Air America
1990
***
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, David Marshall Grant
Two airline pilots fly supplies to Laos during the Vietnam War, but unknowingly end up in the middle of political wheeling and dealing. This uneven film is at its best as an old-fashioned adventure, but once it tries to get serious, the story starts to lose momentum. Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. have great chemistry in the lead. Based on a non-fiction book by Christopher Robbins.
