Wow. What a tale. Is it really true? I have my doubts but, then again, knowing what I do about the Caustic Incompetence Agency, it certainly lies within the realm of the possible. Good performance by Tom Cruise, as always, whose talents have not been tainted by age.

I'm so sad that General Hux/Bill Weasley/Domnhall or Domhnall "However You Spell It" Gleeson is on the same screen as the one & only Tommy 'Sweet Stuff' Cruise because I really do hate his creepy performance & I don't even think he knows that the cameras are rolling. I hate Dom-h-nall & he's terrible in Star Wars. (hate it)I'm so happy that Sarah "Looking Real Good!" Wright from The House Bunny (LOVE it) is on the same screen with the one & the only Beautiful Handsome Eyes Tom 'Don't Mind Me I'm Just Super Sweet Gorgeous Sweet Stuff' Cruise because she deserves it & she looks great! OmG I LOVE Sarah now & I love her sweet performance. I never thought she'd become such a big star! (love it)Tom Cruise is looking good, really good and I'm pretty sure he's never been so hot or so, so good on screen, accent aside. (need it)CLJ & Jayma "Insanely Hot" Mays are great! (want it)(I love Lord of War. & Blow) (5.9!) Gotta Have It on Blu-ray

Without spoiling it, this movie attempts to assign a heinous act to Ronald Reagan when he was in no way responsible. I'm not talking about Iran-Contra in general, but watch near the end of the movie the way they try to frame him as a heartless person who puts someone's life in danger. It's BS - he never did that. Read up on the facts of this operation.

The main thing that I derived from Doug Liman's "American Made" is that these people care about one thing and one thing only: money. Whether it was the Contras, the Colombian drug cartels, or the CIA, they were more interested in getting rich than in fighting. And of course Barry Seal enjoyed raking in the dough (he ended up with more money than he knew what to do with, in fact). There was definitely no morality involved in any of this.I understand that the movie took some artistic license. Even so, it's amazing what the CIA was able to get away with (of course, the fact remains that whoever makes the rules gets to break the rules). The so-called war on drugs was always total baloney. Not the greatest movie, but I recommend it.