Time sure flies when you're making big bomb movies and trying to entertain moviegoers during a war. Seven days after Paramount struck gold at boxoffice ground zero with the grim and serious "The Sum of All Fears," the Walt Disney Co. unloads the intentionally much funnier "Bad Company," starring Anthony Hopkins as a no-nonsense CIA agent forced to groom Chris Rock's New York nobody into a city-saving hero. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed by Joel Schumacher, "Company" was originally set for release late last year and was understandably rescheduled in a display of responsible showmanship.

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