This Thunder had me rolling in the aisles!

I recently went the pre-screening of Tropic Thunder, which is set to be released on Aug 13th. In the action-comedy "Tropic Thunder," 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. They include Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hip-hop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel). Soon after the production begins the actors are thrown into a real-life situation and are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying, in order to find a way out of the jungle in one piece.

  The movie was HILARIOUS!! It starts with the laughs and keeps them coming. First with teaser trailers featuring the movies stars. First up is Alpa Chino's commercial for his energy drink (Booty Sweat) and candy bar (Busta Nut). Next are the three trailers starring Tugg Speedman, Kirk Lazarus, and Jeff Portnoy. If you're not laughing hard after these, something's wrong with you. Now to the movie, Speedman is a pampered movie star and after his latest box office flop, he hopes that "Tropic Thunder" puts him back on top. Lazarus is a Australian 3 time Oscar winner who is known for immersing himself fully into every character that he plays. Portnoy is the comedian who uses this movie as his chance to do something dramatic. Alpa Chino is the Hip-Hop star who decides to try out his acting chops. While Sandusky is the newcomer of the bunch. Each actor seems to bump heads on set and causes the film to go way off schedule. The director (Steve Coogan) decides to take the rowdy actors on a journey that they will never forget to get the movie finished.  Once in the jungle things turn all too real when they come across a massive drug ring. It then turns into a rescue mission with hilarious results. 

I LOVED this movie. The biggest surprise was Robert Downey Jr. as the "dude playing another dude..." in the most talked about and controversial role ever. His character goes through a skin augmentation procedure to play the platoons African American Sergeant. Downey's role is the most hilarious thing that I've seen in years. You simply won't find this many laughs in any other movie this year. I guarantee it!  Another surprise comes from Tom Cruise who is almost unrecognizable as the stocky, hairy studio executive. I don't want to give too much of the movie away, but it'll have you laughing. Ben Stiller struck gold with this one. A great script and a hilarious cast created a movie full of surprises. Definitely see this movie and laugh your ass off. A definite 5 on my "Go See" scale.