe secretly records his conversation with Smitty, who also forces him to sign a receipt. The CIA intends to acquire the firm and use it as a black operations hub with Smitty in charge. Crowe was dismissed from the agency on suspicion of stealing a $50,000 bribe meant for an Iraqi colonel.Ĭrowe's former boss, William "Smitty" Smithfield, is threatening prison time or the disappearance of the bribe as leverage to get Crowe to infiltrate the Toolshed. During a secret progress report meeting, Crowe is revealed to in fact be a mole for the CIA, albeit against his will. Grimes gives Crowe $1 million to bribe one of the justices, Justin Beach, into swinging the verdict in favor of Curl Industries.Ĭrowe and Toolshed operative Todd Stapp buy Justice Beach's $25,000 gambling debt from bookmaker Bobby Birdsong and pay for information on Beach's personal life from his friend, Les Goodwin. Curl Industries is accused of poisoning the water supply to a small town, resulting in the birth of disabled children. The Toolshed's top client, Curl Industries, is being sued in a class action lawsuit in a case currently on appeal at the Washington State Supreme Court. Grimes' second in command, Margaret Wells, begins working with Crowe and seduces him, enticing him with a plot to murder Grimes so they can take over the firm. In Seattle, former CIA agent Nelson Crowe is hired by Vic Grimes for a position with his company nicknamed "The Toolshed." Grimes' firm employs people with intelligence service backgrounds to sell their talents with regard to extortion and corporate espionage to domestic and foreign corporations. The film stars Ellen Barkin and Laurence Fishburne as former CIA operatives engaging in a dubious romance while plotting to murder their boss, played by Frank Langella, and take over his firm, which specializes in blackmail and corporate espionage. Bad Company is a 1995 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Damian Harris and written by Ross Thomas. ![]()
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