
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.... (Full plot summary below)
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Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War, running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license, Billy Covington is recruited into it, and ends up in the middle of a bunch of lunatic pilots, gun-running by his friend Gene Ryack, and opium smuggling by his own superiors.
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| BrianOrndorf.comBrian OrndorfAir America never finds a righteous pace -- it's an expensive ghost town mood with two handsome leads spending their screentime mentally cashing their paychecks. |
| Portland OregonianTed MaharAir America comes on like a noisy, overproduced sitcom pilot. |
| Washington PostHal HinsonRoger Spottiswoode's Air America is partly glorious, partly junk, but unfortunately not in equal parts. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkWhile Gibson and Downey work well together, Air America does tend to be slightly overcooked in the cheap laugh department at the expense of a meandering storyline. |
| Los Angeles TimesPeter RainerThe movie has no script, and even the better gags - like one in which a couple of the pilots scribble away at coloring books in the backseat of a plane - could have been staged more vividly. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThe movie that might have been goes down in flames. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThis muddled film about a secret C.I.A. project in Laos in 1969 fails on every possible level: as action film, as buddy film, as scenic travelogue and even, sad to say, as a way to flaunt Mel Gibson's appeal. |
| User ReviewMarc MThis movie is proof that critics know nothing at all. Very funny movie. |
| User ReviewJustin RGreat movie ..For having family that flew for Air America during Vietnam and hearing there stories this movie is about what it was like for those pilots |
| User ReviewLiam MI love this film, mainly because of the aviation interest. Always makes me think of mad flying! Excellent! Love the '60s music too. |