Director: Doug Liman
Actors: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons
Plot: The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.
Disc Release Date: 2 January 2018
American Made smuggles itself onto 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray with a blisteringly hot HEVC / H.265 encoded 2160p transfer. The UHD Blu-ray was reviewed on a Samsung UE55KS8000 Ultra HD TV and a Samsung UBD-K8500...
Even if you're not quite sure where you fall down on the visuals or the style adopted, there's absolutely no doubt about the quality of the audio, with a storming DTS:X immersive HD audio track founded...
Following the disappointing norm, American Made's Ultra HD Blu-ray disc itself remains bare bones, with none of the extras from the accompanying Blu-ray disc ported across. On the plus side there's a nice...
Doug Liman's re-teaming with Tom Cruise after the excellent Edge of Tomorrow is a very different animal, giving the star a genuine character to get his teeth into.American Made is the true story of ex-TWA...
Top Gun 2 may not be such a ridiculous idea American Made is that relatively rare production that manages to get Cruise to play an actual character, rather than a thinly veiled version of himself, and...
American Made's 2160p/HDR-enhanced presentation is sourced from an upscaled-from-2K digital intermediate, but even so the image soars above its Blu-ray counterpart, which is largely fine but unable to...
American Made's DTS:X soundtrack is made to dazzle. It's an incredible listen, offering plenty of overhead engagement and wonderfully defined sound elements. Music delivers exceptional clarity, width and...
American Made contains a few featurettes and several deleted scenes on the bundled Blu-ray; the no extras are included on the UHD disc. A digital copy cod is included with purchase. Deleted Scenes (1080p,...
Director Doug Liman's (The Bourne Identity) American Made is "based on" the story of Barry Seal, a man whose career as a TWA pilot took an interesting turn -- and dozens more -- after taking on a job flying...
American Made is a fun movie that walks that fine line between taking itself seriously and bordering on total frivolity. It's a film based on a true story but that unapologetically takes plenty of liberties...
The wildly fascinating crime bio-drama smuggles a fantastic and somewhat intoxicating HEVC H.265 encode into Ultra HD territory. Director Doug Liman and cinematographer César Charlone shot the entire film...
The 4K Ultra HD features the same awesomely gratifying DTS:X soundtrack heard on its Blu-ray counterpart. The surrounds are continuously kept busy with a variety of atmospherics while many of those effects...
All the same supplements are ported over from previous home video releases, which can be read in more detail in our review of the standard Blu-ray HERE....
Doug Liman's American Made is the outrageously insane, unbelievable true story of a commercial airline pilot flying reconnaissance missions in South America for the CIA. That pilot, Barry Seal (Tom Cruise),...
Doug Liman's American Made is the outrageously insane, unbelievable true story of commercial airline pilot Barry Seal flying reconnaissance missions in South America for the CIA. With another excellent...