Tom Cruise at his best!

Rating: 6/10 (7 September 2017)

'American made'offers nothing new to stand out as anything other than an above-average blockbuster for the end of summer. But is an entertaining, funny and a thoroughly engaging movie, with tense action and wonderful use of music, if for nothing else, is worth seeing for Tom Cruise alone who is at his best. This film allows him to have some fun and is exactly the sort of film should spend the rest of his career making. The only problem is, American Made's Barry Seal was a real person. And real people aren't celluloid gods. Doug Liman makes an entertaining drama, part political satire, part conspiracy thriller, that is unfortunately forgettable.