Tony Scott's "Top Gun" took over the world in 1986, successfully launching Tom Cruise as one of our greatest movie superstars and for better or for worse, showed Hollywood a viable, profitable way to collaborate with the U.S. Military in studio filmmaking. Despite the large time gap between the original film and its sequel, "Top Gun: Maverick," the franchise has maintained its cultural relevance and has become one of 2022's greatest success stories. It's not just any blockbuster, it's an encapsulation of Cruise's enduring legacy as a Hollywood icon and a nostalgic return to a different era of blockbuster cinema.
Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, the devil-may-care bad boy protagonist of "Top Gun" is as much a symbol of Cruise's Hollywood persona as he is a compelling action-movie archetype. Maverick is a chaotic good, doing what must be done with no regard for the rules. Even when he is punished for...
Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, the devil-may-care bad boy protagonist of "Top Gun" is as much a symbol of Cruise's Hollywood persona as he is a compelling action-movie archetype. Maverick is a chaotic good, doing what must be done with no regard for the rules. Even when he is punished for...
- 12/8/2022
- by Tyler Llewyn Taing
- Slash Film
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