Movie · Action · Comedy

It is 1969 and the Vietnam War is raging. Air America is a clandestine organisation that drops supplies over Laos, the neighbouring country. After losing his job, Billy Covington, a brilliant helicopter pilot from California, is recruited by the CIA and lands at Long Tien, the secret Air America base. He is welcomed by veteran Gene Ryan who shows him the ropes. Billy then discovers that his new colleagues are getting rich through a variety of schemes. One of them tries to escape an investigation by planting packets of drugs in Billy's plane. Suddenly, guerrillas attack the base. Hundreds of civilians are caught in the crossfire.

1990 · 1h 52m

Trailers

Related

Cast & Crew

About

Air America

Action

It is 1969 and the Vietnam War is raging. Air America is a clandestine organisation that drops supplies over Laos, the neighbouring country. After losing his job, Billy Covington, a brilliant helicopter pilot from California, is recruited by the CIA and lands at Long Tien, the secret Air America base. He is welcomed by veteran Gene Ryan who shows him the ropes. Billy then discovers that his new colleagues are getting rich through a variety of schemes. One of them tries to escape an investigation by planting packets of drugs in Billy's plane. Suddenly, guerrillas attack the base. Hundreds of civilians are caught in the crossfire.

TOMATOMETER
Average 3.5
Reviews 17
Fresh 2
Rotten 15

Information

Studio
Lionsgate
Released
1990
Run Time
1 hr 52 min
Rated
R
Region of Origin
United States
© 1990 StudioCanal Image S.A. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, French
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), French (France)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.