Air America is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
by Simon Brew | July 26, 2024
1990's Air America, starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr, is coming to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK this October.
An early film from the careers of Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr, 1990's Air America was a solid hit around the time of release, even if it never really set the world on fire. Sold heavily as an action comedy, it's set in the Vietnam War, and has a bit more weight to its message than the marketing may have initially put across. Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies) directs the film.
Still, it was never particularly well received on its initial release, even though the fighting sequences were singled out for praise. Now though, you get to assess or reassess the movie, depending on whether you've seen it before, thanks to a new 4K remaster.
Air America will be making its debut on the 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray format on 7th October in the UK. You can find more information on the release, and order yourself a copy, right here.
The disc will come with extra features, presumably courtesy of the Blu-ray that's also bundled in the box.
The extra features read as follows...
Revisiting Air America
Short Interviews with Cast and Crew
The Storyboards of Air America
Feature Clips
Flight Log
Making of Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Trailer 2024
Commentary by screenwriter John Eskow
The 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray of *Air America *is available to preorder now, and we'll leave you with the synopsis for the movie...
Set in the 1960s, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) is a big-city chopper pilot who reports traffic conditions for a radio station but ends up losing his license due to a traffic incident on the freeway. Longing to do some real flying, Billy is recruited by the government for a secret and safe (he thinks) civilian airline in Laos. Knowing that by agreeing to do it he'll get his license back, he signs up. Upon arrival in Laos, he soon befriends ace pilot Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson) and realises that Air America isn't quite what it seems, instead of transporting civilians, it's food, money, ammunition and napalm that are the real cargo and the pilots are risking their lives daily.