American Made (Film): Review.

in #film5 years ago

The following review makes reference to the 2017 film American Made, and does not contain spoilers of any type.


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Year: 2017
Category: Biographical, Action, Crime.
Director: Doug Liman.
Cast: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones.


Plot

Based on the real life of Barry Seal, a former pilot who became an important drug dealer in the Medellín cartel and who was recruited by the CIA.


Opinion

In 1978, Baton Rouge pilot Barry Seal, who flies commercial jets for TWA, lives with his pregnant wife Lucy Seal and his daughter, with whom he spends very little time due to his constant trips as a pilot. Barry, who has a fairly questionable moral behavior, smuggles Cuban cigars to America until he is recruited by Monty Schafer, with the goal of working for the CIA doing reconnaissance missions in Central America. Starting an adventure full of hilarious situations, corruption, drug trafficking, arms smuggling, a lot of money involved, and more.

Before watching this movie I had recently seen I Think We're Alone Now, which was very boring for me, so to save the day I decided to watch a Tom Cruise movie, which are not the best, but I personally consider it quite entertaining , so I decided to give it a try.

The direction of the film is good, the staging is relaxed and even has features of comedy, the best of the direction is the rhythm, the way in which the director decided to tell this story documented in real life was quite dynamic, something I appreciated a lot after watching a very slow movie, and if in the movie I Think We're Alone Now nothing happened even though it had a post-apocalyptic scenario, in this movie everything happens, and when I say everything is everything. Doug Liman, responsible for the direction of films like Edge of Tomorrow, Jumper or The Bourne Identity, did very well here.

From the script I can not ask for more, based on the life of Barry Seal is enough material to make a film with many things to show the viewer.

On the side of acting, as you can guess, Tom Cruise covers 90% of the time on screen, the type of movies he usually chooses to work where there is a clear protagonist, and does not do it badly, has no physical resemblance to the real Barry Seal, but still it is something that for this type of film does not matter much. The rest of the actors are fine, although their participation is small.

In conclusion, it is a film with an excellent rhythm, entertaining, and although it is not of the genre of comedy, it can surely make you laugh because of the hilarity that story becomes. Mix a little of those seen in The Wolf of Wall Street, Lord of War and War Dogs.


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Score

8/10

Good direction with an excellent rhythm, script based on a documented story, acceptable acting, recommended as an element of entertainment, besides being quite revealing. At the moment of publishing this review this film is available in the Netflix catalog of Sweden.


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