jamiepaton-33876 American made chooses to go with a kind of light-hearted way to tell the story of drug and arms smuggler and it works incredibly well. This movie gives Tom Cruise one the best roles he's done in a long time. Tom Cruise is perfect in this movie, i is a funny but also fairly dramatic role. When he is smuggling and dealing with the cartel it can be quite funny but also really facinating. I was sitting watching this movie thinking...this really happened, and if this wasn't based on a true story i would never have believed it.The movie goes for a more Documentary feel, with snap zooms and very tight filming and to be honest I think it works well with the movie. Doug Liman and Tom Cruise work incredibly well together and so the camera work and directing is superb and works incredibly well with the movie'stone and premise During the third act, the movie begins to become slightly more dramatic with Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) and his sentancing. After he takes photos of the cartel for the DEA they are publicly released on TV and th cartel finds out and begins to hunt him. This is the part where the film begins to get more serious which is a good thing and a bad thing. The good being, it provides a tense and enthrallinng ending but at the same time is a big contrast from the rest of the movie. I still enjoyed this part of the movie but I wish the transistion between light-hearted and serious was done a little better.The ending was done really well. Throughout the movie we are shown "home videos" of Barry Seal talking to the camera about his experience. In these movies it shows the date of the recordings. This shows that these were recorded after the day of his sentencing, initially making the audience think everything will turn out well for him. The movie then at the end shocked me because of Barry being shot and killed by the cartel. In retrospect I should've saw it coming but it surprised me.The main problem I have with the movie is, it starts off kind of slow. I wasn't really invested until maybe the 30 minute mark. It was a necessary part of the ovie because it shows Barry being approached by the CIA but it could've been made a little bit shorter and a bit more interesting.Overalll, American Made is a brilliant movie that deserves to be viewed

tbills2 I'm so sad that General Hux/Bill Weasley/Domnhall or Domhnall "However You Spell It" Gleeson is on the same screen as the one & only Tommy 'Sweet Stuff' Cruise because I really do hate his creepy performance & I don't even think he knows that the cameras are rolling. I hate Dom-h-nall & he's terrible in Star Wars. (hate it)I'm so happy that Sarah "Looking Real Good!" Wright from The House Bunny (LOVE it) is on the same screen with the one & the only Beautiful Handsome Eyes Tom 'Don't Mind Me I'm Just Super Sweet Gorgeous Sweet Stuff' Cruise because she deserves it & she looks great! OmG I LOVE Sarah now & I love her sweet performance. I never thought she'd become such a big star! (love it)Tom Cruise is looking good, really good and I'm pretty sure he's never been so hot or so, so good on screen, accent aside. (need it)CLJ & Jayma "Insanely Hot" Mays are great! (want it)(I love Lord of War. & Blow) (5.9!) Gotta Have It on Blu-ray

EngineerSahab Ever wondered what it would be like to see Tom Cruise taking a break from his usual Sci-Fi & Impossible series "avatar". Well, here is your answer - It gets even more exciting and entertaining. This is Tom Cruise's real life take on the impossible series where Barry Seal replaces Ethan Hunt and CIA as the agency, which dictates the terms. It's just that Barry loves to go with the flow and without any intention of getting involved with anything that seems out of his league and this is something each one of us can relate to. He is your usual guy who happens to be a pilot and wants to make some extra cash with every extra mile. So what's wrong with it? Well nothing is wrong when you do it for the right guys, and nothing gets more exciting and dangerous when those right guys turn out to be CIA.What is even more amusing and entertaining to watch is the fact that despite having no choice left but to cooperate with CIA, "Barry Seal never says no" to any offer (even if it comes from any drug lord) that helps him maintain his cash flow that obviously was becoming unmanageable for him by every passing day. Although, I must admit that it was quite a fun to watch him trying to manage millions of cash that he had no idea how to spend. You will definitely enjoy watching Tom cruise as Barry Seal who uses CIA to get his end of the bargain (and they thought that they were the only smart guys who live in one of the greatest countries of the world).If you want to go on an adventure trip, go watch this movie and you will understand what Tom Cruise really means when he says, "I am just a gringo who always delivers".

bob the moo Pilot Barry Seal is recruited by the CIA to run a covert operation flying into South America; quickly he gets in deeper and deeper, with money flowing in all directions but significant risk with it.Considering this is a Tom Cruise film, I was surprised how quickly it came and went from the cinemas in the UK. Based on a true story, the film rattles through the plot with a Goodfellas air but an inconsistent control of what it is trying to do and how it is trying to do it. It is a caper to be sure, and it has a broad humor to it; but at the same time it does have consequences and real drama behind it. It tries to do both of these things but it doesn't manage it. As a result the dirty, greasy heat of the drama knocks the swagger out of the fun, while the broad sense of caper it tries to deliver makes it feel disconnected from the stakes and realism of the drama. While both sort of work, neither really work that well.Cruise is equally in two places. On one hand I thought he played it really well and convinced in his performance, but at the same time he never stopped being Tom Cruise with his winning smile and slick ways; it broke me out of the character too much and too often. The supporting cast has plenty of talent in there too, but the fast pace and slightly superficial story-telling means nobody ever has time to bed in and make something of their characters outside of Cruise. Production values are high and do well to give the film a sense of time and place with design and delivery.Overall though, it is a fairly forgettable film that tries hard but doesn't convince. You can see the goals of Goodfellas and Wolf of Wall Street, but it doesn't get close and generally undercuts itself with inconsistency in what it is doing.