The “have funny laugh-a-thon” film of the summer has to be Ben Stiller’s TROPIC THUNDER. This mile-a-minute comedy-a-thon is some of the actor/writer/director’s best work (which is a lot coming from me since I generally dislike many of his films). There is no denying that Stiller hit upon a great comedy troop of actors when he joined forces with Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black for this movie-imitates-life-imitates –movie movie.
TROPIC THUNDER is the story of a director (played by Steve Coogen) whose career and film is falling apart because of the three big Hollywood actor-Divas he’s forced to work with. With a film rumored to be in trouble and never get finished the director decides to do something drastic which is put his actors out into the real jungle and shoot the film gorilla style. Everything goes as planned until the three actors Kirk Lazarus (Downey JR.), the Oscar winner who becomes “black” to get deeper into his role, Jeff Portnoy (Black), the comedienne who has a drug problem, and Tugg Speedman (Stiller), the former action hero whose career is fast becoming a thing of the past, all get stranded in the middle of the jungle after their director is killed. Now they must fend for themselves as a group of ruthless drug dealers will stop at nothing to stop them from accomplishing their mission to finish the film.
The great thing about this film is that not once did I ever feel like all the great jokes were given away in the previews for the film; in fact, the previews never came close to showing all the great moments in the film. I’m not a Stiller fan but this film felt fresh and new and kept the momentum from beginning to end. In addition to Coogan’s small role the film also boasts a list of great actors from Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, and a stand-out performance from Tom Cruise, to name a few. If anyone steals this film it would be Cruise with his from left field performance as the Executive Producer of the film being made.
TROPIC THUNDER is just one great film from beginning to end that should not be missed.
TROPIC THUNDER is the story of a director (played by Steve Coogen) whose career and film is falling apart because of the three big Hollywood actor-Divas he’s forced to work with. With a film rumored to be in trouble and never get finished the director decides to do something drastic which is put his actors out into the real jungle and shoot the film gorilla style. Everything goes as planned until the three actors Kirk Lazarus (Downey JR.), the Oscar winner who becomes “black” to get deeper into his role, Jeff Portnoy (Black), the comedienne who has a drug problem, and Tugg Speedman (Stiller), the former action hero whose career is fast becoming a thing of the past, all get stranded in the middle of the jungle after their director is killed. Now they must fend for themselves as a group of ruthless drug dealers will stop at nothing to stop them from accomplishing their mission to finish the film.
The great thing about this film is that not once did I ever feel like all the great jokes were given away in the previews for the film; in fact, the previews never came close to showing all the great moments in the film. I’m not a Stiller fan but this film felt fresh and new and kept the momentum from beginning to end. In addition to Coogan’s small role the film also boasts a list of great actors from Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey, and a stand-out performance from Tom Cruise, to name a few. If anyone steals this film it would be Cruise with his from left field performance as the Executive Producer of the film being made.
TROPIC THUNDER is just one great film from beginning to end that should not be missed.
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