"You never go full retard." I must say, I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of this movie. Initially, upon seeing the posters, I thought that it would be funny, but poorly made and stupid. After seeing the first red-band (i.e. explicit) trailer, I found myself questioning the latter part of my presumption. After seeing the film in the theater, I did a complete about-face: I loved it! Although Robert Downey, Jr. stood a snowball's chance in Hell of receiving the Best Supporting Actor Oscar that he was nominated for (his competition: Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight), he certainly stood out in a film that was full of incredible performances.
The plot is relatively simple: action hero (and Panda lover) Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), Oscar-winning Australian actor Kirk Lazarus (Downey, Jr.), gross-out comedian (and drug addict) Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), rapper Alpa Chino (ger the joke?) (Brandon T. Jackson), and Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel) are in Vietnam making a movie about the Vietnam War, directed by inexperienced Briton Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan). To make a more "authentic" film, Cockburn takes his actors out into the jungles of Vietnam to film. Eventually, Tugg leaves the group and goes solo, getting captured by drug lords. He has no idea what is actually going on, thinking that it's all just part of the movie. The others are left to rescue him. Guess what happens.
Tom Cruise and Nick Nolte are just two of the many supporting cast members who make this film so memorable.
Rating: 3.5/4
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