LaserDisc Review

Air America

Genre: Action Adventure

Reviewed in Issue 13 of Widescreen Review

Picture
5
Sound
3.5

Stars: Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr. , Nancy Travis, David Marshall Grant, Lane Smith, Ken Jenkins & Burt Kwouk

Disc Information
Studio/Distributor Live Entertainment
Catalog Number LD68931-WS
MPAA Rating R
Retail Price $$34.99
Running Time 113
Color Type Color
Chaptered/Scene Access Yes
Closed Captioned Yes
Theatrical Release 1990
LD Release Date 12/1/94
THX Digitally Mastered No
Credits
Director Roger Spottiswoode
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Stars Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr. , Nancy Travis, David Marshall Grant, Lane Smith, Ken Jenkins & Burt Kwouk
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Soundtrack Dolby Surround
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Story Synopsis

Gibson stars as Gene Ryack, a seen-it-all pilot and gun runner who shows the newly recruited Billy Covington (Downey) around. The aircrafts carry shipments of supplies, medicine, arms and even army platoon to the villages secretive dangerous mission. Covington is outraged when he finds that a general is using their planes to smuggle unprocessed heroin form the countryside to his lab. The corrupt officials need a scapegoat for this illicit trade and he is chosen as the victim. Based on the book by Christopher Robbins.

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