American Made

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Tom Cruise, due to appear in cinemas later this year in the Top Gun sequel, lays on the bombast in this true tale of Barry Seal, an airline pilot seconded by the CIA for reconnaissance trips to Central America. He also became the biggest importer of cocaine to the US thanks to his links with Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and friends, and

Tom Cruise as pilot Barry Seal to top it all off, he ended up feeding information on his drug-trafficking comrades to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Director Doug Liman gives this story the garish gloss it deserves – because much of this is supposition. There isn’t actually any record of Barry Seal ever working for the CIA… ★★★ NP