American Made 2 The Panama Job (2026)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas
History dictates that he perished in a nondescript parking lot. The Central Intelligence Agency maintains he was a phantom, a rogue asset who never truly existed. But Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) is still soaring, defying the official narrative, and the intense turbulence of his life is merely accelerating. American Made 2: The Panama Job tears away the layers of the ultimate government cover-up, revealing that the highly publicized 1986 assassination was, in fact, a meticulously staged extraction. The purpose? To relocate the Agency’s favorite, yet thoroughly unpredictable, wild card to a brand new and far more dangerous playground.
Tom Cruise returns, bringing back his signature infectious smile, rugged charm, and the reckless audacity that made the first film a hit. However, this time, the geopolitical stakes are significantly higher, and the playing field is exponentially deadlier. Relocated to the tropical heat and political chaos of Panama under a freshly minted identity, Barry is covertly assigned to “manage” the notoriously volatile General Manuel Noriega. Simultaneously, he must maintain his true mission: secretly running sophisticated weapon shipments for a shadowy and highly influential faction of the American government.
In this perilous new chapter, Barry finds he is not navigating the labyrinthine conspiracies alone. Miles Teller joins the chaotic crew as a brash, hotshot young smuggler, a pilot whose ego makes him genuinely believe he can outfly and outsmart the master of aerial logistics, Barry Seal. Adding a critical layer of intrigue is Ana de Armas, playing a sharp, double-crossing intelligence operative. She is perhaps the only individual within this complex web of deception who possesses a higher strategic IQ than Barry. Her involvement complicates the already volatile mission, introducing a constant element of doubt and questioning the true loyalties in a world where trust is a commodity more valuable than cocaine or guns.
From skillfully dodging the relentless, lingering hitmen dispatched by Pablo Escobar’s vengeful cartel to navigating the unpredictable and often violent chaos of the subsequent US invasion of Panama, Barry Seal is back where he belongs: firmly in the cockpit. Packed wall to wall with adrenaline pumping aerial stunts, sharp, biting political satire, and levels of outrageous, deep-seated corruption, The Panama Job serves as the definitive proof that for certain men of action, the sky is not the limit to their escapades, but rather the perfect, unassailable hideout.