Tropic Thunder

Ben Stiller. Jack Black.... and Robert Downey, Jr.? Yes. (And Brandon Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte, Steve Coogan, Danny McBride, Bill Hader as well as Matthew McConaughey and Tom Cruise as you've never seen them before) This isn't your typical comedy.

The premise is 4 out of control ego actors are filming a movie about Vietnam, and after something goes wrong they are in the jungle for real. Only they don't realize it, til the adventure starts.

The movie starts out slow. But the dialog and Robert Downey, Jr. are classic from start to finish. Ben Stiller plays an action star past his prime trying to reestablish himself as a dramatic actor. He plays his character one-dimensionally beautifully, a far cry from his boring generic paranoid unlucky characters. Downey, Jr. plays an over dedicated actor to the point where he goes under surgery to make himself black to play a black man's role. Jack Black plays a drug addicted, Eddie Murphy in Nutty Professor, character.

The rest of the cast holds up. McConaughey is great as an air head, super dedicated agent to Ben Stiller, and Tom Cruise in bald/fat suit plays an egotistical producer. It's really great to see them do something different.

Overall, the movie is chunky, and has some lingering parts. But its well worth a watch if you have two hours to kill. It's not a movie you could watch over and over, though.

I rate this movie 7.8 out of 10.