Entertaining Story

Rating: 7/10 (29 September 2017)

I saw "American Made", starring Tom Cruise-Edge of Tomorrow, Legend; Domhnall Gleeson-Mother!, Star Wars:The Force Awakens; Sarah Wright- Parks and Recreation_tv, The House Bunny and Caleb Landry Jones-Get Out, X-Men:First Class. This is based on a true story about an airline pilot that got enlisted into working for the C.I.A. and making more money than he could even keep track of. It takes place in the 1980's, when Nancy Reagan was on the television talking about drugs and telling people that they should just say no. Tom plays Barry Seal, a pilot that gets roped into the smuggling business by Domhnall, a C.I.A. operative. At first, Tom is to take surveillance photos of communist militia down in South America but pretty soon, he finds himself flying drugs and guns and even people. The money starts piling up and he has problems just keeping it all straight-there is a scene where his wife, Sarah, tells him that the dog dug up a bag of money in the backyard and the money is flying all over the yard. Tom says that he will rake it up in the morning. Caleb plays Sarah's irresponsible brother that is a real red neck looser-no job, dates 15 year old girls and likes to live beyond his means. Pretty soon, Tom has the DEA, the F.B.I., the ATF and even the State Police on his tail, trying to put him in jail. The story is told by Tom as he makes a sort of diary on VHS tapes-it was the 80's, remember. It is an interesting and entertaining story. It's rated "R" for language and sexual situations-including nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 55 minutes. I don't know if I would buy it on DVD-one viewing was fine-but it would be a good rental.