Film Review – War on Everyone

For his first two outings as a writer/director, John Michael McDonagh made a positive impression. With “The Guard” and “Calvary,” McDonagh displayed an impish sense of humor and an overall understanding of unusual tension and itchy human interaction, using his homeland of Ireland as a distinct backdrop for criminal activity and personal salvation. However, his streak ends at two movies, with “War on Everyone” providing McDonagh with a change of venue and comedic intent, but he repeatedly comes up short with this patience-thinning mix of action and black comedy. “War on Everyone” is meant to be broad, nasty, and sarcastic, but its lack of interesting characters and story make it difficult to endure, clinging to style and tiresome quirk just to get by. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com