Review of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) by 43In2014 — 27 May 2022
The short review: This has the best jet fighter action scenes in a film, EVER. The human drama part, however, falls a bit short. Related media: I have seen the original Top Gun film on TV numerous times. That film likely had the best jet fighter action scenes in a film back then too, and the human drama part also fell a bit short back then too.
Positives:
1) All the jet fighter scenes are genuinely, top of the class! 2) The sound effects and the special effects are really top notch!
3) The excuse used to feature the F-14 fighter in the film in a major way, when no F-14 is allowed to fly anymore, in the military or by the public, is CLEVER.
Negatives: 1) (This is hinted at in the trailer, so it’s not spoiler.) It has been some 35 years since the events in the original film. Surely the grief over the death of Goose should be over by now? This part is rather unrealistic. I know there’s more to it, but still….
2) The past relationship between Maverick and new flame was hinted at, but not covered much in this film. This coincided with a slow part of the film, thus making this part feel poor.
3) The original film had two great original songs. The songs in this film are not great.
4) (This is hinted at in the trailer, so it’s not a spoiler.) The top enemy fighter plane is obviously the Russian Su-57 (Felon), yet the film makes all attempts to call it the ‘fifth generation fighter’ rather than its real name, all the time, such that the film distributor can sell the film to the Russian market. That’s silly! Considering the banning of such sales following the Russo-Ukrainian war, that’s all for nought! Pilots would not use so many words to describe the fighter. As with the original Top Gun film, where the enemy fighter was given the fictitious name, Mig-28, here the fighter should also had been given a fictitious name, like ‘Firefox’.
Children: Excellent.
Teens: Excellent.
Young adults: Excellent.
Medium-age adults: Excellent.
Older adults: Good. My rating: 4/5 (no half scores). Definitely watch it in the cinema.
This review of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) was written by 43In2014 on 27 May 2022.
Top Gun: Maverick has generally received very positive reviews.
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