Team America: World Police - You don't have to love South Park to like this (but it helps)

`Team America: World Police' comes from the creators of the (somewhat irreverent) TV show South Park. Therefore, if you don't know, expect strong language, adult humour and plenty of poking fun at celebrities. Just like South Park, Team America can easily be dismissed as silly, vulgar and pandering to the lowest common denominator. However, just like South Park, nothing can be further from the truth.

South Park's genius is that it sees the adult world through the eyes of innocent children. Team America uses - pretty obvious - puppets to show us the dilemmas faced with international terrorism. It's interesting to note that those with `far right' political leanings claim that the film is too `liberal and left wing.' However, those with left-wing leanings claim that it's too right wing. The answer is that it's both. It doesn't really promote one side over the other. It deliberately shows how both arguments are right and they're both also wrong.

Team America is about just that - a (not particularly secret) branch of the American military who save the world from those who want to bomb us helpless innocent civilian. However, by repeatedly saving the day, they also annoy everyone by blowing up everywhere they go while they kill the bad guys. Here we have the dilemma: should the ends justify the means?

To find out, you really have to watch it and make your own mind up. Yes, it is vulgar, stupid and crude, but it's also funny, intelligent and thought-provoking. It is a rare breed, juggling everything from vomit-jokes to political satire. But, seeing as it came from those who do that sort of thing every week with South Park, you would expect nothing less.

You do need a decent sense of humour to watch this. It's not one for the easily offended. Or Matt Damon.

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