Review Film: AMERICAN MADE (2017)

film-trail (64)in #film • 6 years ago

Tom Cruise played in a movie with a syndicate of cocaine dealers he did not abolish, a stack of AK-47 rifles he never fired, and the FBI, CIA, DEA, to ATF were not one to work for. Still as cool as usual, but this time Cruise is not a secret agent or a reliable hero. Based on the true story, Barry Seal is the figure he played, a TWA airline pilot who was involved in an international scandal during the reign of Ronald Reagan. American Made, as the title could only happen in Uncle Sam's Country, where people pursued the American dream, grabbed it, to then again lose everything, After a long time of smuggling drugs, Seal was recruited by Monty Schafer (Domhnall Gleeson) to work for the CIA to take aerial photographs of militant groups in Central America. Running a mission well, gradually his task increased, from collecting data of communist agents, to sending a supply of arms to Contras, a right-wing rebel group in Nicaragua. The Seal Action is also known to the Medellin cocaine cartel led by names such as Pablo Escobar and Jorge Ochoa. They asked him to smuggle cocaine from Colombia to America. The seal was working on missions from many parties, giving him tremendous financial benefits.

In the hands of Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow), American Made emphasizes a fictional mathematics rather than the accuracy of reality, presenting comedic-style crime treatments swamped with swagness rather than reproducing precision over one of America's embarrassing histories. With his prowess as a pilot (willing to fly the plane on short runway also outwit the DEA), willingness to challenge the dangers that produce floods of money until there is no storage space left, and beautiful wife nan sexy (Sarah Wright) who invited him to have sex on the plane that was on the air, this movie juggling Barry Seal so figure super cool with a cool action too. Got all the dreams of many people, Barry Seal was a real embodiment of the American Dream, Accompanied by turns in a manuscript made by Gary Spinelli in the form of a mission that not only increases but the greater the scale and the risk, Liman ensures American Made to appear dynamic, entertaining, while keeping a dark picture of the world of politics and American law. "It's not a felony if you're doing it for the good guys". The phrase perfectly summarizes the core problematics. Despite the setting of the Reagan era, the story of the depravity of the government and how they used civilians for political purposes, then they were reluctant to be held accountable. Seals are used, but turned to take advantage of the government, also make a profit. That's why the character is easy to like. Seals represent our human ambitions.

Liman's full of energy and glamorous atmosphere, keeping the movie away from the impression of a boring political history drama without ever losing context. Although some technically feasible choices of inconsistent tone images sometimes have a sometimes modern vintage element, the occasional shaky cam fills without significant impact the director always has a way of bringing entertainment. Such a sense of fun through a comedy when the Seal kindly repeat the explanation of a series of events that come and go. That way the film can give an explicit exposition, feeding the audience in a not cheap, High energy American Made also comes from the performance of Tom Cruise who faithfully spread the charm through the silence decorated with a smile, as if everything was going to run smoothly and have been controlled. He is one of the coolest guys in the world, and this movie perfectly shows us why. Accompanied by rock songs, Cruise acts like a rockstar with smuggling for smuggling as his stage. And as with the best rock albums we know, American Made is eagerly inviting the audience to be happy, smiling broadly, feeling cool, as well as tucking in a subtext about real-world problems.