Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

2008

Drawing inspiration from films like Apocalypse Now and Platoon, this war movie send-up from director and star Ben Stiller follows a group of dimwitted actors forced to become real-life soldiers when they're abandoned in the jungles of Southeast Asia. Stiller leads an all-star cast that includes Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Matthew McConaughey and Nick Nolte, with Tom Cruise in an unforgettable cameo as a rude, crude movie mogul.

The movie they think they're making... isn't a movie anymore.

JBscale
75
Very Good

Film Detail

Genre
Comedy - Action
Length
2 hrs. 0 min.
US Theatrical Release
August 13, 2008
US Box Office
$110,416,702 (#716 of 7539)
Global Office
$188,072,649 (#921 of 4502)
Rating
NR
Not Rated

Collection Detail

Edition
3-Disc Director's Cut & Digital
Resolution | Digital Platform
Fandango at Home Fandango at Home
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: DD 5.1
French (Dubbed): DD 5.1
Spanish (Dubbed): DD 5.1
Studio
Dreamworks
Released
November 18, 2008
Acquired Date
November 18, 2008
Times Seen
3 Times
Last Watched
June 17, 2022

Actors

Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
Jack Black
Jack Black
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr.
Steve Coogan
Steve Coogan
Jay Baruchel
Jay Baruchel
Danny McBride
Danny McBride
Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson
Bill Hader
Bill Hader
Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte
Matthew McConaughey
Matthew McConaughey
Brandon Soo Hoo
Brandon Soo Hoo
Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Reggie Lee
Reggie Lee

Directors

Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller

Producers

Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
Stuart Cornfeld
Stuart Cornfeld
Eric McLeod
Eric McLeod

Writers

Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
Justin Theroux
Justin Theroux
Etan Cohen
Etan Cohen

Special Features

Commentaries
  • Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.
  • Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux, Stuart Cornfeld, Jeff Mann, John Toll and Greg Hayden
Documentaries
  • Rain of Madness
Featurettes
  • Before the Thunder
  • Blowing Sh*t Up
  • Designing the Thunder
  • Dispatches from the Edge of Madness
  • The Cast of Tropic Thunder
  • The Hot LZ
Other
  • Alternate Ending
  • BD-Live
  • Deleted and Extended Scenes
  • English, French & Spanish Subtitles
  • Full Mags
  • MTV Movie Awards: Tropic Thunder
  • Video Rehearsals
  • Audio Commentary
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes

Other Recommendations

User Reviews

  • Awesome. I could watch Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Cruise play their parts in this movie all day. Great parody of the film industry and action films. Well done Ben Stiller, well done.

    11.19.2008 by biglummox (9/10)

Ratings

JB Users
90
Superior
RT Fresh Certified
82%
Tomatometer
251 votes
RT Hot
71%
Popcornmeter
28,297 votes
METASCORE
71
39 votes
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
461,407 votes

Additional Info

  1. IMDb
  2. Official Website
  3. Kids-in-Mind
  4. Common Sense Media