Air America (1990)
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13% of critics liked it
(15 reviews) -
37% of users liked it
(47,867 ratings)
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… More 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
- Directed By
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Written By
- John Eskow, Richard Rush
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Aug 10, 1990 Wide
- Studio
- Live Home Video
Critic Reviews
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Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
Air America never finds a righteous pace -- it's an expensive ghost town mood with two handsome leads spending their screentime mentally cashing their paychecks.
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Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
Everybody on-screen seems awfully bored.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Full of action and Mel Gibson.
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Larry Carroll, Countingdown.com
An interesting storyline, but it's mostly a waste of time.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Gibson does what he can, but not even Olivier could salvage this one.
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Cast
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Mel Gibson
as Gene Ryack
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Robert Downey Jr.
as Billy Covington
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Nancy Travis
as Corinne Landreaux
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Ken Jenkins
as Maj. Donald Lemond
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David Marshall Grant
as Rob Diehl
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Lane Smith
as Sen. Davenport
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Art La Fleur
as Jack Neely
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Ned Eisenberg
as Pirelli
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Marshall Bell
as O.V.
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David Bowe
as Saunders
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Burt Kwouk
as Gen. Lu Soong
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Tim Thomerson
as Babo
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Burke Byrnes
as Recruiter
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Sinjai Hongthai
as Gene's Wife
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Harvey Jason
as Nino
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Greg Kean
as DJ
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Ernie Lively
as Truck Driver
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Meesak Naakkarat
as Nightclub Singer
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Natta Nantatani
as Gene's Daughter
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Purin Panichpan
as Gene's Son
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Chanarong Suwanapa
as Kwahn
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Yani Tramod
as Gene's Brother-in-Law
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Wasan Uttamayodhin
as Nightclub Singer
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Chet Vimol
as Tribal Warrior
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Roger Welty
as Ambassador
