Film: American Made

GENRE: Action Biography

RATING: R for language and some sexuality
RUNTIME: 1 hour and 55 minutes

STARRING: Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible, Jack Reacher, Top Gun)

Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars 7&8), Sarah Wright (Marry Me)

DIRECTOR: Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, Bourne Identity)

WRITER: Gary Spinelli (newcomer)

PLOT: A pilot becomes to ‘go-to’ guy for transporting drug, firearms and more for the CIA and drug runners.  

FULL DISCLOSURE: Like Tom Cruise but had no expectations.

STORY STUFF: The story is enjoyable enough but not enough to keep me engrossed. The fact that it was based on a true story helped. I didn’t find there was that much character development though.

ACTING STUFF: Cruise has the charisma, but that’s about it. Jesse Plemons (Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad) is wasted in a small sheriff role. Not much else to say.

ARTISTIC STUFF: There were some weird cuts and angles in the first fifteen minutes of the film but then it just leveled out. Not much to talk about on the artistic level. I actually expected a bit more from Liman.   

VERDICT: Two stars out of five

SEE IT IF: Like Tom Cruise and Escobar drug smuggling

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