DVD: This Means War - Reviews - Films - The Independent This confused action-movie/romantic comedy hybrid stars Chris Pine and Tom Hardy as two CIA buddies who both fancy the same woman, played by Reese Witherspoon. It's hard to know which character is the most objectionable here: the creeps who use government resources to spy on the object of their affections, or the woman who is swayed by their ever-more ludicrous stunts, rather than picking the man she actually prefers.