I was under the mistaken impression that “This Means War” was an action/comedy, somewhere along the lines of a Mr & Mrs Smith. In fact it’s a chic-flic.
It’s a romantic comedy that poses as a pseudo action movie to get us guys interested. But it’s a goofy, sappy, love story comedy. Yes the action scenes are fast moving and well done for what they are. But it’s all tongue in cheek action, with lots of editing cuts so it’s hard to tell what’s happening, it’s not exciting action.
This movie is what a women uses to get a guy to watch a movie she might like, a fantasy where two guys are fighting over her. Young women love a movie where men fight over the girl. If you were to make one guy a vampire and the other a werewolf…well we all know what we have here, don’t we? It’s cookie cutter movie making.
There won’t be too many guys that will watch this and be glad they did when it’s done. Young women will love it, men of any age will wish they watched something else.
5/10