gforce762 Review of Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

A FUN, BUT CLICHE FILLED AND TOTALLY FORGETABLE FILM

[6/10 · 27 June 2022]

Oh where to begin. The fun of TOP GUN is there, and that is about it. The cliches start right from the beginning. Yes Maverick is going to break the rules. Yes he will be a dressing down. Yes he will bounce back to be an instructor, because he is the "best" that the Navy has to offer. Yes he will disobey orders and be insubordinate but get away with it because the Admiral (a shell of his former self) will cover for him. Yes he will have a fight with Rooster, conveniently, Goose's son who still blames Maverick for his father's death and holding back at the Academy. Yes he will prove that the "impossible" mission (sorry wrong series) can be done. Yes, he will be named Team Leader of this mission. Yes, he will choose Rooster as his wing man, etc, etc, etc. And oh by way, if the enemy has these so called "Fifth Generation Fighters" why would they have a museum piece like an F14 just sitting in a hanger, fully fueled and armed to the teeth? I am willing to bet that in 6 months, no one will ever remember seeing this film.