War On Everyone

bnt

I'm surprised there isn't a thread on this film, but either it's been missed or the Search facility is borked again. Anyway: the director of Calvary and The Guard, John Michael McDonagh, has made an American film ... kind-of. It stars Alexander Skarsgård as an Irish-American cop in Albuquerque, with Michael Peña as his partner and Paul Reiser as their lieutenant. It's a bit different:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whjTvW6cfd4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkQgZGNMdv4

It's had some festival screenings in the USA since March, due here in October.

spurious

Saw it in the Odeon Unseen slot tonight. Enjoyed it very much.
It never lets up for a second. Great characters, great soundtrack.

homerun_homer

The trailers for this one do nothing for me. I loved the Guard but was not a fan of Calvary. Michael Pena sort of annoys me too which isn't helping my motivation to see this.

shocksy

I seen this last night with Odeon Screen Unseen. I have to say i was glad when the credits came up, overall a poor film, silly plot, unfinished stories, ridiculous scenes of two cops getting away with anything and everything. The two main characters didn't work together at all, it was such a forced double act. a very poor attempt at a double due. AVOID.

spurious

I think perhaps that was the point, that they were ridiculously getting away with everything.

Telecaster58

I thought this was very funny.
It was redolent of a Shane Black movie but the violence was a bit harder.

JP Liz V1

homerun_homer wrote: »

The trailers for this one do nothing for me. I loved the Guard but was not a fan of Calvary. Michael Pena sort of annoys me too which isn't helping my motivation to see this.

I like Pena especially in comedy roles

Radiosonde

I try to go into any film with an open mind, but Calvary was crap and the trailer for this is not good. Not convinced by McDonagh at all.

Mizu_Ger

Radiosonde wrote: »

I try to go into any film with an open mind, but Calvary was crap and the trailer for this is not good. Not convinced by McDonagh at all.

That sums up my feelings too. I'll watch this eventually, but I'm in no hurry, based on his previous films.

JaMarcusHustle

Saw this tonight. Can't think of a worse film I've paid to see. Shockingly bad.

eviltimeban

Saw it last night, wasn't too bad. It was funny in places, but a lot of the jokes didn't get a laugh with the audience. It reminded me more of Seven Psychopaths, same sort of feel. It went places you didn't expect it to go, but at the same time was pretty formulaic. Some shots were there purely for "look at this cool shot" (like the bad guy walking through his mansion (not a spoiler)).

It wasn't amazing, I wouldn't buy it on DVD, but it wasn't a bad way to spend a Thursday night.

Looper007

Radiosonde wrote: »

I try to go into any film with an open mind, but Calvary was crap and the trailer for this is not good. Not convinced by McDonagh at all.

It's amazing how Calvary splits people down the middle, some love it and some hate it. I thought it was a great film probably has Brendan Gleeson best performance maybe a tad too downbeat and dark for some who were expecting the Guard part 2.

This film hasn't got great reviews, and has slipped under the radar. I don't think McDonagh's humour travels to well Stateside.

mikhail

Radiosonde wrote: »

I try to go into any film with an open mind, but Calvary was crap and the trailer for this is not good. Not convinced by McDonagh at all.

War on Everyone is not Calvary. It's more like The Nice Guys crossed with Seven Psychopaths.

Fysh

I saw this tonight and really enjoyed it; it's very much cartoonish and OTT, with an equal-opportunities approach to offensiveness. The plot is fairly ranshackle - but this is not a film focused on plot. It is about dialogue and performance - there are some great bits of odd (and frequently hilarious) conversation throughout. Peña and Skarsgård work well together, IMO, and give the film a solid core that means the thinness of plot doesn't become a problem.

As someone else said, it's like The Nice Guys crossed with Seven Psychopaths.

Mr E

It was OK, nothing special.

I found it to be very uneven. There were a handful of 5-10 minute segments with no laughs at all (nothing that even made me smile).

A bit of tightening up (and some rewritten scenes) would have made a huge difference.

pumpkin4life

Crap movie: wannabe edgelord shìte from a dreadfully shìte director.

homerun_homer

This looks more Seven Psychopaths than The Nice Guys. I hated Seven Psychopaths, such a waste of a great cast. I wasn't a fan of Calvary either. He's gotten too much like his brother now for his films to hold any interest for me.

MojoMaker

****e. No other word for it.

Banjaxed82

Not a great film. Tries too hard on every level. A chore to watch.

ohnonotgmail

didnt hate this as much as the reviews and posts here led me to believe. It was all over the shop tonally but the two leads were good value and David Wilmot was hilarious. The strip club owner with the red hair was fairly annoying though.

ohnonotgmail

Oh and the soundtrack is fantastic