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Certificate 15

Cast Mel Gibson Nancy Travis Robert Downey Jr.

Directors Roger Spottiswoode

Screenwriters Richard Rush Richard Rush John Eskow

Running Time 118 minutes

Air America
Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. crash planes and have a laugh in this screwball action-comedy about the Vietnam war.

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Plot
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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