Maverick

The first verdicts on the long-awaited Top Gun sequel Top Gun: Maverick are in – and fans have reason to be excited.The forthcoming thriller, which sees Tom Cruise reprise the role of ace fighter pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, has been heralded by reviewers as an improvement on the 1986 original.Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Ed Harris and Val Kilmer also feature alongside Cruise.In a four-star review for The Independent, Clarisse Loughrey writes: “Top Gun: Maverick really isn’t packed with the…

In the original Top Gun film, Tom Cruise famously coined the line, “I feel the need… the need for speed.” And now, with stories coming out about the filming of the decades-late sequel Top Gun: Maverick, it seems the list of things Tom Cruise needs could be expanded to include “some chill and perspective.” In a move that even the Navy’s adviser dubbed “crazy,” Cruise insisted actors get into an F-18 going top flight speed and perform their scenes on day one of filming. In the movie, Cruise’s Maverick gets called back to…

Actor Miles Teller says he was nervous to be a part of Top Gun: Maverick as he had "big shoes" to fill when superstar Tom Cruise picked him up to play the son of a beloved character in the franchise. (Also read: Top Gun Maverick trailer: Tom Cruise zooms in a fighter jet to May 27 release date. Watch)Maverick is a much-awaited follow-up to the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, which changed Cruise's life and career, making him an overnight Hollywood heartthrob for his performance as suave and daring US Navy aviator Pete…

In the first Top Gun in 1986 – that anti-Strangelove cold war classic – the US Navy’s fighter pilot Lt Pete “Maverick” Mitchell gets accused of letting his ego write cheques his body can’t cash. But with the sequel, it’s quite clear the body of Maverick, played by Tom Cruise, has been cashing cheques with abandon for decades. His pecs have been setting up standing orders. His biceps have been signing off on direct debits. His abs have been authorising BACS transfers and his rock-hard buttocks each have their own PayPal…

Dir: Joseph Kosinski. Starring: Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Val Kilmer. 12A, 131 minutes.Top Gun, released in 1986, might be the most effective and insidious military recruitment ad ever made. Bolstered by the shuddering synths of Harold Faltermeyer’s score and a lifetime’s supply of high fives, Tony Scott’s fighter pilot fever dream represented an amoral, apolitical ideal of navy life. The enemy was unnamed. The war was barely defined. Here, a true…

Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan were deliberately not included in the Top Gun sequel, the film’s director has said.Tom Cruise is reprising his role of Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun: Maverick, a follow up to the 1986 action film.The long-awaited sequel features a number of references to the first film, such as the return of Val Kilmer as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky and Miles Teller playing the son of Nick “Goose” Bradshaw.However, two actors who didn’t return for the sequel are Kelly McGillis, who plays Maverick’s love…

Microsoft Flight Simulator's free Top Gun: Maverick expansion will be released on May 25, two days before the release of Tom Cruise's Top Gun: Maverick movie. The update, Flight Simulator's Top Gun expansion, was first announced last June. However, its release was delayed after Paramount Pictures postponed the film's release, which was due in November 2021, because of concerns around increasing COVID-19 cases worldwide. Top Gun: Maverick, led by Cruise, is set for a release on May 27. In India, it will be available in…