No matter what is said of Ben Stiller, but this time he really blows a bank with a fun and witty comedic satire of movie making, called Tropic Thunder. Directed and co-written by Stiller, Tropic Thunder is definitely one of the most entertaining comedies of 2008.Stiller himself is an action star Tugg Speedman, the star of six sequels of a Scorcher-franchise. Jack Black is Jeff Portnoy, comedian who in his Fatties -movies play an entire family of farting fatties. Robert Downey Jr. is an Australian 5-time-Academy-Award winning actor Kirk Lazarus, whose latest film Satan's Alley is about two monks affair.
These three are recruited to act in the most expensive war movie ever - Lazarus playing a black guy. When budget is blown away, the director (Steve Coogan) is forced to figure out some other way of completing the film. Vietnam vet Four Leaf Tayback (Nick Nolte) whose book the film is based on, suggests an extreme method - place cameras all over the jungle and drop the boys to do their job on their own. This leads to unexpected situations where team spirit is really needed.
The story is full of brilliant satire towards the movie industry - actors, directors, producers, Academy - they all get their share. And in a wonderfully hilarious way. So often comedies don't make you laugh because they don't have anything original in them. Tropic Thunder is its own kind, and really made me laugh. It has the courage to go far enough in the satire and the courage to use language not often heard in Hollywood movies.
And you can hardly recognise Tom Cruise (who does a great job) in his disguise...
Directed by Ben Stiller
Written by Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Coen
Cast Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride
IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942385/
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