Air America (1990)
- Starring:
- Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr., (more)
- Director(s):
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
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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, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 113 mins
Complete Cast:
- 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
- Ernie Lively - Truck Driver
- Greg Kean - DJ
- Sinjai Hongthai - Gene's Wife
- Chet Vimol - Tribal Warrior
- Natta Nantatani - Gene's Daughter
- Wasan Uttamayodhin - Nightclub Singer
- Purin Panichpan - Gene's Son
- Robert Downey, Jr. - Billy Covington
- Ken Jenkins - Maj. Donald Lemond
- Lane Smith - Sen. Davenport
- Ned Eisenberg - Pirelli
- David Bowe - Saunders
- Tim Thomerson - Babo
- Roger Welty - Ambassador
- Harvey Jason - Nino
- Burke Byrnes - Recruiter
- Meesak Naakkarat - Nightclub Singer
- Yani Tramod - Gene's Brother-in-Law
- Chanarong Suwanapa - Kwahn
- Director(s):
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Writer(s):
- Richard Rush, John Eskow
- Producer(s):
- Michael J. Kagan, Daniel Melnick
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Violence, Profanity, Adult Language)
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