American Made makes the best use of Tom Cruise's shit-eating grin since I don't when, as the real life pilot who got himself tangled into very south-of-the-border scandal of the early 80s - the drug cartels, Manuel Noriega, the Nicaraguan Contras - played as an absurdist comedy, more The Big Short than The Wolf of Wall Street, though one might recognize the latter's "based on a true story" rags to riches to rags formula. Bourne's Doug Liman shoots it handheld, as is his wont, which almost turns it into a documentary - especially with the video confessional asides - but it doesn't quite achieve the style. Did love the retro video bits at the front and back of the film though. Ultimately, not a must, but still a fairly amusing look at how the big news of the Reagan era were connected. Especially interesting if you remember that time, and I personally did (Iran-Contra was my first scandal!), but fellow audience members who weren't alive back then still appreciated the glib history lesson.
I don't put a lot of goodwill on him, but this is the best Cruise movie since Eyes Wide Shut, and so far the best movie I have seen in 2017 (granted I don't get out to see movies as often as I want to). It does help explain the complicated mess that was the Iran-Contra Affair. This was a lot of fun and at times suspenseful.
You get what you expect: two hours of Tom Cruise playing Tom Cruise. I liked the 80s vibe and the CIA’s involvement in political events all over the world is always an interesting topic. However, I found this movie to be way too repetitive. The whole story is just ‘the gringo who delivers’ being pushed around again and again.
It was an entertaining (plain) ride but lacked depth and could have easily fitted in 90 minutes.
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American Made makes the best use of Tom Cruise's shit-eating grin since I don't when, as the real life pilot who got himself tangled into very south-of-the-border scandal of the early 80s - the drug cartels, Manuel Noriega, the Nicaraguan Contras - played as an absurdist comedy, more The Big Short than The Wolf of Wall Street, though one might recognize the latter's "based on a true story" rags to riches to rags formula. Bourne's Doug Liman shoots it handheld, as is his wont, which almost turns it into a documentary - especially with the video confessional asides - but it doesn't quite achieve the style. Did love the retro video bits at the front and back of the film though. Ultimately, not a must, but still a fairly amusing look at how the big news of the Reagan era were connected. Especially interesting if you remember that time, and I personally did (Iran-Contra was my first scandal!), but fellow audience members who weren't alive back then still appreciated the glib history lesson.adastras
Pretty good. Maybe tried to cover too much too fast. Would have benifited from being a little longer.BLJNBrouwer
"Did you all know that Caddies have more trunk space than any other car?"Torgo
Entertaining stuff about one of these "unbelievable that it really happened" stories. FFO: War Dogs, Wolf of Wall StreetDaniloFreiles
La storia di un mercenario del cartello della droga e dello spionaggio americano.Agrimorfee
I don't put a lot of goodwill on him, but this is the best Cruise movie since Eyes Wide Shut, and so far the best movie I have seen in 2017 (granted I don't get out to see movies as often as I want to). It does help explain the complicated mess that was the Iran-Contra Affair. This was a lot of fun and at times suspenseful.chunkylefunga
Pretty decent and well written adaptation.Jorigi
You get what you expect: two hours of Tom Cruise playing Tom Cruise. I liked the 80s vibe and the CIA’s involvement in political events all over the world is always an interesting topic. However, I found this movie to be way too repetitive. The whole story is just ‘the gringo who delivers’ being pushed around again and again.It was an entertaining (plain) ride but lacked depth and could have easily fitted in 90 minutes.