Tropic Thunder
- 2008
- US
- 1h 46min
- 15
- Directed by: Ben Stiller
- Written by: Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Etan Cohen
- Cast: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black
- Website: www.tropicthunder.com
While filming a war movie, three Hollywood actors become embroiled with a heroin cartel run by a tyrannical 12-year-old (Brandon Soo Hoo) and are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Like Stiller's previous directorial efforts, 'Tropic Thunder' looks like it has been plotted by a child simpleton but most of the time you'll be laughing too hard to notice, or care.
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Tropic Thunder
18 Sep 2008
When location filming on the Vietnam war movie goes awry, three big name Hollywood actors become embroiled with a heroin cartel run by a tyrannical 12-year-old (Brandon Soo Hoo) and are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying. Excess is what…
Tropic Thunder
4 Sep 2008
Reality bites
Shaping up as this season’s most riotous comedy, Tropic Thunder casts Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr as three self-important actors making a movie in a real war zone. They talk to Miles Fielder about satirising Hollywood and scandalising…
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