Review of Top Gun (1955) by Mandela W — 14 Jan 2016

There is only one film other than Top Gun that I've seen that dealt with flightier pilots and that was stealth. The film was pretty good but nothing compared to this classic action picture. Top Gun is an superb blockbuster film that introduces the world to the life and high octane action of flying military flighter jets. Tom Cruise cemented his star status even further here in this awesome 86 classic.

Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a reckless but skilled pilot. Him and his buddy "Goose" get sent to the top gun academy for flightier pilots. There he meets the best of the best as well as a beautiful woman named Charlie whom he pursues a romance with. The movie chronicles Pete's time at the academy as he comes face to face with tough challenges as well as eventually coming face to face with real enemy danger.

Haven't seen a film of this kind in a long time. other than Stealth it reminds me of never back down and other films of that nature.quite the rebel is maverick with mad confidence. tom cruise did a really great job here. you always wondered what he'd do next in part of being rebellious. At the same time he's a kid who's really scared of being called a fraud or a mistake. very similar to Adonis creed in the movie Creed. you don't really care much for Kelly mcginnis here nor val kimer who just looks like a tool.

Technically it is really well shot. the visuals for the scenes up in the air where really ahead of its time and provided some old school thrills. good job by the late tony scott directing wise. the visual cinematography was excellent. Neat soundtrack though take my breath away wasn't that great to be honest. Sound design was really good. the aerial battle in the air at the end was pretty cool.

Overall really solid action picture. Definitely a tom cruise film you want to check out if you are looking back at his film history.