War on Everyone (15)

Comedy

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?

The critical consensus

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.

(*) Nick de Semlyen, Empire Online, 26/09/2016

John Michael McDonagh delivers an amusing, albeit slightly disappointing tale of corrupt cops on the road to redemption.

(*) (*) James Mottram, The List, 03/10/2016

This is an amiable but rather pointless comedy-thriller.

(*) (*) Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 05/10/2016

It’s not done with as much verve as Shane Black’s The Nice Guys, but is fun all the same.

(*) (*) Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 05/10/2016

There’s no plot or humour in John Michael McDonagh’s misfiring buddy-cop film, which pits detectives Michael Peña and Alexander Skarsgård against a succession of minority punchbags.

(*) (*) (*) (*) Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 06/10/2016

The more the odd couple discover, the more they begin to develop the stirrings of a conscience in a randomly plotted romp that is not nearly as funny as it seems to think.

(*) (*) Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 07/10/2016

It’s not for everyone, certainly, but War on Everyone is a riot of bad behaviour.

(*) Wendy Ide, The Observer, 09/10/2016