A Triumph of Comebacks!

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 2008)

Tropic Thunder starts in bad taste and ends in bad taste! I loved it. The films pokes fun at pretentious actors who believe that they have to go through some sort of pain for their art, it also pokes fun at substance dependant actors So to have Robert Downey Jnr and Nick Nolte in the film shows that these guys do have humility because we know what their past encompasses and the baggage they bring with them.
For different reasons this film is a triumph and career enhancing opportunity, Robert Downey JR is well down the road of forgiveness for his past transgressions, Iron Man has bolstered his career and this just cements where he is on the international stage. Tom Cruise.. Well this is a complete change of pace for Tom, I just couldn't have seen Cruise play a character like this even 2 years ago, this just might see his career take an upturn just because he has shown he has the balls to do something completely out of the box.
Ben Stiller plays the main character who leads a team of actors through the Vietnam jungle believing that they are being filmed. The film pokes fun at so many war films you find yourself listing them in your head for instance:- Full Metal jacket, Apocalypse Now, hamburger Hill & even Forrest Gump to name just a few.
The film is very near the knuckle on several occasions, so you are either going to love it or hate it.