Review of War on Everyone (2016) by Darwin K — 06 Jan 2017

This movie could have been better, if....

Michael Pena was not in it since he has statically the same facial expressions in every goddamn movie and is an incredibly dull and unfunny actor. He is catastrophic in this movie.

...if the setting was not the US, but Ireland, UK or Scandinavia, since the director is Irish and like his previous movies should have presented a European setting with badass and corrupt cops. He just could not pull off the overused American bad cop theme here.

...if Tessa Thompson's character did not exist. Was she really necessary? Her agents try hard to make her happen, it's obvious because she is very popular these days, but cannot act at all. This movie certainly did not need any romantic subplot.

-....if the jokes were more clever and imaginative. They were very flat from beginning to end. I know the style of the director, which can be offensive etc., but I only laughed about two times during the whole runtime. That failed hard.

...if the soundtrack was diverse and other characters more interestingly and better written (they were all caricatural and I did not care for any of them).

What I liked was Alexander Skarsgard's acting, since I like his works and acting in general. However, his background, lines, clothes and his godawful haircut really made him unlikeable. There was absolutely no reason for him to have a change of heart at the end. I liked the "Blue Lagoon" joke and how he was drinking on his own at the bar. He is a really bad dancer and has issues with romantic scenes in general since he is very stiff and often appears asexual although he arouses sexuality.

I also enjoyed Stephanie Sigman, whenever she was on screen.

All in all, it is a disappointing movie which I would not watch for the second time.