The billboard is complicated, many films are released suddenly after the return to supposed normality and it is usually one or two titles that take the lead in terms of publicity and huge profits. The current blockbuster dominates the media and monopolizes popular taste. It is difficult to unseat ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ from number 1 in the ranking – there ‘Five Wolves’ remains in second place at the box office with the best grossing per copy -, and an expected title is already taking over which addresses the current excessive exploitation of nostalgia by the cultural industries, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, sequel to the hit starring the immortal Tom Cruise in the mid-80s. A film that stood out in its day for its exacerbated romanticism and the pull of the protagonist cast, with the star of ‘Cocktail’ at the helm, after ‘Risky Business’, ‘Rebeldes’ and ‘Legend’, coinciding in time with ‘ The color of money’. ‘Top Gun (Idols of the Air)’ ended up catapulting the career of one of the few, if not the only, actors from an era that no longer exists who continues to attract viewers to theaters. All the more reason for such a brilliant star, a veteran despite him, to return to his glorious role more than three decades later, which is said to be soon. In this continuation they have not counted on their former partner in fiction, Kelly McGillis, still active, nor with the overshadowed Meg Ryan, an issue that has generated some controversy on the networks. This time Jennifer Connelly provides the sentimental feminine touch, who was barely sixteen years old when the beginning of what could become a succulent saga was released.
‘Top Gun (Idols of the Air)’ was directed by the remembered Tony Scott, an interesting filmmaker within the framework of commercial cinema at that time, who left us too soon. This unexpected sequel is dedicated to his figure, whose command is taken by Joseph Kosinski, accepting a clear commission after discreetly signing titles such as ‘Oblivion’, where he coincided with Cruise, or ‘Tron: Legacy’, his debut in long format. ‘Heroes from Hell’ suited him better, where he collaborated with Connelly. His job in the premiere at hand is to give polish to a minimal plot that serves as an excuse to display spectacular scenes, especially in its final section, the best of the set (which includes, of course, its protagonist running like the devil ). To reach the tense climax, with breathtaking aerial shots, you have to go through a series of pastel sequences that define the tormented and rebellious character of Cruise’s role, emotionally affected by the memory of ghosts from the past. Friends who are no longer here, but his descendants are, with whom he interacts at a military base where he acts as a tutor for a group of young pilots. The relief must face a suicide mission for which, apparently, they are not prepared.
Before arriving with his fighters at the target and bombing it, located in a “rebellious state”, as described, with which there is no flag and possible ideological slippages are shaken off, Cruise behaves like a teenager with the things of love. , recalling some scenes from the eighties film. Nostalgia is very present, it is the driving force for the viewer and the reason for the project’s existence. Shots are replicated that inevitably refer to the original work, especially by pressing the accelerator on the motorcycle. Of course, Cruise is not wearing a helmet and cuts the wind with an incomprehensible smile, unlike his attitude on board the plane. Apart from some Instagram moment on the beach, where the main characters show off their bodies well under the sun, perhaps the most emotional moment of the film is Maverick’s meeting with Iceman, read Val Kilmer, especially if we have seen ‘Val’, the documentary dedicated to the latter recently released on Filmin. The simplicity of the conflict and the synthesis of the story in general is the greatest virtue of a premiere co-starring Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Charles Parnell, Bashir Salahuddin, Monica Barbaro and Ed Harris, among other faces totally surrendered to the accused.
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