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This Means War
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This Means War is a 2012 American romantic comedy action film directed by McG. The screenplay was written by Simon Kinberg, who also produced the movie alongside Robert Simonds, Will Smith, and Reese Witherspoon. The film stars Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, and Til Schweiger. Production companies involved include Overbrook Entertainment and Wonderland Sound and Vision.
The plot follows two top CIA operatives who wage an epic battle against one another after discovering they are dating the same woman. The narrative takes place in London, Hong Kong, and Los Angeles, with filming occurring in Vancouver. The movie was distributed by 20th Century Studios, Netflix, and Disney+ through video on demand. It has a runtime of 97 minutes and was released on February 14, 2012.
Critical reception included review scores of 4.5/10, 25%, and 31/100. Audience ratings were recorded at 6.3 from 200,932 votes on IMDb and 6.183 from 3,600 votes on TMDb. The film had a budget of 65,000,000 and generated revenue of 156,974,557. It is written in English and features music by Christophe Beck.
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6.2Two top CIA operatives wage an epic battle against one another after they discover they are dating the same woman.
Cast
- Reese Witherspoon as Lauren
- Chris Pine as FDR Foster
- Tom Hardy as Tuck
- Til Schweiger as Heinrich
- Chelsea Handler as Trish
- John Paul Ruttan as Joe
Themes
- friendship
- love triangle
- affectation
- dating
- sushi bar
- exploding airplane
- online dating
- karate class
- animal shelter
- aggressive
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Key facts
- Directed by
- McG
- Screenplay by
- Timothy Dowling Simon Kinberg
- Story by
- Timothy Dowling Marcus Gautesen
- Produced by
- Robert Simonds James Lassiter Will Smith Simon Kinberg
- Starring
- Reese Witherspoon Chris Pine Tom Hardy Til Schweiger
- Cinematography
- Russell Carpenter
- Edited by
- Nicolas De Toth
- Music by
- Christophe Beck
- Production companies
- Overbrook Entertainment Robert Simonds Productions
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- February 17, 2012 ( 2012-02-17 )
- Running time
- 97 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $65 million
- Box office
- $156.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
This Means War is a 2012 American romantic comedy spy film directed by McG, produced by Will Smith, and starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, and Til Schweiger. The film follows best friends and CIA agents Franklin "FDR" Foster (Pine) and Tuck Hansen (Hardy), who discover that they are dating the same woman (Witherspoon).
Production for This Means War started back in 1998, when 20th Century Fox acquired the script and had Martin Lawrence attached to star in the film.
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