You're here for the cowboy antics, shirtless beach sports, and close calls with multi-million-dollar aircrafts - which Top Gun: Maverick delivers without all those messy storytelling complexities. Plotlines thicken with the speed of quick-drying cement, because Top Gun: Maverick is the butteriest type of popcorn entertainment. Glen Powell’s "Hangman" is the hot-shot that reminds of Maverick's in-flight cockiness, and so comparisons continue. As Penny Benjamin, Jennifer Connelly steps comfortably into the role of Maverick's ex-fling and rekindled romantic interest, replacing Kelly McGillis’ Charlie with nary a mention. Miles Teller as Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, the son of Anthony Edwards’ “Goose,” is the spitting image of his late on-screen father, from his piano rendition of "Great Balls of Fire" to his bushy caterpillar mustache.
It's the Top Gun sequel purists will crave. Familiarity is the name of the introduction, as Maverick finds himself an instructor amongst ace Top Gun graduates summoned back by commanding officer "Cyclone" (Jon Hamm) for what's assumed to be one notch below a suicide mission. Cruise is still fearless, showing that same giddiness inside a cockpit, and his character finds himself sent back to Top Gun after pissing off yet another admiral (played by Ed Harris) who can't believe Captain Maverick lives to fly another day.
Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is still the same rule-breaker 30 years later, who we meet breaking protocol and defying orders for a special operation that's about to be canned. Top Gun: Maverick can't help but indulge the original film's emphasis on soap opera drama without any wasted time. The iconic title theme guitar riff wails within seconds and takes our proverbial breath away. Women are no longer relegated to solely being love interests, and someone installed an air conditioner in Fightertown, USA - yet none of the renegade attitudes, forced overdramatics, and aerial thrills throttle backward. The original Top Gun rarely took itself seriously amidst all the sweaty co-pilot homoeroticism, and the same goes for Top Gun: Maverick outside a few modern tweaks.
Every scene drips with the neon-yellow cheesiness that makes Tony Scott's beloved flyboy action flick so tasty. The spirit of the ‘80s soars sky-high in Joseph Kosinski's Top Gun: Maverick.
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