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It's a brisk sprint over familiar ground with just enough appeal to action addicts and romantic-comedy lovers to amuse fans of both genres.
The director is McG, who allows no motion to pass without a musical energy boost.
"This Means War" is the worst McG film yet. And good Lord, that is saying something.
The best you can say about This Means War is that it would make a good date movie for couples in the witness protection program.
Slides by on the strength of Tom Hardy.
And we have our first lock for the Worst of the Year list.
This insulting, structureless so-called romantic comedy is a wretched embarrassment for all involved, especially Witherspoon, who is required to act like a ninny while other characters remark on how 'really, really beautiful' she is.
...more like a business plan than a movie, and it's difficult to imagine that any of the professionals who collaborated to produce it would ever want to watch it.
Overall, this is solid date night fare. You would be disappointed that you spent the time or money but you'll never need to see this film again.
The fast-paced jokes help overcome the preposterous covert underpinnings.
... too much action, not enough comedy, and no romance at all ...
Bathed in bright plastic colours, scored to sleazy jazz funk, This Means War comprises endless short scenes that never quite coalesce into a real motion picture.
McG's weakness is in developing character and story... and since they make up about 80 percent of the movie, we're left stranded.
I have never been in a movie screening that had such a divided reaction as This Means War; on one side film critics moaning and groaning from start to finish, on the other a young audience laughing and cheering through every scene.
This Means War gleefully stirs together the spy caper and rom-com genres, and with Charlie's Angel director McG at the helm the resulting mash-up is everything you'd expect: brash, loud and spectacularly dumb.
Can [McG's] films get worse?
Easily consumable, puerile entertainment with some devilish giggles to be had; the action romantic's must-see in a sense.
Entertainment at its fluffiest but as a date movie with some genuine laughs, it works - just overlook the voyeuristic undertones and you'll have fun.
Hardy struggles to find his comic timing to soften his bruising hard man image while Pine mugs shamelessly.
A film during which very bad things happen very often, and none of them are noticeably funnier than genital trauma brought on by an air rifle.
McG fails to conjure up any exciting or original set-pieces so it falls flat as an action film.
Hardy, Pine and Witherspoon manage to inject just enough charm to make it bearable.
All sorts of laugh-free and unrelaxed shenanigans.
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