Cinema: This Means War 3/10
Director: McG
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
Plot: successes and failures of two CIA agents as they both try and date the same woman.
“This Means War,” is another typical rom-com that’s extremely similar to the 2010, “The Bounty Hunter” (starring, ironically, Jennifer Aniston, the queen of the rom-coms). The film, directed by McG (who helmed the first Charlie’s Angels film, back in 2000) is extremely predictable. Jokes are not only sparse but those that are used are consistently repeated. The film also tries too hard to make the relationship between Foster and Tuck (Pine and Hardy) an angry one; but instead, comes across as an innocent game between two young boys.
The highlight of the film however doesn’t involve any of the three main stars; the wonderful Chelsea Handler pulls the film together as the hilarious and outrageously rude friend of Witherspoon. She doesn’t feature nearly as often as she should though and her sense of humour could be seen to be similar to last years “Bridesmaids.” It’s a shame that her scenes are the only laugh-out-loud moments in the film. Another highlight of the film for me would be the action scenes. It’s surprising how fast-moving the scenes are, with the film concluding with a breathtaking car chase that suddenly puts lives in danger – this doesn’t however come across as particularly important though. None of the main stars would be particularly missed; it is Handler of course, whose final scene in the film is a cracker.
In conclusion: This Means War is typically a Valentines Day film and doesn’t offer much more than the odd giggle here and there – it does however offer a wider stage for comedic genius Chelsea Handler and have a number of brilliant action scenes that wouldn’t look out of place in a Bond film!
Director: McG
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy
Plot: successes and failures of two CIA agents as they both try and date the same woman.
“This Means War,” is another typical rom-com that’s extremely similar to the 2010, “The Bounty Hunter” (starring, ironically, Jennifer Aniston, the queen of the rom-coms). The film, directed by McG (who helmed the first Charlie’s Angels film, back in 2000) is extremely predictable. Jokes are not only sparse but those that are used are consistently repeated. The film also tries too hard to make the relationship between Foster and Tuck (Pine and Hardy) an angry one; but instead, comes across as an innocent game between two young boys.
The highlight of the film however doesn’t involve any of the three main stars; the wonderful Chelsea Handler pulls the film together as the hilarious and outrageously rude friend of Witherspoon. She doesn’t feature nearly as often as she should though and her sense of humour could be seen to be similar to last years “Bridesmaids.” It’s a shame that her scenes are the only laugh-out-loud moments in the film. Another highlight of the film for me would be the action scenes. It’s surprising how fast-moving the scenes are, with the film concluding with a breathtaking car chase that suddenly puts lives in danger – this doesn’t however come across as particularly important though. None of the main stars would be particularly missed; it is Handler of course, whose final scene in the film is a cracker.
In conclusion: This Means War is typically a Valentines Day film and doesn’t offer much more than the odd giggle here and there – it does however offer a wider stage for comedic genius Chelsea Handler and have a number of brilliant action scenes that wouldn’t look out of place in a Bond film!
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