Review of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) by Kamiyou — 29 May 2022
In the original Top Gun, Pete "Maverick" Mitchell wasn't perfect. In this movie, he is.
This movie relentlessly builds the character up into an infallible, extremely boring superhero, who gets second chances for anything and everything. The new generation of pilots that should surpass and replace a man past his physical prime isn't even allowed to come close to him. Also, nepotism is OK when it benefits Maverick, for some reason.
The original movie, so often dismissed as "dumb Reaganite bombast", had characters who were at least human. Interesting at times. Definitely not fit for real military service, but good for a story. Top Gun Maverick is much sillier and less believable than its forebear.
This review of Top Gun: Maverick (2022) was written by Kamiyou on 29 May 2022.
Top Gun: Maverick has generally received very positive reviews.
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