Tropical Thunder. God, that movie was so hilarious. At first, I thought it would just be one of those, every day comedies that would be entertaining for maybe 5 minutes. It ended up being much more than I expected. Ben Stiller really pulled it off in this one.
So let me give you a quick summary. This movie is the story of five actors who have been pulled together for the making of a movie based on the book, Tropical Thunder, written by a Vietnam veteran named Fourleaf. All of them come from way different backgrounds: Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), an action actor whose career was beginning to hit a low, Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), a big time Australian actor who was known to get very into his roles, Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), a TV show comedy actor with a bit of a drug problem, Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), a teen idol and poster boy, and finally Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), a small time just out of college actor whose a bit of a dork.
Since the production is so behind and losing money fast, the director, Damien, and Fourleaf decide to rig a whole bunch of cameras up out in a remote jungle and dump the guys out there. They hope that this will help get them the best performance possible by forcing them to live it. What they don't realize is that they've just put themselves and the actors into dangerous territory. Wild animals and drug runners out there in the jungle with them. It'll take all their cunning and training to get out of the situation alive and whole.
The origin of this movie starts with Ben Stiller's wish to be in a war movie. For a long time, he'd been trying to get a part in one, but every time he tried, it ended in failure. So he made himself a war movie to take part in. He's been working on Tropical Thunder for years now, and has finally pulled the production together, as its director, producer, and co-writer. The casting was high profile too, with Robert Downey Jr. (recently in Iron Man) and Jack Black (Kung Fu Panda), with Matthew McConaughey, Tom Cruise and Steve Coogan.
So, I suggest people see this movie for huge laughs, and not-so-clean fun.
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