adonis98-743-186503 Two corrupt cops set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Events, however, are complicated by the arrival of someone who appears to be even more dangerous than they are. War on Everyone is a film that started so promising and was funny for a while but once it started with the racist jokes, the mediocre and awful villains don't help either and the movie after a while it gets boring and it repeats the same old jokes time and time again and even the 2 main anti-heroes get boring. The soundtrack is alright and somewhere about 15 minutes into the film i was entertained but after that it turned into a cheesy buddy comedy that tried so hard..

eddie_baggins 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

chca-2 So few comedies have the courage to go all out. Of course, when you go all out you transcend any genre, like Cronenberg's "Crash". So refreshing. Thank you. It is rare to watch a film that doesn't apologize for itself. Please make many more. To meet IMDb guidelines I have to right more. This reminds me of "Freebie and the Bean" and "Best in Show". Cheers.

targe1314 If you have enjoyed good 70's detective homages such as The Other Guys and Jackie Brown, then it is very disappointing to see a director completely ruin a potential new hit and cult movie here.You can tell how disjointed and badly edited this movie is by the soundtrack, which tries multiple times to 'get us in the vibe' with cheesy 1970's cop show licks, only for the music to die an agonizing death as nothing at all happens during it. We are left watching endless boring stretches of film that should have been cut (the seemingly 5 minutes long part of the main gangster walking from his bedroom downstairs is one)The two main characters, one a self-absorbed prick who likes to lounge in his silk kimono and make fun of his fat son, and the other, a total alcoholic loser who likes hitting on strippers, are NOT funny. NOT at all. The fall-flat jokes come at us a mile a minute, and the movie tries to see-saw between shocking black comedy and yuk yuk make fun of it comedy and oh so serious cop drama. It's a total mess and not worth your time, frankly.