Air America

Air America

1990 · 112 min · EN · R · 5.8 (527 votes)
Dir. Roger Spottiswoode · Starring Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, Ken Jenkins, David Marshall Grant, Lane Smith · Music Charles Gross

The few. The proud. The totally insane.

ActionAdventureComedyDrama

Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.

VIBE

A wild ride through the morally gray skies of the Vietnam War. Expect dark humor, high-stakes action, and a cynical look at the absurdity of covert operations. It's a chaotic, yet thrilling, adventure with a steady, propulsive beat.

chaoticdarkly comediccynicalthrillingsteadyaction-comedypolitical thrillerperiod piecewargreedmoralityfriendship
vietnam warciaairplanedrug smugglingrefugee camppilotlaosdrugs1960s
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