Team America: World Police

On a globe trotting mission, Team America a high tech clandestine unit uses oversized marionettes to try to stop a sprawling terrorist plot. They recruit Gary Johnston, a washed up Broadway actor whose stage instincts become key to the operation. The team travels from Washington to distant cities, fighting mooks with explosive set pieces and clever disguises while their operatives navigate a chaotic web of counterterrorism windups. As the mission unfolds, they collide with a fashionable group of Hollywood insiders known for liberal politics who oppose Team America's heavy handed methods. The film uses a relentless mix of action and crude humor to lampoon patriotism, media culture, and the entertainment industry, delivering a distinctly outrageous comic experience and pop culture.

Released in 2004, the film was directed by Trey Parker from a concept by Parker and Matt Stone. It uses puppet driven action to lampoon war, Hollywood liberalism, and global politics with a provocative tongue in cheek attitude and fearless satire.

Box office wise the project cost about 32 million to make and earned roughly 50,826,898 worldwide, with domestic and international markets contributing to the total and turning the satire into a profitable venture despite mixed reviews from audiences at release.

Its bold puppet humor and antiauthoritarian jibes left a mark on political satire in the mid 2000s, with the film's punchy one liners and a patriotic anthem echoing in spoof reels and late night parodies. It helped redefine live action satire and culture for a generation of filmmakers to follow.

Critics were divided but many praised its audacious gag rate, high energy action sequences, and its sharp critique of celebrity culture and interventionism. The film treats themes of propaganda, patriotism, and the cost of force, while keeping a rapid punchy rhythm that reveals a sly smirk throughout its run publicly.