This means war is a 2012 romantic comedy
spy film directed by McG. The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, and Tom
Hardy who are stuck in a rather unusual love triangle. In which two CIA agents
who are best friends find out that they are dating the same woman. I expected
this film to be very funny and have me in stitches in parts, whilst also
including some great scenes of romance. It beat my expectations completely.
The plot is that CIA agents and best friends
FDR Foster (Chris Pine) and Tuck Hansen (Tom Hardy) are sent to Hong Kong to
prevent criminal Karl Heinrich (Til Schweiger) from getting his hands on a
weapon of mass destruction. But the mission goes wrong, resulting in the death
of Heinrich's brother, Jonas, so Heinrich swears vengeance (revenge) on them. When
returning to America, their boss, Collins (Angela Bassett), assigns them to
desk duty for their protection, so they don’t die. Then on a night out they
both meet the Lauren (Reese Witherspoon) and fall madly in love with her. Once
they find out they both like her they get people to help them mess with each
others dates, so they can get the girl. They also spy on her to see what she
likes and dislikes and even look through her personal flies to gain valuable
information. Who will win womanizer FDR or charmer Tuck? The plot is very
believable, makes sense and is easy enough to follow it.
Actor Chris Pine plays
FDR the womanizer, who’s cover is a cruise ship captain. FDR’s character is
very cocky; obsessed with him self and thinks he’s better than everyone.
Whereas Tuck, played by Tom Hardy is a divorced single farther who also falls
in love with Laure; Tuck’s character is very charming, romantic and puts others
before him self. Lauren Scott played by Reese Witherspoon is a product testing
executive and the love of FDR and Tuck; her character is beautiful, thoughtful
and sneaky (going out with two people at the same time). I think all the actors
were well suited to their parts.
There were no special
effects but don’t let that put you off the film. I love the camera work because
there are not any dark scenes were you can not make out what is happening. The
camera is used is basic ways nothing special, but it is a brilliant, must see
film.
I really enjoyed the
film and found it side-splitting (hilarious) because of all the things the spy’s
did to ruin each others dates. Its good points were that in the end both agents
got a girl and they defeated the criminal. But I didn’t agree with who got the
girl (Lauren), that’s my only bad point, so apart from that I think the film
was phenomenal. I especially loved the scene where Tuck and Lauren where on a
date, the room was light with lots of candles. They were about to kiss when all
of a sudden, it started lashing down with water, so all the candles went off
and Lauren and Tuck got drenched.
I would recommend this
film to lovers of comedy and romance because it had me laughing through out the
film and there were some wonderful loves scenes that showed magical moments
between certain characters. This film reminds me slightly of the “Men in Black”
because there are spies in it, but other than that I would class this film as
one of a kind. Definitely one to watch.
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