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Tropic Thunder

(M18)

Release Date: 23rd October 2008 (Showtimes)
Language: English
Running Time: 106 mins
Genre: Comedy / Action
Director: Ben Stiller
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Trieu Tran, Jack Black, Brandon T. Jackson, D.J. Caruso. (Full Cast)
Local Distributor: United International Pictures

User Rating: (67)

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Action superstar Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) is cast in an extremely expensive war movie. He sets out to Southeast Asia with his co-stars that include a diverse mix of famous actors including an Oscar-winning actor, Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Junior) and Jeff Portnov (Jack Black) the star of a popular comedy franchise. As soon as production begins the actors are forced to become real soldiers in order to survive the jungle. "Tropic Thunder" boasts an impressive line up of A-list stars including Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes and Matthew McConaughey.

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Reviewer: kenykho | Jun 21,2009 1 people found this review helpful

What I loved most: Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise is in the Cast

What I really hated: Grumpy Show, Lots of Vulgarities

Always loved Ben Stiller comedy movies but this one i would rather give it amiss. War Scenes are so ridiculous and fake. If this movie is compared to Zohan. This movie failed terribly. Rather Disappointed.

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Reviewer: kenykho | Jun 21,2009 1 people found this review helpful

What I loved most: Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise is in the Cast

What I really hated: Grumpy Show, Lots of Vulgarities

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Vicious Satire of Hollywood

Reviewer: minxiu | Nov 16,2008 3 people found this review helpful

What I loved most: Downey Jr. philosophizing on being a method actor

What I really hated: Stiller's and Black's performances

It's a little too long, and Stiller and Black aren't in top form. But damn, is it funny, right from the first fake trailer shown. A vicious satire of Hollywood at every level, there's so much that works here, you can easily overlook the stuff that doesn't.

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Reviewer: knight_1105 | Nov 07,2008 3 people found this review helpful

What I loved most: Robert Downey Jr. rambling slowly in Mandarin to buy time for his comrades.

What I really hated: Story was quite boring.

First of all, I CAN'T BELIVE THAT WAS TOM CRUISE AND I DIDN'T REALISE IT AT ALL TILL THE END! Anyway, I expected much more than what I saw. I mean, it's Ben Stiller and Jack Black! I would have to say the supposed 'trailers' in the beginning were hilarious, especially Robert Downey Jr.'s homosexual role. Overall the movie was quite bad. I feel I wasted my money on that one....More

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C'mon, it's a comedy after all

Reviewer: again_green | Nov 07,2008 1 people found this review helpful

What I loved most: Tom Cruise screwing the "Flaming Dragon"

What I really hated: Tom Cruise doing hip-hop (which is frigging hilarious btw)

Hey people, this is supposed to be a comedy after all. Not meant to be taken too seriously. I'd say that Ben Stiller did a wonderful job in portraying the underlying insecurities of mega-stars despite the machismo on-screen and making one hell of a joke outta it. Downey's acting was simply incredible. Apparently, the person sitting next to me was still wondering if it was Downey at the end of the show. He really is 'the dude acting as another dude'. The part which he tried to infiltrate the enemy base with his Mandarin (which sounds totally alien) was really memorable. Watch for him. Seriously though, kiddies who haven't really watch American movies in the 90's will probably find the dialogue confusing. There is after all quite a number of references to these shows. But still if you are watching the show, just sit back and enjoy the show. Don't take it too seriously. Have a sense of humor.

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Take a small portion each of Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. then mix them up and you get a superb action-comedy. Although this genre is not as common as the others, "Tropic Thunder" works because it had a good formula and like it or not, a "twigman" award might be on the way (watch it to find out what this is!)

For a comedy, you might find it peculiar to have explosions and gunfire everywhere, like back in "Shoot 'Em Up". It's like a war film that intentionally goes wrong, so there you have it - a comedic war film. Maybe those "explosions" are meant to set a grande entrande of "Tropic Thunder" into the box office line up and sweep a few awards like "Best Comedy of the Year."

The opening scene for "Tropic Thunder" is definitely a good one but I won't spoil it for you. Suffice to say - yes, Ben Stiller and his platoon mates, Steve Coogan and his entire crew are actually making a film based on a book written by Vietnam War veteran Sgt. Four Leaf, played by Nick Nolte.

Some people might get sick to the stomach watching soldiers being blown up to pieces, blood gushing out like a fountain from heads and guts dangling out from bodies in the most painful way one could possibly imagine. It really is gross but those effects are good. To enjoy the movie deeper, you've also got to know a thing or two about Hollywood's all time favourite films like "Forest Gump", "I Am Sam" and many more A-list movies, so you won't be lost in the dialogue between the actors.

Also, when watching "Tropic Thunder", pay attention to a little kid of about 12 who plays a drug kingpin in Vietnam. For a child playing the head villain with a cigar in one hand and a bazooka in another, this kid is really good.

As for the message part, I think what the director is trying to get across is that it isn't easy being an actor, especially a good one. Anyone can be an actor but a good one is definitely hard to come by.

So now you've got to ask - do Vietnamese people speak Mandarin? Watch the movie.

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