Images of Tom Cruise flying a plane may conjure up Top Gun memories, but American Made is cut from a different mold.

In the Universal Pictures film based on a true story, Tom plays Barry Seal, a 1980’s TWA pilot who gets recruited by the CIA to run a huge covert operation. We see Barry crash-land a plane in a quiet suburban neighborhood. As he gets out covered in cocaine, he tells onlookers, “You never saw me.”

In a voiceover, he says, “I was running drugs for the CIA, the DEA and Pablo Escobar.”

Watch the trailer below:

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Tom reunites with Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman for the new thriller. In an interview with AOL.com, Doug said that viewers should prepare to see him as the “anti-hero.” He said, “It’s a side of Tom that other filmmakers don’t really chase … I’m interested in that because it’s not something that he does normally.”

The director shared that the 54-year-old takes chances many actors don’t. He said:

“Honestly, the most fearless thing about Tom are the things that he’s willing to do on a character level on screen. He’s willing to go for it. He has this huge international brand to protect and he jumps in with this reckless abandon and that’s really refreshing. Other actors I’ve worked with that are huge movie stars are way more guarding of their brand.”

The flick was filmed in Colombia, and made headlines in 2015 when a plane carrying crew members crashed, tragically killing two and injuring a third.

American Made also stars Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Domhnall Gleeson, Lola Kirke, Jayma Mays and Caleb Landry Jones, and will hit theaters on September 29, 2017.