Summer comedy “Tropic Thunder” is another Ben Stiller-led
parody, this time mocking
movie-within-a-movie plot sets Stiller as the big name who starred in a recent
flop, Jack Black as the go-to comedian and Robert Downey Jr. as the actor who
has his skin darkened to play a black man in the combat flick. But things go
wrong on location filming and the trio ends up in the middle of a real-life
battle zone. What promises to be over-the-top hilarity ensues.
Why is this film a must-see? As if Downey Jr. in blackface
makeup hadn’t piqued your curiosity enough, there’s also apparently a cameo
from one fat-and-balding Tom Cruise. August 15.
