Team America: World Police
2004
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Director: Trey Parker
Cast: Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Kristen Miller, Masasa Moyo, Daran Norris
Kim Jong II plans to destroy the world, and only Team America, an anti-terrorist unit famous for using excessive force, can stop him. If only a group of Hollywood liberals (Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, etc.) weren't making their job difficult. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creators of South Park, give us a marionette satire on America's foreign policy. Like their TV show, the film is consistently exhausting but only sporadically funny. The puppetry is heavily influenced by Thunderbirds, and it does look good. This overrated animation has become a cult item, obviously.
