Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

This movie stars Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, with Tom Cruise, and directed by Ben Stiller. Tropic Thunder is a comedy about 5 actors that go to vietnam to film a movie in a gorilla style, but when the director gets killed the actors think it is just all part of the film and continue on. I liked this movie, the humor worked well with the story and the characters have got to be the most complex mulilayered characters I have ever seen in a comedy. The action sequences were top notch and rivaled some of the action movies out there.

Robert Downey Jr. plays an australian actor that changes his skin color so that he can play an african american. I found the idea of this very funny and he pulls it off very well. The one thing I was concerned about was that they would take it to far and cross over into racisim. But, I was very pleased to see that they kept it funny without crossing that line. They come close to the line but hold back just enough to keep it funny with out being offensive.

The middle of the movie moves a little to slow for my taste. I understand that they needed that time for character development and to setup the next part of the story. but, it felt to slow and changed the pace of the movie to drastically. That being said, I was never bored, lots of laughs, good action, great characters.

I give this movie 4 out 5 stars.