“American Made” (**1/2 out of four) was an engaging if superficial comedy set during the late 70’s and early 80’s about the true story of Barry Seale (Tom Cruise) who started out as a pilot and then gradually got involved in the lucrative world of drug smuggling and then subsequently began working as a runner for the C.I.A.! Director Doug Liman ably replicates the style and sweep of early period Martin Scorcese in telling a story that incorporates Ronald Reagan, Oliver North, and Pablo Escobar but much of this story you have seen before, in 2001’s “Blow” and even the more recent “War Dogs”. Cruise is aces as always and his effortless charisma still makes this worth watching.