It’s that time of year again. With so much of the media focused on the presidential elections, it is not surprising to see politics invading movie theaters.

From documentaries like “Fahrenheit 9/11” to fictional satires like “Silver City,” entertainment is being guided by the quadrennial event into an oversaturated market of loud opinions and political yammering.

For those already getting sick of the sub-genre, Trey Parker and Matt Stone — creators of Comedy Central’s hit show “South Park” — have delivered a hilarious and vulgar outcry to the lampoons of both sides of the political spectrum while exposing the horrible clich‚s of modern action films.

And the film stars puppets. Only puppets. Quite possibly the only R-rated puppet movie you’ll see this year, “Team America: World Police” is as offensive as it is funny and satirical.

It tells the story of Team America, an elite group that spends its days saving the world from terrorists. But, as they defend freedom around the world, the members of this task force cause even more destruction than their enemies.

This time around, the group must save the world from a diabolical plot hatched by Bond villain wannabe and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. Team America also must deal with protests in their homeland from a coalition of liberal Hollywood celebrities from the Film Actors’ Guild, or F.A.G.

The plot sounds like it could make up a serious action film, but “Team America: World Police” is a brilliant parody of the modern action genre.

The use of puppets instead of actors is an effective way for Parker and Stone to criticize the “stiff” acting and bad directing seen in the genre.

The film uses all those bad clich‚s and one-dimensional characters to create some very interesting villains. Kim Jong Il, voiced by Parker with a whiny, nasal tone and bad accent, is the standout character. The funniest moment in the film comes with the dictator’s solo musical number about his loneliness.

Like “South Park,” this film criticizes its intended targets through vulgar humor and blunt parodies. The liberal celebrities are portrayed as mindless creatures who thrive in their own perceived faults, such as espousing one-sided rhetoric about corporations and the environment.

The film keeps itself from becoming a partisan debate by not attacking the liberal ideas of these celebrities.

Instead, “Team America” makes fun of celebrities for publicly discussing world politics while having no real political experience. It’s refreshing to see this jab at celebrities with big egos, since few movies comment on it.

The movie ends with a set-up for a potential sequel, although Parker has said in many interviews he would never do a puppet movie again. This open ending is just the final touch of satire on the action genre, where movies end and leave all roads of profitability open.