Synopsis
Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. Things take a sinister turn, however, when they try to intimidate someone who is more dangerous than they are. Or is he?
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Cast
- Michael PeñaBob Bolaño
- Alexander SkarsgårdTerry Monroe
- Theo JamesLord James Mangan
- Tessa ThompsonJackie Hollis
- Caleb Landry JonesRussell Birdwell
- Stephanie SigmanDolores Bolaño
- David WilmotPádraic Power
- Malcolm BarrettReggie X
- Paul ReiserGerry Stanton
- Zion Rain LeybaDanny Reynard
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
A thinking person’s Bad Boys, this off-kilter indie crime comedy introduces two deliriously warped lawmen to the screen. Here’s to a Cuba-invading sequel. - 67
The Playlist
Entertaining though it is in parts, it can’t really be said to mark any particular growth for McDonagh as a filmmaker, being both less angry and more cynical that the brooding "Calvary" and consequently less memorable and relevant too. - 60
Screen Daily
War On Everyone is essentially a clothes hanger for smart one-liners, verbal and visual, and its success will depend partly on how folks like the look of the clothes hanger. - 58
Consequence
McDonagh seems to have more to say in this film, but it’s lost among the narrative and stylistic inconsistencies. - 58
The Film Stage
A noticeable step down from the highs of The Guard and Calvary, War on Everyone is still only McDonagh’s third effort and nonetheless a bold, lively endeavour. - 50
Slant Magazine
The film is in love with the tropes it ridicules, and it doesn't take long for that love to dwarf any possibility of critique. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
War on Everyone is a little too keen to advertise its own cleverness. The characters feel more like random collections of quirky tics than real people. - 40
The Guardian
You can’t let your heroes be truly, purely horrible. But McDonagh’s moral twist comes in way too late and much too hard. It leaves you dizzy.
