SR | ‘American Made’ Review
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In the late 1970s, Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) has settled into a stable, if mundane, career as a TWA pilot, in spite of his not-so-hidden desire to lead a much more exciting life. Enter one Monty Schafer (Domhnall Gleeson), a CIA agent who recruits Barry to fly reconnaissance missions in Central America and collect information (by way of taking photographs) of the emerging communist threat there. Over time Barry goes on to carry out additional operations for Schafer too, like serving as a go-between for a Nicaraguan general and the CIA. Before long, however, his antics attract the attention of three South American businessmen – the founders of the Medellin Cartel, to be exact.
