American Made Film Review

Rating: 8/10 (30 August 2017)

The new action comedy biopic film American Made based on the true story of pilot Barry Seal starring Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Jesse Plemons.
In Universal Pictures' American MADE, American actor Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible films, Top Gun and who has been in the headlines news recently for all the wrong reasons after he broke two bones in his ankle during a stunt where he jumped from one building rooftop to another during filming of Mission: Impossible 6 in London, England) reunites with his Edge of Tomorrow director, Doug Liman, in this international escapade based on the outrageous (and real) exploits of Barry Seal, a hustler and pilot unexpectedly recruited by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) to run one of the biggest covert operations in U.S. history during the 1970's and the 1980's.
The cast in American Made includes American actress Sarah Wright (The House Bunny, Surfer, Dude) as Lucy Seal Barry Seal's wife, Republic Of Ireland actor Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and is the son of Republic Of Ireland actor Brendan Gleeson and older brother of Republic Of Ireland actor Brian Gleeson) as Monty Schafer who works for the CIA, American actor Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class, War On Everyone) as Bubba, American actor Jesse Plemons (The Progam, Black Mass) as Sheriff Joe Downing who lives in Mena, Arkansas beside Texas and Louisiana, English actress Lola Kirke (Gone Girl, Mistress America and is the daughter of Simon Kirke the former drummer of the rock bands Bad Company and Free) as Joe Downing's wife, American actress Jayma Mays (Red Eye, Epic Movie) as Prosecutor Dana Sibota, American actor Connor Trinneer (US TV Series Star Trek: Enterprise and Stargate: Atlantis) as U.S. President George W. Bush who is the son of former U.S. President George Bush, April Billingsley (Four Fifteen, US TV Series Resurrection) as Jenny, Kevin L. Johnson (Destiny Road, Devil's Crossing) as Agent Wainwright, American actor William Mark McCullough (Logan Lucky, The Shadow Effect) as Pete Duboix, Canadian actor Jed Rees (Galaxy Quest, Elizabethtown) as Louis Finkle, American actor Benito Martinez (Saw, Outbreak) as James Rangel, Mickey Sumner (The End Of The Tour, The Mend) as Fawn Hall, Morgan Hinkleman (US TV Series Halt And Catch Fire) as Christina Seal Barry and Lucy's daughter, American actor Mike Pniewski (A Time To Kill, Runaway Jury) as Willie, American actress Sharon Conley (The Good Lie, Endless Love) as DEA (Drugs Enforcement Administration) Agent Grace, American actor Robert Pralgo (The Great Divide, Lost Angels) as Gary, Mexican actor Alejandro Edda (Enemy Empire, Sundown) as Jorge Ochoa, American actress Lauren Revard (Keeping Up With The Joneses, The Importance Of Doubting Tom) as Teller, American actor E. Roger Mitchell (Selma, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) as Craig McCall, American actor Justice Leak (Implanted, The Great Debaters) as Agent Winter, Dan Southworth (Entry Level, Lethal) as Agent Winters, American actor Cuyle Carvin (Mineville, Terminal Legacy) as Phil, Callan Wilson (A Mermaid's Tale, I Am Potential) as Young Barry, American actor Alpha Trivette (The Substitute Spy, Slice 3) as Judge Linkletter, American actress Beverley Simmons (The First American) as James Rangel's wife, American actor Bradley Bowen as US Customs Officer Cunningham, Brazilian actor Dino Dos Santos as Contra, (Out Of The Fog, Stop-Loss) as Lt. Col. Oliver North, Chloe Swan Sparwath as Leeann, Carter Birchwell as Young Dean and Mexican actor Tony Guerrero (American Violence, Blackhats) as Federico Vaughan.
Filming locations in American Made includes cities, places, countries like Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Mena, Arkansas, Atlanta, Georgia, Madison, Georgia, USA, Colombia, South America, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama all in Central America which is south of USA and north of South America.
Overall American Made is a good action comedy biopic film filled with comedy, action, crime, some funny moments, some wild crazy moments, tongue and cheek stuff, swearing, Spanish language, guns, weapons, footage of stuff from the 70's and 80's, airplanes, air jets, pilots, family, friendship, gangs of South American people, police, cops, CIA, DEA, courts, judges, lawyers or attorneys in America, cool music, chaos, carnage, raids, lots of money, banks, vaults, dodgy dealings, fall outs, arguments, people drinking, smoking, partying, having a good time, meet ups in bars and restaurants, arrests, things getting blown up, wrecked, destroyed, some near misses and close shaves and many other things throughout the film.
So I will give American Made an overall rating of 3 out of 5 stars and American Made is worth seeing if you like films like War Dogs, Gold, The Wolf Of Wall Street, The Big Short, Catch Me If You Can, The Program amongst others.
So if you get the chance to see American Made in the cinema then you should go and see it sooner than later.