War on Everyone is a comedy by John Michael McDonagh about two corrupt cops(Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård) who get involved with a dangerous crime lord.
This film is not for everyone. If you're offended easily you will hate it before the first five minutes are over. It goes out to offend everyone in it's sights, and has a lot of fun doing so. Your enjoyment of the film is based on whether you are able to laugh along with the film at the cast of racist, sexist, homophobic, all round terrible people. If it had been made with proper hatred by McDonagh then it would come across as so and the film wouldn't be anywhere near as funny as it is. But there is the sense that he is doing it all tongue in cheek and just wanted to make the most politically incorrect movie he could.
Which brings me onto the story. It is rather weak and is used as a way for the characters to get from one joke to another. In this case it doesn't seem as though McDonagh ever wanted to create a complex case for these two to be involved in and wanted to focus on the characters instead. On the surface Terry and Bob are shallow and hateful, but are much more complex than that. I've seen Michael Peña in several comedic roles in the past, but I don't remember Alexander Skarsgård ever making me laugh as much as he did. His comic timing was perfect and I would quite like to see him do more comedic roles instead of the usual dark and dramatic roles.
In short: War on Everyone is good fun as long as you are able to go along with it's dark and offensive tone.
No comments:
Post a Comment