Tropic Thunder

A frustrated director refuses to stop shooting even after the studio cancels the movie. He leads his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys., Through a series of freak events, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying., Ben Stiller’s satirical look at Hollywood, Tropic Thunder concerns the production of an epic Vietnam War film that quickly derails thanks to the giant egos of everyone involved in the production. Stiller stars as Tugg Speedman, an action hero trying to segue out of that genre. Jack Black plays Jeff Portnoy, a drug-addicted fat comic also attempting to change his image by taking on such a serious film. They star alongside Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), one of the world’s most awarded actors, and a man who insists on immersing himself totally in a role. In this case, that means Lazarus has had his skin dyed in order to portray an African-American soldier. After their outrageous behavior lands the film’s director, Damien Cockburn (Steve Coogan), in very hot water with producer Les Grossman (Tom Cruise), Cockburn takes the advice of grizzled Vietnam vet Four Leaf Tayback (Nick Nolte); in order to gain control of his performers, Cockburn drops the actors off in the jungle, planning to film the movie guerrilla-style with hidden cameras. When the group stumbles upon a heroin production camp, the actors are unaware that they are in very real danger., Shooting a war film, a group of pampered Hollywood actors suddenly find themselves in the middle of a real conflict., Actors playing U.S. soldiers in a war movie run afoul of real-life drug traders in the Vietnamese jungle., In this raucous action-movie spoof, actors (including Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr. and Jack Black) are on location in the jungle playing Vietnam War soldiers when they run afoul of real-life drug traders. Stiller co-wrote the screenplay and also directed. Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise, Matthew McConaughey, Steve Coogan., Through a series of freak occurrences, a group of actors shooting a big-budget war movie are forced to become the soldiers they are portraying., Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. star in this comedy about actors put into a jungle… for real!, A film about the U.S. soldiers in a war movie run afoul of real-life drug traders in the Vietnamese jungle., A troupe of pampered Hollywood actors are shooting a Vietnam war epic when they are ambushed by a gang of local drug dealers. The gangsters kidnap the lead actor and it is up to the rest of the cast and crew to form an armed rescue task force.