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10/08/1990 Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama 1h 52m
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The few. The proud. The totally insane.

Overview

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, 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.

  1. Roger Spottiswoode

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mel Gibson

    Gene Ryack

  2. Robert Downey Jr.

    Billy Covington

  3. Nancy Travis

    Corinne Landreaux

  4. Ken Jenkins

    Major Donald Lemond

  5. David Marshall Grant

    Rob Diehl

  6. Lane Smith

    Senator Davenport

  7. Art LaFleur

    Jack Neely

  8. Ned Eisenberg

    Pirelli

  9. Marshall Bell

    O.V.

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Reviews

A review by JPV852
Written by JPV852 on 2025-08-11
Entertaining enough action-war movie thanks to the charisma of both Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. The film also has some solid action scenes and direction, to go along with Roger Deakins's cinematography. From what I read about this, doesn't seem like many had fun making the movie, including Deakins and Downey. Still, I found it enjoyable even if Gibson's character shift didn't felt surface level. **3.0/5**
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$57,661,269.00

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