Cruise control vehicle full throttle

Rating: 8/10 (15 October 2017)

American MADE (2017) *** Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Lola Kirke, Jayma Mays. Cruise control vehicle full throttle as Barry Seal, a pilot who goes from TWA to the CIA as a spy involving drug and ammo running to South America and Latin America which ultimately became the Iran/Contra scandal of the early '80s has a Scorsese-light take a la "Casino" or "Goodfellas" with a wide-scope and incidental characters (more marginalized here) with this mix of truth-is-stranger-than-fiction biopic. Director Doug Liman does his best and a well-conceived screenplay by Gary Spinelli crafts an anti-hero that is truly unsympathetic yet keeps you riveted to the chances he takes.