The Three Amigos do Apocalypse Now

Rating: 5/10 (18 October 2010)

Sorta occasionally funny but not a FUNNY as it demands you find it. TROPIC THUNDER is the Three Stooges meets THE PLAYER or as my title says THE THREE AMIGOS do APOCALYPSE NOW. Another hybrid farce full of screams blood and humiliation passing as modern 21st century American comedy, TROPIC THUNDER is tedious and derivative and if you have seen the truly funny THREE AMIGOS where three B grade has-been film stars end up in a real war... it might seem a bit familiar. However as usual Robert Downey Jr saves the day, Ben Stiller shows that he really IS Zoolander and Tom Cruise goes for the wacky star cameo with false nose (Hello Nicole) and bald wig. Jack Black is as usual awful. The fake movie previews at the start at the most inventive and funniest and I for one would prefer to have watched 100 minutes of those.