Air America (1990)
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Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. play a couple of what-the-hell flyboys flying contraband to Laos during the Vietnam War. Gibson doesn't seem to care about anything but the "guts and glory" aspects of the job, but Downey has serious questions about the moral implications of their mission. When a Laotian general expresses more concern over the wellbeing of an opium shipment than the men who are risking life and limb to fly it in, Gibson comes around to Downey's way of thinking. By film's end, Gibson is stuck in one of those character-building dilemmas so common to films of this nature: should he deliver his cache of weaponry, or should he dump it all to rescue a bunch of refugees? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr., (more)
- Director(s):
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Air America
Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. play a couple of what-the-hell flyboys flying contraband to Laos during the Vietnam War. Gibson doesn't seem to care about anything but the "guts and glory" aspects of the job, but Downey has serious questions about the moral implications of their mission. When a Laotian general expresses more concern over the wellbeing of an opium shipment than the men who are risking life and limb to fly it in, Gibson comes around to Downey's way of thinking. By film's end, Gibson is stuck in one of those character-building dilemmas so common to films of this nature: should he deliver his cache of weaponry, or should he dump it all to rescue a bunch of refugees? ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 113 mins
Complete Cast of Air America
- Mel Gibson - Gene Ryack
- Nancy Travis - Corinne Landreaux
- David Marshall Grant - Rob Diehl
- Art La Fleur - Jack Neely
- Marshall Bell - O.V.
- Burt Kwouk - Gen. Lu Soong
- Burke Byrnes - Recruiter
- Roger Welty - Ambassador
- Wasan Uttamayodhin - Nightclub Singer
- Chanarong Suwanapa - Kwahn
- Meesak Naakkarat - Nightclub Singer
- Harvey Jason - Nino
- Greg Kean - DJ
- Robert Downey, Jr. - Billy Covington
- Ken Jenkins - Maj. Donald Lemond
- Lane Smith - Sen. Davenport
- Ned Eisenberg - Pirelli
- David Bowe - Saunders
- Tim Thomerson - Babo
- Natta Nantatani - Gene's Daughter
- Chet Vimol - Tribal Warrior
- Yani Tramod - Gene's Brother-in-Law
- Purin Panichpan - Gene's Son
- Sinjai Hongthai - Gene's Wife
- Ernie Lively - Truck Driver
- Director(s):
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Writer(s):
- John Eskow, Richard Rush
- Producer(s):
- Daniel Melnick, Michael J. Kagan
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Adult Language, Violence, Profanity, Not For Children)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure
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