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Title:
Team America: World Police
Region:
One
Genre:
Comedy
Writer:
Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Pam Brady
Director:
Trey Parker
Feature
length: 97 minutes
Languages:
English Stereo Sound
Subtitles:
English Subtitles
Packaging:
Amaray Keep Case
Chapter
Stops: 12
Sound:
Stereo Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 2004/UMD Release: 2005
Theatrical
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Home
Video Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment
MPAA
Rating: R
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
“South
Park” creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone returned to the big screen last fall
with this satire on America’s audacity to enforce it’s will on other nations
that not only contradicts the values we tend to perceive as being
“American,” but also reveals the all too sad truth, that sometimes as the
world’s leading “super power” we often make things worse for others as
well as for ourselves in the name of peace. The saddest truth of all I think is
that in some ways the inept and self absorbed “Team America: World Police”
seem more likely to respond to crisis domestically or abroad with more
efficiency than our own real life agencies that are supposed to assist in cases
of national emergency. I will not go into current events at the time of this
writing any further because this is a UMD review and not an editorial.
The
genius behind “Team America: World Police” is at once how it satirizes our
world as well as classic 1960’s puppet shows that featured a group a
superheroes that defended the plant from all sorts of threats and yet despite
the obvious and purposely visible puppet strings, the sets and even the puppets
themselves are quite realistic in their own way. The theme song, which howls
“America! Fuck Yeah!” is easily one of the funniest tunes I’ve heard in a
Trey Parker and Matt Stone film since the opening theme for “Orgazmo.” At
times the voice actors can’t seem to shake their “South Park” tonalities
in their voice characterizations, but it’s all very funny. I’d be remiss if
I did not mention that individuals or Middle Eastern and perhaps Asian descent
might find this film extremely offensive. I don’t know what to say because I
think if I were Middle Eastern or Asian, I’d probably find it hard not to be
offended too. If you watch the entire film through though I’d say Parker and
Stone pretty much make fun of everybody and while that might not be comforting,
I think it’s pretty clear that this is not a film meant to be taken seriously
by anybody and Parker and Stone pretty smart guys. It may seem as though this is
just a lot of locker room humor, but comedy is one of the hardest things to pull
off. Being funny is a gift as much being able to sing or play a sport.
Paramount
Home Entertainment’s UMD-Video for PSP edition presents the R-rated version of
“Team America: World Police” with a modified (1.78:1) aspect ratio that is
very vibrant. The English Stereo Soundtrack is quite rousing too. On DVD-Video
an R-Rated and an Unrated version of the film was released. Unfortunately there
are no bonus features at all for the UMD version. There is no actual scene
selection menu either, but manually I counted approximately 12 chapter stops.
“Team
America: World Police” is available on UMD-Video for PSP now at retailers on
and offline courtesy of Paramount Home Entertainment.
©
Copyright 2005 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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