After discovering that they are dating the same girl (Lauren, Reece Witherspoon), two CIA agents with a serious bromance engage in a war over over her using their CIA resources and skills. One of the agents (FDR, Chris Pine) is a good looking ladies man who is normally only up for a ‘one-day rental’, the other a good looking divorced family man who is devoted to his son (Tuck, Tom Hardy), we are set up for a great clash between them. This means war is a thrill ride of action and petty one-upmanship between two best friends. You think this is already a good story line? Well they aren’t done yet, in the background of this love triangle Heinrich (Til Schweiger), a foreign threat to the safety of the USA is looking for our dynamic duo in revenge for his brother.
Chris Pine makes the women wish they were with him and the men wish they were him when we plays FDR. With his love of Sade and pulling women, FDR is a lovable character that grows up a lot during the course of the story. He meets his match in Lauren, they meet in a video store and flirt, but Lauren gets the best of him and his charm and walks away with extreme style. This is FDR’s emotional turning point. Lauren wasn’t easy to get for him, so he must have her. FDR’s journey in this film fun to watch because we see a self obsessed player turn into selfless, husband-material. However, he doesn’t lose his playful edge. I think this is very important to the film because it lets the audience see that no matter what happens with FDR he is still fundamentally the same person. I think that it is good that the Chris Pine does this with his character because it shows that he is keeping true to FDR.
Tuck is almost a broken man when it comes to his love life, this is summed up nicely when his ex-wife informs him of her date shortly after he asks her out to dinner. Tom Hardy shows us how Tuck gains the courage to be able to go on a date and end up actually really liking Lauren. Just like FDR, Lauren also changes Tuck for the better. Over the course of their relationship in the film Tuck becomes more and more dangerous and out their as a person. This is spurred by the rivalry that forms between our two CIA agents. The petty one-upmanship becomes outrageous and ludacris as they begin to invade each other’s dates to prevent each other from sleeping with Lauren. Tuck’s performance at this stage in the movie becomes very three dimensional. The audience see Tuck become darker and have a shorter temper. This is a nice contrast to his character from the beginning of the film because before he was a ‘lovely’ guy who wouldn’t hurt a fly if he wasn’t in the field.
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