Top Gun: Maverick tells you exactly what it is in the first couple of minutes. Tom Cruise is back as Maverick, who has been dodging promotions in the U.S. Navy so he can remain a pilot as a captain. The parts where Maverick is training the new students are the highlight of the movie because the scenes in the jets are a visual spectacle. It’s just a shame that the scenes that don’t involve someone flying a jet are of flat characters and a by-the-numbers romantic subplot. The flight scenes range from good to great and everything else is mediocre, apart from one scene with Val Kilmer reprising his role as Iceman.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 12, 2022 01:43 UTC