'This Means War' Stuck With R Rating

Even as someone who loves Tom Hardy and...tolerates Chris Pine, I still think that This Means War looks pretty wretched.  A movie about two CIA agents who engage in violent antics over a woman two-timing both of them, all from the director of Charlie's Angels?  The trailers just make it look like a mish-mash of unfunny dialogue and chaotic action.  Well, anyone under seventeen who doesn't think like I do and hopes to get in alone is out of luck, because the MPAA has stuck it with an R rating for "some sexual content."

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the rating was kept even after an appeal.  With the audience that this movie seems to be going for, that's probably making the suites at Fox sweat.  I imagine it's trying to play itself up as a more heartthrob version of Get Smart, but without that crucial teen demographic, it may be setting itself up for failure.  Sure, I'm not going to pretend that I think that this movie deserves to do well, but I'd also like to see Tom Hardy become a bankable star.

This Means War hits theaters on Feb 14 and stars Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, and Reese Witherspoon.