My goodness, I don’t even know where to begin with this movie! OK, I guess I’ll start with the puppet sex. Yes, there is puppet sex in TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE and it’s definitely the rage of the whole movie. You name it…they did it! With its near-explicitness in the depiction, I have to wonder what Trey Parker and Matt Stone had to CUT in order to receive the R rating from the MPAA.
The other highlight of this movie was the portrayal of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. Parker’s voiceover of Kim just sounded so much like Eric Cartman’s impersonation of same, they should have just given the credit to Cartman anyways…it was as hilarious as Robin Williams’ singing impersonation of Elmer Fudd! Every conceivable bad guy or bureaucrat you despise gets their comeuppance. No wonder Sean Penn got pissed off! I won’t even get into the difference between the three different types of people described in the movie. You’ll have to go see that for yourself. And then there are the panthers.
And the rest of the movie: I counted hat-tip salutes to Thunderbirds (obviously), Star Wars, Star Trek, even H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. I couldn’t help but laugh when Team America inadvertently blew up the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in Paris, and the Sphinx in Egypt, and those point toward a salute to Godzilla where the humans always did more damage than the monster!
This movie is NOT a slam on the War on Terror…rather, it is a satire which endorses it. As such, it’s important to remember how some people can take dedication to an all-too-extreme fault.
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE is rated R for graphic, crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language, all involving puppets. WARNING: If you DON’T like South Park, DON’T see this movie! My Rating: 8.

Oh yeah, before I forget, here’s my tribute to the Film Actors’ Guild portrayed in the movie….AMERICA - F**K YEAH!