Anything from the minds of South Park was always going to get some much-needed laughs from this reviewer, given that the aformentioned series is one of the funniest and crudest comedies currently on air, so it came as a surprise, then, that the writers didn't put Team America: World Police's comedic heritage to better use, focusing more on slap-stick and puppetry than on the jokes, references and innuendo its technical parent show is known for. World Police prides itself on taking the mick out of Thunderbirds, Flash Gordon and the like, but relies primarily on gags, for example a stereotypical terrorist (everyone say "boo"...) who pronounces his Ls as Rs, so think of "Hello" as "Herro!" and you can guess at the humour and laughter it often provokes. All the best of the cast from South Park lend their vocal talents here, and the soundtrack is as crazy and absurd as ever, along with some superbly done puppet animation and model explosions. Whether Team America: World Police will be your sort of thing is up to personal opinion- would you rather a film with laughs aplenty, references to make you well up, and clever satire as I would have? Those things won't be what you're getting here, so if you prefer slapstick, shallow gags and jokey fights, then World Police might just be for you.
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