Tropic Thunder is about a cast of actors who after flubbing up a major war film production are dropped into the jungle to film "guerrilla style", but when everything gets screwed up they end up in their own war zone. Ben Stiller directed Tropic Thunder and it's probably his best film ever. He plays the over the top action star Tug Speekman, a man with a career in the toilet. jack Black plays the white Eddie Murphy who is battling a drug addiction that compromises the "operation". Robert Downey, Jr. plays Kirk Lazarus, a Australian method actor who is playing a black soldier in Vietnam. Downey deserves an Oscar nomination for this. There, I said it. Another actor who has his best role in years in Tropic Thunder is Tom Cruise. He plays a great pissed off, bald, overweight producer. It's not a cameo, it's a big part of the film.
Hollywood sure does get crucified in Tropic Thunder. Producers, agents, directors, writers, actors all get unflattering portrayals. The sad part is that you know that some of this stuff is probably true. Tropic Thunder is a hilarious look into the "world" of big budget, big star action flicks. Over the top? Yes, but that's what movies are for.
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