Actor: Ben Stiller

Yo, assholes, this motherfucker's dead!

I think I can spot a prop head when I see one!


Directed by: Ben Stiller
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Black, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel

Genre: Action/Adventure/Comedy

Running time: 107 minutes




My review:

Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying.


This film was really good because it is a comedy that tries to spoof a lot of classic horror films. It is one of those films that a lot of people love because of its comedy and the actors involved but some might not because it rips off war films. It is a really good rip off though. It is really clever like the real life personality of actors with the director, producer and even the Academy Awards. This film made me laugh quite a bit but there were some bits that werent really funny.

Ben Stiller delivers an average performance as Tugg Speedman. I tihnk it is a performance that Stiller tries to outwit with other classic war films. But he does this in a really clever and exciting way. He made Speedman a really likeable character but also a character which is just plain stupid which is just so entertaining about this film. I do prefer Ben Stiller in Meet The Parents, Meet The Fockers and Night At The Museum. Jack Blacks performance is just so pathetic and stupid. Jack annoys me in almost every film he has ever been in apart from School Of Rock. His character is a mixture of some of the characters that Black has portrayed in the past and also tries to rip off talented actors who have portrayed overweight characters in the past who needs to be active. Robert Downey Jrs performance is the best from the whole film because it is a really strong character and a character who is a complete idiot. Downey Jr. portrays a black dude with a certain type of voice that some do have particularly if they are from Africa or the Caribbean. It was a really good voice and personality from a white man to a black man. His make-up was really awesome. It looked like real skin not make up. Downey Jr has now become an extremely well known actor. Especially when he starred in Iron Man in summer 2008. Tom Cruise made a supporting appearance as producer Les Grossman. He looked really weird with a bald head and glasses but he was really funny and made me laugh a lot because he is a bit of a cold character which Tom is really good at. But this time, it is in a really funny way.

Ben Stiller directed this film really well by making this film like a real war film while shooting their own movie. The script was descent obviously because of how clever the story is and also of how new it really is. It is a story that nobody has ever seen before. I can probably say that this is a slightly ruder and older version of Son Of Rambow apart from that Tropic Thunder is with adults but Son Of Rambow involves kids. The only way this film is similar to Zoolander is mostly because it is directed by Ben Stiller aswell as him taking the leading role in the film. This film ripped off a lot of action war films like Saving Private Ryan, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and particularly Platoon. Mostly from that moment where Tugg in the film he is in was on his knees with his arms in the air with guns, men and trees in the background rips off a great war film. But it was a good rip-off because it really looked real.

There wasnt really any personal relationships at all between any of the characters really. But that wasnt really the point of the film. It was just a fun, entertaining, action packed thrill ride. The twist was when Tugg decided to separate from the other four actors who were alongside him in the jungle.

This film was really violent with graphic comic violence. It is very bloody and quite gory in some ways. But quiet a bit of it was fake in the film because they were filming it and it was fake blood.

The sound was really good with typical action war films which made it very similar to those. It had really good make-up that shows what war make-up is really like because of the filming that they were doing during their film in the film.

The few things that disappointed me with this film was that it was quite slow and wasnt fast moving enough and the acting from Jack Black was absolutely dreadful. I dont think it was as action packed as I was hoping it would be and also it wasnt as funny either as it was. But apart from that, Tropic Thunder is a really fun action-comedy that deserves a chance and needs to be watched before you dont get the chance to watch it.