This Means Waris a 2012 romantic comedy action film directed by McG . The film stars Reese Witherspoon , Chris Pine and Tom Hardy as victims of a love triangle in which two CIA agents and best friends (Pine and Hardy) discover that they are dating the same woman (Witherspoon).

CIA agents and best friends FDR Foster ( Chris Pine ) and Tuck Henson ( Tom Hardy ) are deployed to Hong Kong to prevent international criminal Heinrich ( Til Schweiger ) from acquiring a weapon of mass destruction, but the mission goes awry, resulting in the death of Heinrich's brother Jonas (Clint Carleton) and Heinrich swearing revenge against them. For their protection, their boss, Collins ( Angela Bassett ), assigns them to desk duty upon returning to America.

FDR is a womanizer, whose cover is that he's a cruise ship captain, while Tuck, who presents himself as a travel agent, has an ex-wife, Katie ( Abigail Spencer ), and a son, Joe ( John Paul Ruttan ). In order to help his friend, FDR convinces Tuck to join an online dating service. Tuck is paired with Lauren Scott ( Reese Witherspoon ), a product testing executive who's dealing with the recent engagement of her ex-boyfriend, and decides to go on a date with her, in which they hit it off.

Shortly thereafter, FDR runs into Lauren at a video store and tries to flirt with her, but she notices that he's a ladies' man and ignores him. Intrigued, FDR crashes into one of Lauren's test groups and convinces her to go on a date with him, where they also enjoy themselves. Lauren feels guilty about dating two men at the same time, but is convinced by her best friend Trish ( Chelsea Handler ) to make the best of the situation.

FDR and Tuck soon discover that they're seeing the same woman and decide not to tell her that they know each other, to interfere with each others' dates, nor have sex with her and let her come a decision between them. However, they soon break their rules and use CIA technology to spy on her and discover her preferences, as well as try to sabotage one another. FDR and Lauren eventually have sex, and Tuck and Lauren nearly do as well, before Lauren interrupts it, feeling bad about herself.

One day, Lauren invites Tuck to lunch, while FDR discovers that Heinrich has come to America to get revenge against them. He interrupts Lauren's date with Tuck to warn him, but Tuck doesn't believe him and they get into a fight, during which Lauren discovers that they're friends and decides to leave alone with Trish. At that moment, they are captured by Heinrich and his men, who are pursued by FDR and Tuck.

FDR and Tuck rescue Lauren and Trish after a car chase, in which they reveal that they are CIA agents and, on Lauren's advice, shoot the headlights on Heinrich's car, deploying the airbags and sending Heinrich's car spiraling out of control. FDR and Tuck, on different sides of the road, urge Lauren to come to their side, and she ultimately choses FDR as Heinrich dies when his car swerves off the bridge and crashes below. Lauren decides to be with FDR, and Tuck makes amends with him. Tuck soon reconciles with Katie and they get married once more.

Shortly thereafter, FDR and Tuck are about to parachute out of a cargo plane when FDR reveals that he'll marry Lauren, and also that he had sex with Katie before she met Tuck, and no longer feels guilty about it because Tuck had sex with Lauren. Tuck, however, reveals that they didn't go all the way and angrily tackles FDR out of the plane.