Review of This Means War (2012) by Mrmoviebuff — 30 Oct 2015

Another one of those movies where three fine actors; Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy end up becoming victims of a dumb comedy movie with a ridiculous plot that seems to get more ridiculous as the movie's run time goes on.

There are some really unfunny moments here, I don't even know where to begin as to how unfunny it is.

The premise mainly follows two detectives, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy, coincidentally dating the same woman, Reese Witherspoon. They both do whatever they can to make sure that neither of them has the chance to go out with her.

Both Pine and Hardy do share some terrific chemistry as two guys who grow jealous of each other.

The two men stop at nothing to try and impress, but at the same time make Witherspoon feel disgusted at either of them.

I rarely laughed here, the comedy is dry, the premise is unrealistically bad and the movie itself is just plain pointless. I guess you could give it the benefit of the doubt that most comedies have ridiculous plots, but when they make it believable, it works. Not here, though.