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One of the first reviews I read of Tropic Thunder claimed the movie took way too long to set up and at times was very slow. To that guy I say, "Blow Me." A slow build up in a movie is like foreplay before sex....trust me the good stuff is coming if you just relax and take your time, Chief. From the moment Tropic Thunder opens with two huge black butts pressing against rapper, Alpha Chino's face while he raps about Booty Juice the audience becomes fully aware of the fact that Tropic Thunder is going to be rude, crude, audacious, hilarious, outlandish, full of action and is going to knock the teeth out of the proverbial mouth of almost every politically correct barrier society has dreamed up.
If you have seen the commercials for Tropic Thunder you have no doubt witnessed Robert Downey Jr. in black face stating, "I'm a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude." In real life Tom Cruise is an Alien playing a human, disguise as a heterosexual who is an actor playing other dudes. In Tropic Thunder Tom Cruise is Les Grossman and he is a badass.
 Do you remember April of 2008 when Tom Cruise made an appearance on Oprah? Cruise came running onto the stage and proceeded to go completely insane. The women in the audience were screaming and hugging one another. Some women were even crying and at one point you could even hear angels singing. Cruise immediately fell to the floor and then quickly jumped onto Oprah's silly, little yellow chair and started spouting all kinds of gibberish about Scientology and his personal healing powers.
After gushing about his statutory relationship with Katie Holmes, Cruise then proceeded to tell not only Oprah, but also the entire world how he had started counseling young children (only slightly frightening) and healing drug addicts through the power of Scientology. I think there was even some nonsense about heroin seeping from the veins of a drug addict while Cruise squeezed his hand. It was at this point the entire world realized Tom Cruise was not only certifiably insane, but also clearly homosexual (allegedly). Tom Cruise obviously didn't listen to Robert Downey Jr.'s character in Tropic Thunder and took his Rain Man act to Oprah's main stage and achieved the level of "full retard".
Regardless, if you loved the sideshow style persona and over the top performance Tom Cruise brought to the Oprah stage you will love him as the overly hairy, rap loving, gangster chain wearing, foul mouthed, money hungry, morally deprived, Jewish studio executive in Tropic Thunder. The movie opens almost unknowingly with a few fake movie trailers and earns its fare share of laughs with its Booty Juice and The Fatties, but doesn't truly get going until Cruise makes his entrance. Although the fake trailer with Robert Downey Jr. and Toby Maguire starring as gay monks made me laugh so hard my kids thought I was having an asthma attack. But, from the moment Tom Cruise hits the screen playing the greasy, foul mouthed, rap loving blockbuster financier, Tropic Thunder skyrockets to a level of insanity no one in the audience ever saw coming.
For the first time in my movie going career I can actually admit I could not wait for Tome Cruise's next scene. Tom Cruise hits Tropic Thunder like a pimp strong arming a trick who owes him money and continues to punch the crap out of the viewers funny bone in each and every scene. Even if you have no desire to take in Ben Stiller as a self absorbed, washed up actor or Mattew McCaunahey playing Ben Stiller's overtly gay agent you have to at least do yourself the favor of witnessing Tom Cruise play the role he was meant for and Robert Downey Jr. in black face. Not to mention the fact that Nick Nolte is superb as the psycho ex-Army Ranger Four Leaf Tayback who blurts out lines about Omaha hookers and fists full of one hundred dollar bills.
Tropic Thunder is a mess of foul language, politically incorrect references, hard core action and some of the most hilarious dialogue I have ever heard. The ADA may be enraged about the "you never go full retard" conversation between Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr., but I can tell you that scene is one of the funniest movie moments I have witnessed this year. The creation of the gangster rap, studio exec Les Grossman and the introduction of a black face Robert Downey Jr. has to be some of the ballsiest movie making since Blazing Saddles. If the ADA is mad about the retard thing, why isn't Al Sharpten in his velour jumpsuit protesting the streets of Hollywood over Downey's black face?
Aside from the outlandish Les Grossman character what I loved best about Tropic Thunder is its all out mockery of the acting profession. The entire movie is laced with deep conversations between actors about acting which end up being about as deep as a rain puddle and hold about as much philosophical meaning as a cheese grater holds water. "No matter where you are, there you are." That's some deep stuff there Ghandi.
Ben stiller takes his Zoolander character to Vietnam and gives him a gun. Jack Black goes deep into the jungle taking along his School of Rock persona infused with a heroin addiction and somehow finds a way to expose the world to his shirtless glory while wearing what appears to be a dirty diaper. Nick Nolte dives deep into his bag of schizophrenia and pulls resurrects his infamous mug shot look to bring alive an ex-Vietnam vet that turns out to be as fake as Madonna's British accent.
If you are so politically correct and socially straight jacketed that racial and satirical humor offends you Tropic Thunder may not be your cup of tea you sissy. I suggest you stay home and crank up the NPR. But, if you love movies like Blazing Saddles, Animal House and even Daze and Confused, Tropic Thunder is definitely going to please.
This single dad is definitely going to hit IMAX this weekend to see Tom Cruise whip out his dookie chain, crank up the Ludicrus and go gangster one more time.
Tropic Thunder is a must see!
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