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‘American Made’ Review: Tom Cruise’s Bright, Bland, Shiny, Shallow, Anti-Reagan Lie
breitbart.com ^ | 9/29/2017 | John Nolte

Posted on 09/29/2017 9:44:00 AM PDT by rktman

In real life, Barry Seal was a TWA pilot fired in 1972 after being charged with smuggling plastic explosives into Mexico.

In the movie, Barry Seal is a too-cool-for-school iconoclast who quits TWA, just up and walks away from a passenger plane on the tarmac, because he speaks for the everyman who can no longer stand the rote boredom and suffocating conformity of corporate life.

In real life, Barry Seal flew tons of cocaine into America for various drug lords, including Pablo Escobar. It was only after he was busted that he began working for the DEA as an informant.

In the movie, Barry Seal is recruited by the CIA. Then, on America’s behalf, he has an awesome time photographing communist guerillas in South and Central America, smuggling illegal guns to Ronald Reagan’s secret Contra army, and even smuggling the Contras themselves into Arkansas so they can be trained and equipped to destroy the communist scourge. Oh, and he works for Pablo Escobar.

In real life, Barry Seal was an overweight slob who buried his fellow Americans in the poison of drugs; who did not care enough about his family to even enter the witness protection program.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: americanmade; hollyweird; movies; scientology; thetans; xenu
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AWESOMENESS EH? Making heroes out of scumbags. Cruz must be hurtin'. Is he financing this POS movie? Guess barry ending up with a few rounds in him in Baton Rouge was a message to someone. Wonder if the soon to be released teddy kennedy will try to make a hero out of teddy. Another laughable character by cruz. Jack reacher. In the books, Jack is about 6'4-5" and 225+. Tommy boy's gonna need some higher lifts for those roles. Chances of seeing this? ZERO!
1 posted on 09/29/2017 9:44:00 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman

Not on my list of “want to see” movies. My boyfriend isn’t a Tom Cruise fan either so I doubt he’ll want to see it.


2 posted on 09/29/2017 9:49:00 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: rktman

I’m sure they left out his Operation 40 activities and had Bush Sr’s phone number in his wallet when he got mowed down.


3 posted on 09/29/2017 9:49:40 AM PDT by Despot of the Delta
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To: rktman

Has he quit Scientology yet?


4 posted on 09/29/2017 9:50:05 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Barry seal? LOL! Oh you meant tommy boy. Not that I’m aware of but it’s possible that ‘that’ was the cause for Katie and Nicole to bail. Guess they didn’t want to sign a billion year contract with rlh and the seaorg. ;-)


5 posted on 09/29/2017 9:53:56 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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I won’t be seeing this and sending my money to Scientology and their sick leader David Miscavige.


6 posted on 09/29/2017 9:55:49 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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could be his lowest opening ever, he’s not doing press for it...citing complications from his injury on Mission Impossible 6


7 posted on 09/29/2017 9:55:55 AM PDT by drewh
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A guy that worked for me had to accompany some site advance people on one of his movies. He said they were angry about something and continually referred to him as, “f’ing midget.”


8 posted on 09/29/2017 9:57:20 AM PDT by Yogafist
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LOL! You must have been watching Leah too. Funny thing is, in one pic, Tom towers over mis-cabbage. It is an interesting series but like with most anything on tv, several pounds of salt needs to be on standby.


9 posted on 09/29/2017 10:03:28 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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Ruh Roh! I think the appropriate terminology today is “F’ing little person.” ;0


10 posted on 09/29/2017 10:05:15 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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“It was only after he was busted that he began working for the DEA as an informant.”

Oh sure, he just installed all those spy cameras in his plane by himself.


11 posted on 09/29/2017 10:05:31 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Leah has a great show but it just reinforces things I already thought about Scientology.


12 posted on 09/29/2017 10:07:52 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, conservative by principle.)
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Barry Seal was an overweight slob who buried his fellow Americans in the poison of drugs; who did not care enough about his family to even enter the witness protection program.

Yeah, but that story doesn't fill theaters.

13 posted on 09/29/2017 10:08:07 AM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: rktman

And to think, that’s Hollywood.


14 posted on 09/29/2017 10:08:26 AM PDT by Yogafist
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To: rktman
Nope. Not seeing the likeness.


15 posted on 09/29/2017 10:10:38 AM PDT by al_c (LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
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To: Yogafist

I know right?


16 posted on 09/29/2017 10:11:00 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: Hodar

Think I will pass on this one after all.


17 posted on 09/29/2017 10:19:41 AM PDT by zlala
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We’ve had L’il Marco, Crooked Hillary, and Lying Ted...now we have Phony Tom!

Won’t be pissing away any of my money on his crap!


18 posted on 09/29/2017 10:24:38 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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“f’ing midget.”

Well, that is certainly a telling epithet. Imagine, a short guy! Who the hell does he think he is, anyway?
19 posted on 09/29/2017 10:25:21 AM PDT by jobim
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To: rktman

why not have a fictional name? The rest of the flick is fiction


20 posted on 09/29/2017 10:25:48 AM PDT by morphing libertarian (Imprison Obama, Clintons, Holder, lynch now.)
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