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Video Review – Top Gun: Maverick is the perfect summer blockbuster

May 27, 2022 by EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno with a video review of the Top Gun sequel…

Top Gun Maverick feels like a throwback when summer blockbusters mattered. The latest film shows how to mix heart, spectacle, and intense action to make a sure-fire hit for everyone. This is the definition of “they don’t make them like this anymore.” Tom Cruise is in top form, and you can’t miss this top-tier soundtrack. Join critic EJ Moreno for a review of what he calls the must-see movie of the summer.

Watch the review below, and be sure to follow us on YouTube for more reviews, exclusive interviews, and other video content…

SEE ALSO: Read our written review of Top Gun: Maverick here

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”

Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.

Top Gun: Maverick features a cast including stars Tom Cruise (Maverick), Val Kilmer (Iceman), Jennifer Connolly (American Pastoral), Jon Hamm (Mad Men), Ed Harris (Westworld), Lewis Pullman (Bad Times at the El Royale), Glen Powell (Hidden Figures), Charles Parnell (Transformers: Age of Extinction), Bashir Salahuddin (Glow), Monica Barbaro (The Good Cop), Danny Ramirez (The Gifted), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), Jay Ellis (Insecure), Kara Wang (Good Trouble), Jack Schumacher (Empire), Greg Tarzan Davis (Chicago P.D.), Jake Picking (Blockers), Raymond Lee (Mozart in the Jungle), Jean Louisa Kelly (Ant-Man) and Lyliana Wray (Strange Angel).

Top Gun: Maverick is out now.

 

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Bashir Salahuddin, Charles Parnell, Danny Ramirez, Ed Harris, Glen Powell, Greg Tarzan Davis, Jake Picking, Jay Ellis, Jean Louisa Kelly, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Lewis Pullman, Lyliana Wray, manny jactino, Miles Teller, Monica Barbaro, Raymond Lee, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick

About EJ Moreno

EJ Moreno is a film and television critic and entertainment writer who joined the pop culture website Flickering Myth in 2018 and now serves as the executive producer of Flickering Myth TV, a YouTube channel with over 27,000 subscribers. With over a decade of experience, he is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic who is also part of the Critics Choice Association and GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

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