Review of Team America: World Police (2004) by Leo A — 01 Sep 2012

Joe: Shit! I've got five terrorists going southeast on Bakalakadaka Street! .

"Freedom Hangs By A Thread.".

Basically, Team America is exactly what you would expect from the team behind South Park. It's raunchy, it's politically incorrect, and it's funny. Still there seemed to be something missing from the formula that made this just another comedy, instead of something truly memorable and amazing like South Park. By no means is this a bad movie, and I could see how one could easily fall in love with it. I just couldn't.

Team America is a police agency that polices the world stopping terrorists in distant lands. A new comer to the agency is Gary, an actor. The group soon finds themselves outmatched when Kim Jong Il teams up with Alec Baldwin and the rest of the F.A.G. organization. .

The movie has some extremely funny moments. It also features probably the funniest sex scene in the history of filmmaking. The movie is made with marionettes, so there's a lot of jokes aimed from that direction. I wouldn't call it a one joke comedy, but one of its jokes(the marionettes) doesn't work for as long as we would hope. Still, there's enough of the other stuff going on to keep the movie watchable and entertaining.

I have to admit that I'm slightly disappointed in the end result of Team America, but still it's a worthwhile and funny little marionette fueled film. Lovers of South Park need to give it a chance because the comedy will be right to their taste. Parker and Stone are smart enough to make this a satire that actually works on that basis. Sure, it's stupid, but that's what makes it funny. It could have been better, but as it is, it's not bad.