Funny Parody to Platoon", "Apocalypse Now" and Hollywood Lifestyle

Rating: 7/10 (1 February 2009)

While shooting a big-budget Vietnam War movie based on the novel of the veteran Four Leaf Tayback (Nick Nolte), the inexperienced British director Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan) has relationship problems with the vanity of the five stars - Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel) and Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson) - that are acting like prima donnas. When they lose a four-million dollar blasting without filming, the producer Les Grossman (Tom Cruise) presses Damein since the movie is over budget and behind the schedule. Four Leaf suggests Damien to install cameras and explosives in a remote part of the jungle and leave the five stars alone in the spot. However the location is the hideout and factory of the powerful Flaming Dragon gang of drug-dealers that confront the group, while Tugg Speedman believes they are acting.
"Tropic Thunder" is a hilarious parody to "Platoon", "Apocalypse Now" and Hollywood lifestyle, and the plot is a funny joke with the behavior of stars, managers, producers and crew in Hollywood. There are many citations of movies and Tom Cruise has his best performance in years in the role of a producer. I laughed a lot with the silliness of many scenes and dialogs. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Trovão Tropical" ("Tropic Thunder")