Rent Tropic Thunder (2008)
3.0 of 5 from 655 ratings
1h 47min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Ben Stiller, Jack Black, and Robert Downey Jr. lead an all-star cast in the outrageous comedy Tropic Thunder. When three of Hollywood's biggest stars head into the jungle of Vietnam to shoot a war movie, they have no idea how real things can get.
- Actors:
- Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kahn, Anthony Ruivivar, Jay Baruchel, Brandon T. Jackson, Eric Winzenried, Steve Coogan, Valerie Azlynn, Matt Levin, David Pressman, Amy Stiller, Danny McBride, Dempsey Silva, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, Jeff Weidemann, Nadine Ellis, Rachel Avery
- Directors:
- Ben Stiller
- Producers:
- Stuart Cornfeld, Eric McLeod, Ben Stiller
- Writers:
- Justin Theroux, Ben Stiller, Etan Cohen
- Studio:
- Dreamworks
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- Collections:
- 2009, A History of Films about Film: Part 1, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, CinemaParadiso.co.uk Through Time, Oscar Nominations Competition 2024, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 26/01/2009
- Run Time:
- 121 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- Bonus:
- Filmmaker And Cast Commentaries
- Before THe Thunder
- The Hot LZ
- Blowing S#%t Up
- Designing The Thunder
- The Cast Of Tropic Thunder
- Rain Of Madness
- Deleted And Extended Scenes
- Alternate Ending
- Full Mags
- Blu-ray Live Features: Dispatches From The Edge Of Madness, Additional Full Mags, Video Rehearsals
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Reviews (6) of Tropic Thunder
Fails to light the napalm - Tropic Thunder review by CP Customer
A cast of big hitters where the initial premise is let down by the final execution and a script that tries to do too much. The main actors all seem to be jostling for attention and the best lines or moments here.
Jack Black is Jack Black, if you like him then he'll provide a few laughs. Stiller is somewhat disappointing, despite the promising pre-film trailer - now that's a film I'd like to see! When the laughs are failing then expect a few explosions, gunfire and loud music to cover the cracks.
Tom Cruise is excellent in his role as a creepy ego-mad tycoon. Robert Downey Jnr is simply fantastic with his Aussie method actor who will stop at nothing in his quest for perfection. Even he cannot save a film that over-complicates its initial promise.
2 out of 5 members found this review helpful.
DIRE, DIRE, DIRE. - Tropic Thunder review by CP Customer
I saw the one funny, no amusing, moment in this film when I saw the trailer for it. I wish I could get a career like these Holllywood actors who get huge amounts of money for churning out films of less than average entertainment value. They get away with it because a) the films are wrapped up as big production numbers b) we hope the next one will be funny.
1 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Brilliant film, the best satire on film-making I have seen - Tropic Thunder review by PV
I loved this - a truly great film about film-making.
Controversial now and not sure it would be made now either - which just shows how great it is.
5 stars, one of the best films of recent years.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.