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Tropic Thunder

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• Comedy
• War

• 2008
• Ben Stiller
• 102 mins
• 15

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.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Stella Papamichael

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.

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7.1/10

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Cast

rolenameTugg SpeedmanBen StillerJeff PortnoyJack BlackKirk LazarusRobert Downey JrDamien CockburnSteve CooganKevin SanduskyJay BaruchelCodyDanny McBride (2)Alpa ChinoBrandon T JacksonRob SlolumBill HaderJohn "Four Leaf" TaybackNick NolteRick PeckMatthew McConaugheyLes GrossmanTom CruiseTobey MaguireTobey MaguireJon VoightJon VoightTyra BanksTyra BanksJennifer Love HewittJennifer Love Hewitt

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Theatrical distributor

Paramount

Released on

2008-09-19

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing, drug abuse.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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