Tropic Thunder 2008

A film crew is in Southeast Asia filming a Vietnamwar memoir. Its early in the shooting but theyre already behind schedule and over budget. On the day an accident befalls the novice director the cast and crew are attacked by a gang of poppygrowing local drug dealers except the cast and crew dont realize these arent actors who are stalking them. The thugs kidnap Tugg Speedman an actor whose star seems on the decline and its up to the rest of the ragtag team to band together long enough to attempt his rescue. But will Tugg want to leave

Review

Saw this at the Washington DC screening on the 10th.

And Got Some I did. A comedy that is not Apatow's is refreshing nowadays. A relentless hard R comedy that fuses elements of practically every famous war film ever made. Beginning with trailers a la Grindhouse for every major character was already a sign of a hilarious film. While most of the humor was "funnybuti'mnotlaughing" the same amount of laugh out loud humor and gags was provided as well courtesy of mostly Stiller and Downey Jr. Who I wholeheartedly feel stole the show. I can't say I've ever seen any character like his in a film of this genre which already I feel will enter the classics. What's refreshing about Thunder is that it's actually original in certain aspects of the storyline such as when they decide to shoot the film guerilla style in the jungle only to have the director of the film.... I'll leave this at that. A spoof of war films that isn't tireless or idiotic like the recent EpicDate films... which do not even deserve to be called "spoofs". And be prepared for Cruise who plays the most radical role of his entire career.