A group of self-absorbed actors set out to make the most expensive war film.
Ben Stiller plays pampered action superstar Tugg Speedman who is cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced.
He sets out to Southeast Asia with a ‘Who’s Who’ of celebrity co-stars.
Soon after the production begins, the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they are portraying in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.
But after ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
Star(s) to watch : Jack Black (”Kung Fu Panda”, “Enemy of the State”, “King Kong”, “Shallow Hal”) as Jeff “Fats” Portnoy, Ben Stiller (”Night at the Museum”, “There’s Something About Mary”, “Meet the Parents”) as Speedman, & Robert Downey Jr. (”Iron Man”, “The Shaggy Dog”, “U.S. Marshals”) as Kirk Lazarus.
Genre : Comedy.
Release date : August 13, 2008
Fact : Written, directed, and produced by Ben Stiller.
Note : The stars of “Tropic Thunder” (Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr) were on the season finale of “American Idol”. Jack Black, Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr also put together a hilarious skit for the MTV Movie Awards.
Rating : Coming soon.
Tagline : “Get Some”
Official website : http://www.tropicthunder.com
Poster :http://movies-update.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/tropic-thunder.jpg
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