Team America: World Police

Language: American
Runtime: 98 mins
Release Date: 14/01/2005
Dir: Trey Parker
Certification:

This is a funny film. Yes all the strings are visible, and yes it will offend many, many, many, many people, but it remains funny. If you see it for nothing else, just see it for the songs which had the auditorium literally laughing out loud, as did many other parts of the film. For goodness sake, this thing contains puppet sex! It�s surreal and stupid and aims to look cheaply made, but it all works to build a (at times) very sharp satire based on America�s belief that it alone can stop global terrorism, and will do so by any means (they destroy the Louvre in Paris and the Pyramids for starters).

The main character in this strangest of tales is Gary, an actor recruited by Team America as they need an actor to infiltrate terrorist organisations and find out where the WMDs are. Obvious really. So he goes off and does some acting, and �saves the world� until the terrorists blow up the Panama Canal in retaliation. All the terrorists are being given their WMDs, and instructions by Kim Jong Il, the North Korean dictator for those of you that don�t know. His masterplan is to get his terrorists to destroy the world whilst Alec Baldwin (many Hollywood actors are sent up royally) talks of peace to the assembled masses of world leaders.

Hard to describe what happens really, just go and see it!

- Imogen

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