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Top Gun: Maverick
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- 2022
- Joseph Kosinski
- 130 mins
- 12
Summary
Action drama sequel starring Tom Cruise. US Navy fighter pilot Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is tasked with urgently training a cohort of young hotshots, in order to undertake a near-impossible mission and neutralise a dangerous enemy of the state. Assailed by problems both professional and personal, can Maverick stay on course and live to fight another day?
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A star rating of 3 out of 5.
Jeremy Aspinall
Tony Scott's Top Gun, a feel-good flag-waver about hotshot fighter pilots, cemented Tom Cruise's superstar credentials in the 80s. Its rah-rah storyline, soaring aerial sequences, buff cast and hit soundtrack (including Oscar winner Take My Breath Away) proved a potent box-office draw. There's no chart-topping song in this pandemic-delayed sequel, but Cruise is back as an older but not necessarily wiser Pete "Maverick" Mitchell. His stalled naval career is revived when he's assigned to his former stomping ground to train up the US Navy's brashest and best for a dangerous mission. There are plenty of callbacks to the 1986 original - breathtaking aeronautics; sun-drenched vistas; Cruise on a motorbike; even a riff on the shirtless volleyball game - while the tragic death of old pal Goose returns to haunt Maverick when his wingman's resentful son (Miles Teller) arrives for duty. Inevitably, it's the action in the air that dominates, leaving little for the rest of the cast to do (Jennifer Connelly's old flame included), although the scene between Maverick and old rival Iceman (Val Kilmer) is genuinely moving. If you love Top Gun, you'll love Maverick, but as a retread, it's no Mission: Impossible.
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rolenamePete "Maverick" MitchellTom CruisePenny BenjaminJennifer ConnellyTom "Iceman" KazanskyVal KilmerBradley "Rooster" BradshawMiles TellerJake "Hangman" SeresinGlen PowellBeau "Cyclone" SimpsonJon HammRear AdmiralEd HarrisBernie "Hondo" ColemanBashir SalahuddinNatasha "Phoenix" TraceMonica BarbaroRobert "Bob" FloydLewis Pullman"Warlock"Charles ParnellMickey "Fanboy" GarciaDanny RamirezReuben "Payback" FitchJay EllisSara KazanskyJean Louisa KellyFritzManny Jacinto
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rolenameDirectorJoseph Kosinski
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Theatrical distributor
Paramount
Released on
2022-05-27
Languages
English
Guidance
Violence, swearing, a sex scene
Formats
Colour
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