This could possibly be the only Bollywood movie -- about two men in love with the same woman, or, to reverse it, one woman in love with two men -- that isn't made in Bollywood. But, the amorous dinners, online dating, dirty talk, undercover missions, German adversaries, cars exploding and a poetic justice situation slipped in clumsily at the end are as American as they come.McG's This Means War degrades further the quality of breezy, typically happy-ending romantic comedies that Hollywood once excelled at. To keep the plot self-consciously thrilling, director McG (whose real name is Joseph McGinty Nichol, who made his big-screen debut with Charlie's Angels) takes recourse to a spy-at-work setting.A wild musical comedy
Despite this, the film is more a who's-the-best-man contest between the paramours than about the two agents pursuing their agency's bête noire, a revenge-seeking criminal.FDR (Chris Pine) and Tuck Henson (Tom Hardy) occupy desks across each other at their high-tech CIA office. Tuck is separated from his wife Katie (Abigail Spencer) but visits his only son dutifully, attending his karate classes like a doting dad. When he meets the lonely, Klimt-loving executive Lauren Scott (Reese Witherspoon ) through an online dating site, it's Fate.net, he finds instant comfort and they start going out.
FDR too meets Lauren -- at a DVD store. At first she resists his flirtatious charm; then one evening she spots a friend with his fiancée and in a bid to impress him, shares an intimate kiss with FDR. This kick-starts their relationship and soon, without realising it, Lauren is in love with both her suitors.Behind her back, FDR and Tuck are having their own little game which spirals out of control when they break their gentleman's agreement of not having sex with her.Guiding Lauren through the precarious situations is her friend, agony aunt-cum-sex expert, Trish (Chelsea Handler) who, as you may have guessed, is pressed into service for comic relief.
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