Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

Rating: 7/10 (7 October 2018)

Put this one in the category of movies to watch when you are disenfranchised with the US Government as it will show you how we happily provide jobs to people of all walks of life through our outreach programs.
I enjoyed the lighthearted direction and tongue-in-cheek retrospective of the US political outreach operations in Central America in the 1980s. A fine addition to the "truth is stranger than fiction" category of "historical" films. Cruise plays his role with a combination of Maverick and blissful ignorance tiptoeing through some of the geopolitical landmines that spotted the late seventies and eighties.
A fun film that doesn't take itself too seriously, well acted, well shot, good production values, a fine watch.