"American Made" is based on the true story of Berry Seal, who becomes a mule for both the CIA running guns to Nicaragua, and for the Narcos running Cocaine to America. This is an interesting part of recent American history, but at the end of the film, I find myself asking: what was the point?

The movie does a great job of informing its audience about the underhanded details of the operation. It is told from the point of view of Tom Cruise's Berry Seal. The main problem stems from having Berry as the protagonist of the story. A lot of the story he is just kind of going with the flow. CIA tells him to do this, he says "sure". Then the Narcos tell him to do something else, "fine". The focus isn't much on the suspense of him being caught in the crime, it is more on the escapism of imagining having all of this money and not knowing what to do with it. This can be entertaining, but after a while, the novelty wears off.

All the actors involved put in a good performance. The movie has good pacing, there doesn't feel like any time is wasted. And it has a unique, dark and cynical sense of humor about the whole thing.

A lot of people seem to like it, it just isn't for me. It is entertaining and informative. I simply found myself actively rooting against our main character. Made in the USA...huh, no thank you.