Tom Cruise and his eternal Maverick return, 35 years later, to take us back to flying stunt heaven.
At the start of Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise is silhouetted against the light, through a door that, when opened, reveals the glow of the Mojave desert: his character, Maverick, is there testing a prototype ultrasonic fighter. The iconic strength of this image refers to the closure of desert centaurs (1956), in which John Wayne dragged his limping figure through Monument Valley. Like John Ford’s film, the sequel to top gunstrengthens his discourse on the myth of a tragic hero, a man besieged by ghosts and traumas from the past.
The analogy between the cowboy and the aviator is fruitful: Wayne symbolized the survival of the values ​​of the American South and classic Hollywood cinema, while Cruise fights with determination and nobility to keep alive the flame of the block busteremerged in the 1970s. However, there is an important difference between the two legends: Wayne came to terms with old age to formulate one of the most emotional twilights in cinema, while Cruise has made his athletic and surgical battle against the time the litmus test of his impeccable professional ethics.
Cruise’s eternal youth drives a wedge between the new top gun and other rescue operations of eighties film milestones. Thus, while the revivalsfrom Indiana Jones, Rocky or starwars they put the accent on the idea of ​​the relay, Top Gun: Maverick places the “old young” hero at the center of all disputes. Cruise doesn’t seem to need heirs any more than he needs stuntmen: Watching him withstand violent G-forces is almost as exciting as watching Ethan Hunt’s memorable sprints.
With a plot that manages to re-edit most of the situations of the original film, Top Gun: Maverick he unequally distributes his desires for correction. On the one hand, he is careful not to reveal the name of the nation involved in a secret uranium enrichment project; however, in terms of gender equity, the film makes little effort to integrate women into its aeronautical plot. Ultimately, the new top gun – more interested in nostalgic fetishism than in the excess of testosterone of the original film – owes all its charm to Cruise’s indelible charisma. He is the real special effect of the movie.
For believers in the eternal youth of the eighties blockbuster
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DATA SHEET
Direction: Joseph Kosinski Distribution: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Val Kilmer Original title: Top Gun: Maverick Country: USA Year: 2022 Release date: 26–05-2022 Gender: Action Film script: Ehren Kruger, Eric Singer, Christopher McQuarrie Duration: 131 minutes
Synopsis: After more than 30 years of service as one of the Navy’s finest aviators, Pete “Mavericks” Mitchel (Tom Cruise) finds himself where he always wanted to be, pushing the limits as a fearless test pilot and dodging advancement in the ranks. that it would not let him fly by placing him on the ground. When he is training a group of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission, Maverick is there with Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his late friend “Goose”.
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