- Film Review
- Reviewed By Stella Papamichael
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4 out of 5
Ben Stiller co-writes, directs and stars in this hilarious send-up of "serious" war movies and self-absorbed movie stars. Stiller plays fading Hollywood action hero Tugg Speedman, who's making a Vietnam War epic along with flatulent, heroin-addicted comedy star Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black) and Method actor Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr). Career neuroses meet genuine peril when exasperated director Steve Coogan resorts to a "guerrilla style" jungle shoot. These pampered thespians are then plunged into the middle of a real battle with some drug lords who think they are DEA agents. In a great cast it's Oscar-nominated Downey Jr who steals everybody's thunder as the Aussie actor so committed to his craft that he's had his skin surgically dyed to portray an African-American soldier. The gags are sometimes silly but often brilliant, spoofing every war movie cliché without undermining the thrill of the adventure.
Plot Summary
Comedy action adventure starring Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr and Jack Black. While filming an epic Vietnam War movie in the jungle, a group of pampered, egotistical actors find themselves fighting for their lives when they stumble across heavily armed drug lords.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Tugg Speedman
- Ben Stiller
- Jeff Portnoy
- Jack Black
- Kirk Lazarus
- Robert Downey Jr
- Damien Cockburn
- Steve Coogan
- Kevin Sandusky
- Jay Baruchel
- Cody
- Danny McBride (2)
- Alpa Chino
- Brandon T Jackson
- Rob Slolum
- Bill Hader
- John "Four Leaf" Tayback
- Nick Nolte
- Rick Peck
- Matthew McConaughey
- Les Grossman
- Tom Cruise
- Tobey Maguire
- Tobey Maguire
- Jon Voight
- Jon Voight
- Tyra Banks
- Tyra Banks
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
Crew
- Director
- Ben Stiller
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