At this point there's an entire adult generation who thinks of Contra as a retro video game first and a group of right wing militants backed by the US government second. That simple fact might lead you to be surprised that the CIA, White House, and US Government did some really sketchy things in the late 70s and early 80s in the name of spreading democracy in South America. American Made is the story of one of these really sketchy things, and the guy who made it even more sketchy by running drugs for the likes of Pablo Escobar.
Obviously these true story films are always embellished a little, but American Made is just so ridiculous it has to be true and that's where its fun comes from. This isn't really a true story film that does anything all that interesting, but it knows its story is insane enough to float on its own. Of course pulling in Tom Cruise to Tom Cruise all over the place helps too.
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