This movie is crude, rude, politically incorrect, but hell yeah,
a whole lot of fun! Well, what do you expect from the makers of
South Park?
The setting of the movie is Today - in the wake of 9/11 and of
transnational terrorism. Team America's the world police, equipped
with "Thunderbirds"-like firepower and fancy transportation, whose
mission is to strike at terrorists around the world. And what more,
the main baddie's North Korea's Kim Jong Il and his band of middle
eastern terrorist posse with WMD... hmm... a little too close to
reality for comfort?
This film is so full of itself/America that it gets most of its
laughs from there. From location settings that takes reference
point from America, to the current inane insensitivity of American
forces on foreign soil, to pointing fingers at bad Intelligence, it
is all insane fun from the beginning when pandemonium strikes, that
you start to wonder who actually does more damage - Team America,
or the terrorists themselves.
Another highlight of this movie is the songs! When you first hear
the Team America Theme, with it's "America! F* YEAH!", you know
you'd had better pay attention to the lyrics of songs to come, some
of which pokes fun at Pearl Harbour, pokes fun at film-making (the
use of montages), and you even have Kim Jong Il doing a solo
number!
As with most slapstick comedies, sometimes you just gotta spoof
some classics, which includes Star Wars, Matrix and Top Gun. Also,
if you enjoy MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch, then you'll also enjoy the
numerous fight sequences in Team America, which is just as creative
in its decapitations, and as bloody.
Another infamous scene that got a lot of attention, was the sex
scene between 2 lead puppets. It's no holds barred, puppetry porn.
Whatever positions you can think of, it's mimicked on screen.
Moreover, the conversational dialogue that led them to making love,
is totally inane.
Look out for appearances by familiar hollywood faces, and political
figures like Hans Blix, Tony Blair, etc, used without their kind
permission more like, as they're put in really bad, but hilarious,
light.
America, F* YEAH!