This Means War (2012)

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  TheMovieDiorama

  5 / 10

  This Means War perhaps should've been titled "Starting a war would be more fun than this". Ok ok, I take that back...slightly too harsh but I've got my point across in one simple powerful sentence. A select few comedies can embed action perfectly to create an entertaining piece of cinema. This, well...yeah no. A young woman seeking love happens to start dating two guys, unfortunately for them they are best friends and work colleagues. They battle each other through the use of creative dates, basic wooing and the occasional fist fight. In conjunction to this, a villainous villain is busy being a villain by seeking vengeance for his brother's death...in a villainous way. The love triangle and CIA subplot really do not blend, the only similarities it details is that the two guys are colleagues. Great. Needed that information. The action sequences were shot well with both Tom Hardy and Chris Pine suitable for their roles, but it's just not exhilarating at all. It's fluff, a big ball of Reese Witherspoon belly button fluff that she occasional fiddles with whenever she desires to do a mediocre romantic comedy. Hardy is "oh hello, gosh, I'm British and I love a good cup of tea. Let's drink and reminisce over good times love? whereas Pine is "hey...yeah, I'm cool...love women, know everything about them". Hilariously stereotypical for all the wrong reasons. All three lead actors give excellent performances given the bland and unfunny script. Their personalities are portrayed which does make this strangely watchable (heck, I've watched it a good few times). It's just not intelligent or funny enough to be classed as good. Neither Hardy, Pine or Witherspoon's finest hour and a half...! Plus, her final choice was just wrong...I mean come on, it's clear the other viable candidate was far nicer!

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