Plot: Team America: World Police is an anti-terrorism force, that recently lost one of their soldiers while fighting terrorists in Paris. So to replace that soldier, they hire Broadway actor Gary Johnston to use his acting to spy and infiltrate on other terrorist groups. Little to they know that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il is supplying international terrorists with weapons of mass destruction with plans to use them to turn every nation into a third world country.
When Blaine told me that this was made by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, pretty much everything that was happening in this movie made so much sense. This film has their comedy, choice of story, and even their sense of making fun of celebrities all over it. But half of what makes the comedy work in this particular project is that this time, it's done with puppets. You know that they're puppets and thus you know what you're seeing is fake, but at the same time, they have so much fun with what they do with the idea while still giving us some blood, gore, explosions and so on. And the action by itself is actually fairly well done all things considered with it being done by puppets. The music is also fun to listen to. The ones that stick to my head the most by far are "I'm So Ronery" which is sung as an "emotional" song by Kim Jong-il, and "America (F*** Yeah)" which is just extremely catchy. Now are the jokes for everyone? Of coarse not. If you know anything about South Park, then you should know what you're getting into when watching a movie that is made by the creators of the show. There are going to be jokes you'll find funny, but there will also be jokes where they just go too far.
And that's my review for Team America: World Police. If you are not into the kind of humor South Park brings, you're not going to be fond of this movie. But if you are, this is a fun film with clever use of puppets, action, and comedy that only Trey Parker and Matt Stone can bring.
Rating:75%
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