Air America (1990)

Based on actual events, this satiric drama--based on true events--tells the story of an airline allegedly purchased by the CIA solely for the purpose of opium and heroin smuggling out of Laos to help finance the Vietman War. One pilot (Mel Gibson) believes in his mission. The other (Robert Downey, Jr.) would like to do the whole program in. The retired General who heads the operation will do anything to protect it.

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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 ...
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of weaponry, or should he dump it all to rescue a bunch of refugees?
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Air America was de naam van de privé-luchtverbinding die de CIA tijdens de Vietnam-oorlog met Laos had. Nadat Billy Covington zijn vliegvergunning kwijtraakt gaat hij voor Air America werken, waarna hij tussen een groep maffe piloten terecht komt die druk bezig zijn met wapen- en drugssmokkel.

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