Tropic Thunder

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What's The Story

The next great Vietnam War film has run into trouble. It's been a long, grueling, expensive shoot, and now the studio has decided to pull the plug! What's a brilliant director to do? Probably something smarter than what this director decides upon: finish the movie himself by dumping his self-absorbed and clueless cast into the middle of a real war zone. It takes the prima donnas a little while to realize it, but those bad guys shooting back are not stuntment, they're a real heroin cartel. If the actors don't get their method on in a big way, they're going to be tropic toast.

Three Good Reasons

• 1You love comedy. You love action. In his first movie as the co-writer/director since Zoolander, Ben Stiller has promised that this flick delivers plenty of both.
• 2The secret is out -- Tom Cruise makes a brief appearance, and you have never, ever heard him use this kind of language.
• 3Iron Man's Robert Downey, Jr. in blackface!? Offensive or hilarious? Either way everyone will be talking about it.

Bet You Didn't Know

Steve Coogan, the Brit comic who plays the not-so-intelligent director in this film, is one of nine children. Apparently to stand out in a family that size, you kind of have to become a movie star. (Two of his other brothers became a presenter for a BBC television series and the lead singer of a 90's rock band.) More about Tropic Thunder on Yahoo! Movies