A friend at work told me about this new movie that’s coming out called Tropic Thunder, starring Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. Now, the movie would be worth seeing based solely on the fact that Jack Black and Ben Stiller (in this order) are in it. However, after seeing the movie Iron Man with Robert Downey Jr., I think this movie will just be that much better.

In this movie, Ben Stiller is an action star, Jack Black is a comedic actor and Downey Jr. is the more serious drama type actor. I’ll let you get the premise of the movie from the following trailer, but I’m most looking forward to seeing Downey Jr. play a black man. Take a look:

Now, I don’t really see any downside to this movie which makes me a little leary since I would hate for this to be a movie where all the actually funny parts are in the trailer. I’m going to assume though, that this will not be the case and will therefore give it the following rating: 9/10

UPDATE: There’s one more thing I wanted to add about this movie. Brandon T. Jackson is also in this movie, probably best known for his performance in Cuttin Da Mustard, but it’s his character’s name in Tropic Thunder that I thought was important to share. It’s Alpa Chino.