Top Gun: Maverick

Name: Top Gun: Maverick
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: May 27, 2022
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Bashir Salahuddin, Charles Parnell, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Glen Powell

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: May 27, 2022 | PG-13

Starring: Bashir Salahuddin, Charles Parnell, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Glen Powell, Jake Picking, Jay Ellis, Jean Louisa Kelly, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, Lyliana Wray, Manny Jacinto, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Raymond Lee, Roberta Sparta, Thomasin McKenzie, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer

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Received six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. See all awards and nominations.

Summary: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likesAfter more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.” Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.… Expand

Director: Joseph Kosinski

Genre(s): Action, Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 130 min

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Martin Carr

May 23, 2022

Beyond the perfectly poised storytelling, awe-inspiring visuals and pulsing soundtrack, Maverick also possesses another important intangible. It brings out a feeling that’s arguably been missing from the multiplex for too long, where you will literally be able to hear a pin drop. Read full review

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The Telegraph Robbie Collin

May 12, 2022

Thrilling, moving and gloriously Cruisey, Joseph Kosinski's sequel to the 1986 hit is unquestionably the best studio action film in years. Read full review

Trace Sauveur

May 25, 2022

This is the ideal example of a big summer blockbuster and one of the best legacy sequels we’ve ever gotten: a movie that knows how to move along and give you what you came for. Read full review

Ben Pearson

May 12, 2022

Cruise once referred to the '86 film as "an amusement park ride ... a joy ride [which] shouldn't be looked at beyond that," and for audiences who can watch "Top Gun: Maverick" through that lens and appreciate it as a piece of propulsive action cinema, this could end up being one of the most crowd-pleasing and satisfying movie experiences of the year. Read full review

CNET Richard Trenholm

May 12, 2022

Top Gun 2 reboots the original film's heart-pounding aerial action, infectiously cheesy character drama and don't-think-about-it-too-much military fetishism in a winning spectacle of cinematic escapism. Read full review

Dana Stevens

May 26, 2022

Even if you don’t harbor fond feelings for the 1986 Top Gun, a movie that upon its release was seen by many as a glamorized recruitment commercial for the Reagan-era military buildup, it’s hard not to appreciate the care that went into this lovingly tooled sequel—a far better film on the sheer level of craft than the original. Read full review

John Anderson

May 26, 2022

Top Gun: Maverick is not a dislikable movie, by any means: The cast is charming, the military stuff is convincing, the action sequences are, as intended, pretty astounding: In the proper theater (I saw it in IMAX) it will be a physical experience, literally, one that may lead to armrests being shredded by white-knuckling audiences in cinemas all over the world. But it’s also a little depressing, because of where it says movies are going, what it says about the lack of creativity making its way on screen, and what a precarious balance movie theaters are in. Read full review

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mickrussom

Jun 2, 2022

A rare sequel - this one is actually better than the original. If this was a stand alone movie it would be a seven/eight of ten. But as a sequel navigating the modern outrage mobs and other cantankerous spoilers and wreckers waiting in the wings to bring anything good down this thing is aA rare sequel - this one is actually better than the original. If this was a stand alone movie it would be a seven/eight of ten. But as a sequel navigating the modern outrage mobs and other cantankerous spoilers and wreckers waiting in the wings to bring anything good down this thing is a solid ten. Tom Cruise doesn't look almost 60, he is in unreal shape for any age, but the work and dieting he must put in to look like this at 59 is nothing short of amazing. There is less cheese than was in the first movie, the music is great, and to see these people grunting and huffing while pulling real g-force maneuvers in real airplanes is so great. Tom Cruise had to take a huge amount of abuse to make this a reality - you can see the actors in planes sweating and suffering tunnel vision and black outs and redouts. One must have a healthy respect for Tom Cruise for being one of the very very few in hollyweird that actually cares enough about his craft to put in the work. I hope this kicks off a new wave of serious remakes that can even outshine the original if done right and I hope this kicks off a new wave of movies that skip the idiotic computer generated trash and get back to practical effects like this movie. This is basically an 80's movie done right - take all the good music and good looking people, reduce the cheese and come up with an engaging multi-faceted multi-layered plot that develops emotion and take it to eleven on a scale of ten.… Expand

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memen

Sep 5, 2022

The movie was a must see. The acting, storyline, and cinematography were first rate. A good time for the entire family

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supermalik987

Jan 7, 2023

There only a few movie deserves the 10/10 and top gun is one of them . Since COVID most movie went to streaming or it's in computers for short amount of time then goes to streaming quickly. Four months this was in Cinema . If choose to see this in standard and not Imax or Dolby but mostlyThere only a few movie deserves the 10/10 and top gun is one of them . Since COVID most movie went to streaming or it's in computers for short amount of time then goes to streaming quickly. Four months this was in Cinema . If choose to see this in standard and not Imax or Dolby but mostly IMax . What are doing to self.… Expand

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brendenmp1

Jul 29, 2022

If someone watched the original top gun and asked "what would i want from a top gun sequel?" this has everything you'd have wanted. Great stuff. a must see in the theaters.

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Nargapo

Jun 13, 2022

One of the best cinema experience in years. Watch it in IMAX, you will not regret it!

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DaveOakenshield

Jun 18, 2022

A great sequel, better than the original easily. Absolutely awesome. Excellent cinematography. Best film I've seen in years!

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Wally242

Jan 15, 2023

Trite, completely predictable and when did Cruise become Yoda? Blah, blah and blah.