South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have never been noted for their taste or restraint and here they admirably live up to their reputation for scatological hijinks. The film, performed by Thunderbirds-style marionettes, follows the team of the title as they battle terrorism across the world as well as tackling an enemy closer to home, the ultra-liberal Film Actors Guild (if you examine the acronym, you'll get an idea of the level of the film's humour). The running joke is that Team America invariably cause more damage battling terror than do the terrorists themselves, but there are also swipes at Broadway musicals (a rousing song-and-dance number is entitled "Everyone Has Aids"), action-movie clichés and bleeding-heart Hollywood liberals (a Matt Damon puppet is so dim-witted that he can only say his own name). It's sporadically very funny and, of course, astonishingly offensive. Contains violence, swearing and puppet sex.

When North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il orchestrates a global terrorist plot, it's up to the heavily armed, highly specialized Team America unit to stop his dastardly scheme. The group, which has recruited troubled Broadway actor Gary Johnston, not only has to face off against Jong-il, but they must also contend with the Film Actors Guild, a cadre of Hollywood liberals at odds with Team America's "policing the world" tactics.