Tropic Thunder details
| Formats: | 15 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Trieu Tran, Jack Black, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Steve Coogan |
| Director: | Ben Stiller |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - War, Comedy - General, Romantic |
| Studio: | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | 100 Hot Hits, 100 Most Wanted, Top 400 All-Time Rentals |
| Name | Discs | |
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Tropic Thunder |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 47 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 26 Jan 2009 |
| Main languages: | English |
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The funniest film you'll see this year
By Oliboli (1 review) from London , 23 Aug 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
Tropic Thunder was always going to be a Marmite movie - the crude humour, the gore and the Hollywood in-jokes are not to everyone's taste. But, as any filmmaker will tell you, the films that split people down the middle are the ones worth the effort.
There isn't much of a plot, but that's of little importance. The film is best viewed as a series of jokes, most of which hit the mark in spectacular fashion.
Stiller makes an able leading man, but he's overshadowed by his amazing supporting cast, particularly the brilliant Danny McBride as an explosives expert, the wonderful Brandon T Jackson as the token black guy, an unrecognisable Tom Cruise as a potty mouthed, balding Producer and of course, Robert Downey Jr as Kirk Lazarus as the Australian method actor who during the entire movie is in black face. This was a risky career move - but RDJ not only pulls it off - he MAKES the movie. In what is the best comic performance EVER and the best overall performance of this year (second only to Ledger's Joker), RDJ gets 75% of the laughs, namely through the hilarious dialogue between him and Jackson's Alpa Chino (great name!). This is also a credit to the writers who have created a wonderfully intelligent script. Those who understand the inner workings of Hollywood and the film making process will have an enhanced experience and get much more out of this film.
Those who protested against the 'offensive' material in the film simply showed that they've missed the point. It is not mentally handicapped people that are the butt of the jokes - its the actors attempting to portray them, its Hollywood's exploitive nature. Similarly with the 'offensive' gore - its a comment on Hollywood excess and insensitive attitude to war and death.
This is the most expensive comedy ever made and iy shows - the film not only boasts a quality script and cast but it looks brilliant too with some awe-inspiring explosions.
Two thumbs up for reminding us what 'comedy' really means and an extra thumb for RDJ's performance alone. Leave your politically correct attitude at home and go see this film!- Was this review helpful to you?
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(990)Soooo Funny!!
By youandme (8 reviews) , 27 Mar 2013This film is so funny and has so much going on you may want to watch it more than once. Some silliness too but delivered very well from some top actors. The comedy also comes from the fact that some serious actors are very much out of their 'normal' area of work. Watch it when your in the mood for some nonsense!!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Depressingly bad
By JackofClubs (2 reviews) , 17 Feb 2013It only gets 2 stars because Robert Downey Jr pulled off another amazing performance. Without him in this I would have switched off after 20 mins. Unless you're a fan of Robert Downey Jr DON'T WATCH- Was this review helpful to you?
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Tropic Blunder
By DanDanDan (4 reviews) , 10 Feb 2013It appeared a good film at first. The high points are Robert Downey Jnr as an australian method actor who is in 'black face' for the entire movie, Tom Cruise as a balding producer who dances to loud music (dances quite well, too) Jack Black is over-rated in my opinion, he doesn't bring anything good to the movie. The premise seems quite good but the film just lacks actual comedy. There are amusing moments though but, not enough to make the film enjoyable, in fact its mostly irony. At least it was only a rental film, don't expect to put it with the dvd collection.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not anything like I had hoped it would be!!
By a customer , 20 Nov 2012considering I heard so much about this film, it really was unfunny. I generally like anything with Ben Stiller and Tom Cruise in, but on the same hand I dislike anything with Jack Black (apart from Anchorman)! My husband is difficult to please with films but I really will watch anything, as long as it can keep my attention...this however, did not! Really disappointed.- Was this review helpful to you?
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DIRE, dont waste your time!!!!!
By haylesbaylespigstales (128 reviews) from Fleetwood , 20 Nov 2012just awful, read the reviews & I thought I might like this but no it was terrible, was actually turned off 2/3 way through - couldn't stand it any longer- Was this review helpful to you?
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