Film No. 41 (2022) May 31st. 4:30 PM HOYTS CINEMAS, VMax 2 Karrinyup.
"With all due respect sir, I'm not a teacher. I just want to manage expectations!" (Capt Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell lets Admiral Simpson know how he views his role as mentor to the squadron).
It is rare for a sequel to meet the standards set by its predecessor, but MAVERICK does. I say meets because it's one brave person who definitively says MAVERICK is better than TOP GUN (1986), the original. The Bruckheimer/Simpson production stable are the masters of the glossy, action film, fairy story. MAVERICK never tries to be more than the original, and Tom Cruise simply steals the show. Then again, if he didn't, MAVERICK would be bombing!
I'm not going to bore you with an insight into unoriginal tale telling of the Bruckheimer variety. TOP GUN was all about testosterone charged men vying for top spot while getting the girl .... MAVERICK is all about much of the same; including a woman flyer and Tom returning as the old bloke who knows it all and has a need to prove it. Oh, and to get the girl, Jennifer Connolly.
The gloss that represents the pallet of a Bruckheimer/Simpson film using 2022 cinema technology, along with Tom, shines in MAVERICK. The clean cut handsomeness of Miles Teller (Rooster), Glen Powell(Hangman), Monica Barbaro (Pheonix) and Jennifer Connolly(Penny) along with simple sentence dialogue ("I don't sailboats, I land on them") has the box-office buzzing. The Lady Ga Ga hit Hold My Hand is helping to fuel the fire that is MAVERICK!
Go find the biggest screen. Buy popcorn in a bucket and strap yourself into a seat moulded to your butt and back. Don't think, just watch (you'll know what I mean). There were groans when the making of this sequel was announced twelve years ago. Paramount has endured the end of the GFC, COVID and the nay-sayers to watch with pride as MAVERICK opened with a $100M weekend (Tom Cruise's first). It's taken $250M worldwide as I type ... go join the queue. 9GUMS.
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