TOP GUN (Theatrical Release USA 1986)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 3.5|5.0 Starsììì

Top Gun—
overrated story loaded with unrealistic and dangerous egoism—tells an adolescent story for adolescent viewers. The script is all fluff with no substance.

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Storyline

Fighter pilot Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell (Tom Cruise) and Nick ‘Goose’ Bradshaw (Anthony Edwards) are sent for additional flight training at a top United States’ flight school. Maverick makes a ‘pass’ at the female instructor Charlie (Kelly McGillis) and successfully acquires her as a girlfriend. Goose dies while training due to a failed ejection mechanism. Maverick finishes flying school and achieves a one-way ticket to real life military flight exercises.

Additional Thanks

Good Work for Director Tony Scott. Thanks to Executive Producer Bill Badalato for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Officer ‘Stinger’ (James Tolkan), Iceman (Val Kilmer), Viper (Tom Skerritt), Jester (Michael Ironside), Cougar (John Stockwell), and Wolfman (Barry Tubb).


Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

No. The storyline is amateurish and built to appeal to an immature, teen-age mindset.



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