Hey everyone, one of my most anticipated films of the past few years - TOP GUN: MAVERICK - has finally released in theatres. I'm a fan of the first Top Gun and have absolutely LOVED the trailers for this film, so I've been eagerly awaiting this film. Is it a worthy sequel? Find out in this review.
Top Gun: Maverick:
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Screenplay by: Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie
Story by: Peter Craig and Justin Marks
Based on Characters Created by: Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison
Executive Producers: Tommy Harper, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Chad Oman, Mike Stenson
Music by: Lorne Balfe, Harold Faltermeyer, Hans Zimmer
Cinematography by: Claudio Miranda
Film Editing by: Eddie Hamilton
Casting by: Denise Chamian
Production Design by: Jeremy Hindle
Cast: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer
Synopsis: After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.