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Critic Tim Fennell
rated 6

Robert Downey Jr. plays a newboy pilot flying alongside Mel Gibson in wild-and-crazy mode giving covert air support to embattled anti-Communist rebels during the Vietnam war.

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Cast & Crew

Robert Downey Jr.
As Billy Covington
Tim Thomerson
As Babo
Mel Gibson
As Gene Ryack
Marshall Bell
As O.V.
Lane Smith
As Senator Davenport
Burt Kwouk
As General Lu Soong

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Air America is a high-flying action-comedy that follows the adventures of two maverick pilots, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) and Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson), who are recruited by the CIA to fly for the clandestine airline Air America during the Vietnam War. As they transport supplies and contraband across the war-torn skies, they must navigate a web of corruption and danger, all while trying to outrun their personal demons. With a cast of colorful characters and a healthy dose of humor, this film takes audiences on a wild ride that will leave them laughing, cheering, and on the edge of their seats.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Air America include Maverick, Hiding Out, Roadside Prophets, Pink Cadillac, American Ninja 5, The Last of the Mohicans.

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Air America was released in theaters on August 10, 1990.