Top Gun: Maverick / Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

The first Top Gun film, released in 1986, made an impression on the viewer. Air battles on planes and a huge portion of humor made the film a box office success. It was considered good manners if the first Top Gun was in the VCR owner's video library. The second film, Top Gun: Maverick / Top Gun: Maverick (2022), repeated the success of the first. This can be seen in the box office and IMDb ratings. There is no desire to add a film to the video library. Because there are many nuances.

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - Tom Cruise pulled into the TOP

 

Yes, the merit of the main character, Pete Mitchell, nicknamed Maverick (Tom Cruise), is undeniable here. The actor did a great job. Like he did in Mission: Impossible, Oblivion, or Edge of Tomorrow. In a word, professional. Every scene with him is perfect. You look - you believe, like Stanislavsky. It's a shame that the other members of the cast couldn't perform as well as the main character.

 

A pleasant moment in the film is the complete absence of the “fashion trend of the West”. No, the so-called tolerance, where there are scenes from the LGBT. In Top Gun: Maverick, men love women and women love men. And that's great. It is clear that the film is not for a one-time viewing. And made, like the first Top Gun for centuries.

There is no Russophobia and bias towards third world countries. In general, in the film, except for the United States, the names of other states are not mentioned. Thanks to this, Top Gun: Maverick (2022) is guaranteed to be allowed to be viewed in all countries of the world. Of course, there is a subtext in the form:

 

• Aircraft of the 5th generation. We perfectly understand in what direction this hint.
• Eastern country with a nuclear program. Again, everything is clear at once.

 

Due to the lack of political background, racial discrimination and homophobia, the film turned out to be very interesting. Shootings of flights on military planes and dogfights look especially cool. Indeed, the director managed to convey the atmosphere in full. This is not to say that the film Top Gun: Maverick is watched in one breath. But all the scenes where there are planes in the air are very exciting.

Why Top Gun: Maverick won't repeat the success of Top Gun 1

 

The first Top Gun is associated with the "Police Academy". After all, most of the scenes that the viewer remembers are jokes and good American humor. Serious moments have long faded from memory. And Top Gun: Maverick is more of an action movie with drama. No humor. And the picture, except for flying on airplanes, evokes boredom. There are even moments with long chatter that just want to rewind. By the way, the movie is 2 hours long. And if you remove the extra chatter about nothing, then you could easily fit into 1.5 hours. And even less.

Plus, they screwed up the plot a lot. Especially with the hijacking of an enemy military aircraft. In social networks, this moment is fiercely discussed by the audience. This is not possible for any country. But, if you remember the latest "Fast and the Furious", then in Top Gun: Maverick it's still somehow believable.

Overall, Top Gun: Maverick is good. A must see for all Tom Cruise fans. Well, fans of the first Top Gun. At least for air combat. They are unrealistically cool and exciting. It can be seen that the studio was not greedy for filming. With a budget of 170 million US dollars, worldwide fees have already exceeded $ 1.5 billion. In 2 weeks of screenings, in the United States, the film collected 662 million, beating "Titanic" (659 million). And this is already an indicator of the significance of the film at the box office.