This Means War (2012)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content including references, some violence and action, and for language

 

Runtime: 1 hour and 27 minutes

 

Genre: Action, Comedy and Romance

 

Director: McG

 

Writer: Timothy Dowling and Simon Kinberg

Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy and Til Schweiger

 

Budget: $65,000,000

 

Box Office: $156,491,279

 

Positives:

• Interesting chemistry

• Fun action sequences

• Decent editing

• Charm and likeable characters

Negative:

• A few scenes that were kinda awkward

• Microphones were not clean

• Incoherent writing

• Lacking communication skills

• Plot elements that are not needed with the villain and misunderstandings

 

Overall Verdict:

Story/Genre 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (4)

Characters 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (5)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2)

Background/Sets 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3.5)

Music/Songs 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2.5)

Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Visual Effects/Sound Design 0 1 2 3 4 5 (2.5)

Dialogue 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

26/50 5.2/10