Obviously, having watched Siddharth Anand’s Fighter, first day first show, last weekend was dedicated to rewatching Top Gun (1986) and Top Gun: Maverick (2022). Here’s how Fighter, starring Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone, fared in comparison to the Tom Cruise-headlined Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick. Not Glen Powell’s Hangman, Mike Teller’s Rooster or Monica Barbaro’s Phoenix in Top Gun: Maverick matches up to the original. Top Gun: Maverick does have some great songs but it’s the original film’s tunes used in the sequel that still stays with you. It is the introduction of the personal angle between Rooster and Maverick that gave Top Gun: Maverick the edge over the original.

Source: The Telegraph February 01, 2024 11:28 UTC