Almost four decades later, and after sitting on the shelf for two years due to the pandemic, 'Top Gun: Maverick' is flying full throttle into a new world.
In 1983, producer Jerry Bruckheimer was flipping through the May issue of California magazine when he was struck by a story. "Top Guns" read the headline, with a large photograph from inside the cockpit of an F-14 fighter jet. The story opened: "At Mach 2 and 40,000 feet over California, it's always high noon."
In the film, directed by Joseph Kosinski, there's a new mission to win and dogfights to wage. But this time, the task of "Top Gun" feels even weightier. It's here to, in a CGI, Marvel world, prove that a propulsive brand of moviemaking fueled by star power, practical effects and filmmaking prowess can, still, summon the need for speed.
But "Top Gun: Maverick," in which a middle-aged Maverick returns to the elite aviation training program to train a new generation of flying aces , is an action adventure that recaptures a high-flying moviemaking style with modern-day technology. With visceral aerial scenes filmed inside the cockpit and a surprisingly emotional storyline soaked through with memory and loss, "Top Gun: Maverick" rekindles a daredevil spirit for digital times.
Others saw a Pentagon-backed recruitment film with pumped up patriotism, and a portrait of American individualism set against a faceless, country-less enemy. Much of that is still present in "Maverick" -- there's no shortage of disobeyed orders and the bad guys remain a blank slate. But Kosinski approached the film as foremost about the close-knit culture of aviators.
Bruckheimer brought in Kosinski, who had directed Cruise in the sleek 2013 science-fiction adventure "Oblivion." Knowing from that experience what Cruise would respond to, Kosinski focused his pitch to the actor on character and emotion. He and Bruckheimer flew to Paris to meet with Cruise while he was shooting a "Mission: Impossible" film. The director, who came with a poster adorned with the title "Top Gun: Maverick," had 20 minutes to make his case.
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