This Means War

Director: McG
Writer: Marcus Gautesen, Timothy Dowling
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Laura Vandervoort, Angela Bassett, Tom Hardy, Kasey Ryne Mazak, Warren Christie, Natassia Malthe, Til Schweiger
Language: English, Magyar, French, Czech
Theatrical Release Date: February 17, 2012
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Tagline: Its SPY Against SPY

Synopsis: Two CIA agents, Tuck and Frank who are also best friends, have been benched because someone's after them. Tuck is divorced with a son whom he's not close to and Frank is a ladies man. Tuck decides to try and find someone so he places his profile on a dating website. Lauren, a woman also looking for a guy sees tuck's profile and goes with him. She later bumps into Frank and he hits on her and she goes out with him. she's intrigued by both of them. When they learn that they're dating the same girl, they agree to let her choose. But both can't help but use their skills to keep tabs on her and each other. And also sabotage each others dates with her.

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Leonard Maltin Reviews

Judging by the evidence, it isn’t easy making a good romantic comedy, even if it has a high-concept premise like this one: two best friends (Chris Pine and Tom Hardy) who put their lives on the line as CIA operatives fall in love, quite by chance, with the same woman (Reese Witherspoon). This unforeseen rivalry escalates to

Judging by the evidence, it isn’t easy making a good romantic comedy, even if it has a high-concept premise like this one: two best friends (Chris Pine and Tom Hardy) who put their lives on the line as CIA operatives fall in love, quite by chance, with the same woman (Reese Witherspoon). This ...
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