The Top Gun sequel “far outflies the original,” Anthony Lane writes, “while retaining one old-fashioned virtue: the lofty action unfolds against real skies, rather than giant smears of C.G.I.”
The premise of “Top Gun: Maverick” is that America decides, on its own initiative, and possibly just for fun, to liquidate a uranium-enriching facility of a hostile power. What the effect of this attack might be on the combustible politics of the region in question matters not a jot. The mission justifies itself. After all, it means that Pete Mitchell , known as Maverick, can rejoin the fighting fray.
The eager young warriors in Maverick’s class are addressed by their call signs: Phoenix, Coyote, Payback, Fanboy, and so on, not forgetting the glamorous Bob. Of particular note are Hangman—the very model of a cocky bastard, portrayed with spirited glee by Glen Powell—and Rooster . He should really be called Gosling, for he is the son of Goose , who lay dead in Maverick’s arms, after ejecting, in “Top Gun.
The first half hour or so of “Men,” the new movie from Alex Garland, is a bad green dream. Historical instinct may tell us that the countryside is a refuge: “Are not these woods more free from peril than the envious court?” the banished duke inquires of his fellow-exiles, in “As You Like It.” But there is another tradition, the anti-pastoral, which bids us beware.
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