This review contains spoilers for “Top Gun: Maverick.”As it ushers in the summer movie season post-Memorial Day weekend, “Top Gun: Maverick” doesn’t break a lot of new ground for blockbusters, but that’s not really its mission.
This is a legacy sequel, here to entertain, hit familiar beats (even some from outside the franchise), and repackage the film that made Tom Cruise a global superstar for a new generation of moviegoers who are starved for human stories without superhero capes.
Simultaneously, it’s tasked with appeasing old-school fans who grew up with “Top Gun” and have aged along with Cruise and his titular pilot, Pete “Maverick”…The post Top Gun: Maverick Spoiler Review: Tom Cruise Flies the Legacy Sequel Route appeared first on /Film.
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