Review: Team America: World Police

Posted by: Tom Milroy  •  October 15, 2004 @ 11:59am

Filed under: Reviews

Team America: World Police is vile, vulgar, and the most politically incorrect movie since the last time Trey Parker and Matt Stone got together on the big screen. It's also very, very funny. But those expecting a lop-sided, Bush-bashing, Michael Moore-style rant may be disappointed. The movie pokes fun at American imperialism, but it's also making fun of celebrities who take up political causes.

Oh yeah, the movie is done with marionettes with the strings very visible. It has a nice, cheezy 60's look. Those old enough to remember TV shows like Supercar, Thunderbirds, and Fireball XL5 will get an extra kick out of it. Even when those shows were popular, they looked odd.

As in the South Park movie there are some great songs, including "Everyone has AIDS" from the musical "Lease", "I'm So Ronery", and "America: **** Yeah!"

If the plot is important to you, here it is: Team America is called into action to thwart a power-mad dictator who is selling weapons of mass destruction to terrorists. That's all you need to know.

Things to watch for: Susan Sarandon falling to her death, U.N. Ambassador Hans Blix being eaten by sharks, and Michael Moore's mustard-covered sweatshirt.

By the way, you haven't lived until you've seen a marionette throwing up, endlessly. Is this a funny movie or what? "**** yeah!"