Air America (1990)

Mel Gibson and Robert Downey, Jr. are two renegade pilots ensnared in the madness of covert operations over Loas during the Vietnam conflict. They lead a crew of Air America, a not-so-secret airline that drops everything from live pigs to opium over villages throughout the Vietnam countryside. Join Mel, Robert and the crazy crew of wartime flyers in the funniest action-comedy since Lethal Weapon 2 and Good Morning Vietnam.
 
"A slam-bang adventure... wonderfully` executed."  Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Daily News
 


Editor's Note

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.


Plot Summary

Based on actual events, this satiric drama looks at the United States' use of illegal drug money to help finance the Vietman War.| "Air America" is the name of an airline allegedly purchased by the CIA solely for purposes of opium and heroin smuggling. One pilot (Gibson) believes in his mission; the other (Downey) would like to do the whole program in; and the retired General who heads the operation will do anything to protect it.