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‘Tropic Thunder’
In the action comedy “Tropic Thunder,” a group of actors shooting a war movie is led by Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller, front), a pampered action superstar; Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an over-the-top Australian-born method actor who has gone to extremes to get into character; and Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), a gross-out comedy star. Stiller’s Hollywood satire, which opened Wednesday, couldn’t be any more “inside-baseball” if it contained references to the infield fly rule and Rule 5 draft picks. This movie-within-a-movie is certainly his most ambitious production as a director and contains some of the biggest belly laughs of his career. But while it blends comedy and action sequences seamlessly, after a while the whole endeavor winds up feeling overwrought and repetitive. Rated R for pervasive language, including sexual references, violent content and drug material, the movie is showing at Alderwood Mall, Everett, Galaxy Monroe, Marysville, Mountlake, Stanwood, Meridian, Metro, Oak Tree, Woodinville, Cascade Mall and Oak Harbor.
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