War on Everyone (2016)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Best movie of this year hands down!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Ridiculously funny movie. Banter and comedic timing on point. I thought I was going to watch a throw away (because I had never heard of it), but I enjoyed the cast in their other work so I thought it must be worth a try.ASDFASDFQW - Out of nowhere, and immediately, the movie has unrelenting comedic moments. I haven't seen Skarsgard in a comedic role previously but he nailed it. I saw Pena in CHIPS and knew he'd be funny but together they killed it the way Dax and he did. Very different movie with dark comedy but definitely worth the watch.

Back in 2014, U.K based director John Michael McDonagh gave us Calvary.A follow-up to his well-regarded, if little seen dark comedy The Guard, Calvary saw McDonagh reteaming with his leading man Brendan Gleeson to deliver a refreshingly unique and utterly captivating experience that had many justifiably excited for what the promising director would dish up next.Taking his time before treating us to his next feature length experience, it's with great disappointment that McDonagh's Calvary follow-up is War on Everyone, a film that wants you to desperately like its politically incorrect and unashamedly seedy "comedic" look at Michael Pena's and Alexander Skarsgard's loose unit police officers Bob Balano and Terry Monroe as they traverse a barely their story of criminals and corrupt cops, filled with Glen Campbell classics, sprinklings of hard-core violence and a script that wishes it was written by Quintin Tarantino.Both The Guard and Calvary found a great balance between dramatic ticks, storyline and comedic moments (most darkly morbid and totally politically incorrect) but War on Everyone never once nails it's convoluted components and it really feels as though McDonagh is clutching at straws in his first Hollywood picture, rather than walking his own beat like he did with his impressive one-two debut films.There are moments within the film where characters ramble about the importance of scripts in films and how they're the making or breaking of what makes a great film so it's clear McDonagh knows the importance of a good script (although he is responsible for writing the 2003 misfire Ned Kelly) and it's something we know his capable of but the failings of War on Everyone are never more evident in how experienced and well regarded actors like Pena and Skarsgard deliver their lines without energy or life as they meander about McDonagh's shady story.Both these characters are neither likable, nor are they interesting enough to make us dislike them, they're just not appealing in general. Perhaps had the film included a story with any form of mystery or villains that steal the show we might've cared more but trying to enliven the film with misguided romantic sub-plots or bizarrely towards the end of proceedings a child exploitation plot device, McDonagh doesn't seem comfortable in his world, a facet that was certainly not the case in his early works.Final Say – If you've ever thought that the idea of two deadbeat cops running down a mime in their patrol car, taking drugs with informants or talking about cinematic auteur Steven Soderbergh is the stuff of movie magic then the War on Everyone might just be your new favourite comedy but for the rest of us, McDonagh's extremely disappointing and criminally unfunny film is cause for concern for a filmmaker that has the talent to be anything, both great or bad.1 Icelandic getaway out of 5

I had heard about this film a while back and I have now gotten around to seeing it and I got to be honest this film is really bad. The premise of this film sees a couple of corrupt cops attempt to get the best out of there job while a criminal attempts to take them down. Now the best thing in this film is pretty easy to see, that is Michael pena and his performance, even though far from his best he tries his best to give a decent performance with a few fun laughs. Alexander skaarsgard plays his partner in this film and he is truly awful in this film, he is so unlikeable that you really don't care about him or anything that he does in this film. The supporting cast is completely forgettable whether it is Theo James as the villain or Tessa Thompson as a love interest or anybody else none of them stand out or give any performance that you care about. The story is all over the place and really doesn't create one likable character in this scenario or one story beat where you will care about anybody or anything in this film. The script I will admit does have some funny lines in it and I did chuckle sometimes. But it is not enough and any of the dramatic dialogue is ridiculously bland. The style of the film is awful, I get that these lead characters are not really meant to be good people but there is nothing here that gives you any reason you no reason to care about in the action scenes. Overall I hate this film and I believe that it should be avoided at all cost unless you just like dark comedies that don't have much quality.

So we had two movies about an investigating couple in 2016. The other one was Shane Blacks "Nice guys". They weren't cops there, like they are here. But then again, these cops right here, you won't find too many of them around. It's obvious this is anything but politically correct. So if you don't like humor off the rails and off the norm, you probably should not watch this.If you on the other hand like your comedies to be crazy and all over the place, you should give this a chance. It's actually pretty funny and the two buddies on the front are doing a great job with their characters. Completely crazy and without any morality center they take whatever they like and do not care. You could argue that this makes them despicable persons, but remember this is a movie and a comedy. Don't be offended by it, it takes away all the fun you could have