The true story of pilot Barry Seal, who transported contraband for the CIA and the Medellin cartel in the 1980s.
Acting
Cruise's most lived-in, mischievous performance in years.
Direction
Liman treats insane true events with kinetic, cheeky swagger.
Editing
Breakneck montages that make crime look dangerously fun.
Director
Doug Liman
Tom Cruise
Barry Seal
Domhnall Gleeson
Monty 'Schafer'
Sarah Wright
Lucy Seal
Jesse Plemons
Sheriff Downing
Caleb Landry Jones
JB
Lola Kirke
Judy Downing
Jayma Mays
Dana Sibota
Alejandro Edda
Jorge Ochoa
Benito Martinez
James Rangel
E. Roger Mitchell
Agent Craig McCall
Jed Rees
Louis Finkle
Mauricio Mejía
Pablo Escobar
Robert Farrior
Oliver North
Morgan Hinkleman
Christina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Barry Seal flew over 100 tons of cocaine and became the DEA's highest-paid informant before his 1986 assassination.
Liman and Cruise made this immediately after Edge of Tomorrow; they specifically wanted something looser and more anarchic.
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