The film stars two Oscar winners.
Our TV movie picks tonight (Tuesday 9th April) are American airlinesis a 1990 buddy action comedy starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr.
“Even though his Los Angeles pilot's license has just been revoked, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) is still employed by American Airlines, a covert airline operated by the CIA in Laos,” plot The introduction reads.
“He soon discovers he’s been tasked with secretly transporting illegal cargo into and out of Southeast Asia, and his co-pilot will be Wild Flying’s Gene Riker (Mel Gibson).
“But the two hot-tempered pilots got into an argument when Covington began to express doubts about the moral dubiousness of their actions.”
Despite disappointing box office and critical reviews upon release – with many taking issue with the film's attempt to build a comedy around dark themes – Robert Downey Jr.'s recent success with Marvel and Oppenheimer has given people There has been some re-evaluation of past American Airlines over the past few years.
Notably, the film is also where Downey Jr. and Gibson met, and the two have maintained a close friendship that continues to this day—Downey Jr. even recently won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Oppenheimer Gibson was thanked in his award speech.
American Airlines will air on the channel's TV tonight legend 9 pm. Also available to rent on Apple TV+.
You can watch the movie trailer here:
Alita: Battle Angel – Movie 4 – 9pm
This fantastic sci-fi blockbuster, set in the distant future on Earth, tells the story of a cyborg (Rosa Salazar) who wakes up in a new body with no memory of her past and begins to rebuild her past. Discover your destiny.
Krays – ITV4 – 9pm
The critically acclaimed '90s crime drama stars real-life brothers and Spandau Ballet members Gary and Martin Kemp as British gangster twins Ronald Kemp. Ronald Kray and Reginald Kray.
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol – Comedy Central – 9 p.m.
The fourth installment in the police comedy series.
Molly’s Game – BBC Two – 11.15pm
Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”) makes his directorial debut with this biographical crime thriller about a woman (Jessica Chastain) who finds herself in trouble after her underground poker empire is exposed.
Desperados – Movie 4 – 11.25pm
Antonio Banderas stars in this incredible neo-western as a mysterious man in Mexico who seeks revenge on the drug lord who killed his lover.
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