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| Top Gun (1986) promotional still featuring Tom Cruise |
This month we
take a brief look at producer Jerry Bruckheimer’s Top Gun duo (1986 & 2022).
Reviews:
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Top Gun (1986) poster
Top Gun (1986)
Maverick (Tom
Cruise) is a talented but dangerous fighting pilot, who due to a series of
events is appointed to the title’s select division team, where he will fall in
love with teacher Charlie (Kelly McGillis), besides her student’s risk-taking
approach to flying.
Surprisingly for
a film directed by Tony Scott [True
Romance (1993)], and despite the numerous accolades it received upon its
release (it was nominated for four Oscars and won one of them – namely for the
‘Take My Breath Away’ song that is heard an enormous amount of times throughout
the whole picture), not to mention the fact that it ‘cleaned’ the box-office
(it went on to gross $357.3 million, on a budget of a mere $15 million,
becoming a blockbuster phenomenon that turned aviation into a cool thing), this
slow talk-fest is basically about a couple falling in love. Other than the
grand finale that involves a bit of aircraft action, this is very boring, and
is only somewhat salvaged by its many unintentionally homoerotic themes,
including plenty of sweaty shirtless men.
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Top Gun: Maverick (2022) poster
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
After all these
years of flying and building an impressive track record, Maverick (Tom Cruise)
should rank higher in the aviation field, but due to his stubbornness and a
series of other unfortunate events take him back to the Top Gun division, this
time as a teacher and finally leader of a special mission.
Directed by
Joseph Kosinski [Tron (2010)], this
is hands down a better picture than the original, toning down the romance
(although it is not entirely absent, it is thankfully not at the focus of the
story) and gambling heavily on the action (the finale in particular, is
breathtaking), as things should not have been different with its massive $170
million budget (I still don’t understand how this appeals to mass audiences as
it grossed more than $1.4 billion). The only thing that is worse than in the
first film is the soundtrack, which is only salvaged when the previous themes
and songs are recycled.
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