American Made

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Georgan G This film is basically fiction only using a name that is real. The facts of the Iran Contra Affair are correct. Almost enjoyed it despite myself. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review mohit R American made is a great movie of a american history during the cold war it is a very eye opening athought it movie does feel rushed. Tom cruise does a great preformace. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/10/24 Full Review Test T I watched this on DVD recently. It's a fast paced action adventure based on a true story, starring Tom Cruise. Tom is superb, playing airline pilot Barry Seal, who makes a new career working undercover for various US government agencies. Cruise's onscreen charm and charisma are what make this film take off in more ways than one. The story is fascinating to watch, and there is never a dull moment for the viewer. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and have no problem recommending it. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/03/24 Full Review David W American Made has a properly entertaining story that manages to overcome Tom Cruise’s at-times cringy performance. I would definitely watch this again. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review Audience Member Charismatic, entertaining, gripping story of true events. What a life! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/23/24 Full Review Matthew D It certainly is a movie starring Tom Cruise. Director Doug Liman’s historical crime comedy American Made (2017) features Tom Cruise really flying a plane and trying his best to give this generic movie some life and personality. American Made is like if Blow was straightforward without all the emotional connections or if Narcos were stupid. Liman’s direction is very bland and only sometimes amusing. Writer Gary Spinelli writes bare bones caricatures of these real figures from the cartel pilot Barry Seal to the Colombian Cartel leaders. It provides very little detail or perspective and just feels vaguely funny and overall underwhelming, honestly. American Made feels slapped together with hectic, obnoxious cuts from editor Andrew Mondshein. Cinematographer César Charlone frames awkward and amateur shots. Camera operator Christopher TJ McGuire does these annoying crash zooms and wildly whips the camera around. American Made is hands down the worst shot and edited film that Tom Cruise has ever starred in and it’s not even close. It makes Tropic Thunder look like a documentary. Tom Cruise completely carries American Made as the sleazy, stupid, greedy, and gullible pilot Barry Seal, who flew guns for the CIA and drugs for Pablo Escobar’s Colombian Cartel throughout the entire 1980’s. Cruise portrays Seal as a man who will literally do anything he’s told just for cash. He’s a total shyster and liar, who helped get people addicted to all the drugs he brought in, got people killed by the guns he smuggled, and ruined the lives of people around him with his plane smuggling. Domhnall Gleeson is abrupt and blunt as CIA schemer Monty Schafer. He is not great here as his forgettable CIA agent. Sarah Wright is over the top and basic as Lucy Seal. She just feels like she’s here to be eye candy since her character has no personality. She’s just wasted to be Tom Cruise’s inappropriately way too young love interest. Jesse Plemons is funny as the Sheriff Downing, turning a blind eye to the criminal activities in return for gifts and his community getting a financial boost. Caleb Landry Jones is amusing as idiot brother-in-law JB. Alejandro Edda is affable as cartel boss Jorge Ochoa. Everyone else does not matter whatsoever. The overly bright lighting from Kevin Gazdik, Cristen Clark, Killian Clear, and Kelly Clear does not look great. Production designer Dan Weil makes all these scarce sets to just barely make these places look period specific like the props and furniture from set decorator Kelley Burney. Composers Christophe Beck and Michael Paraskevas provide a perfectly acceptable and unremarkable score. Costume designers Jenny Gering and Kym Barrett gives Tom Cruise 80’s outfits that are somewhat fun. In short, I don’t why American Made is 115 minutes, considering it has very little story to tell or scenes of interest. Tom Cruise carries the movie with his charisma. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/17/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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