Believe the hype. “Top Gun: Maverick” rules.
The long-delayed sequel — it was filmed back in 2018, and has been in a holding pattern ever since — finally hit preview audiences last week, and it’s a thrilling, pulse-pounding, old-school blockbuster experience, a more-than-worthy follow-up to the 1986 classic.
Fans, who may have been worried about the mere notion of a “Top Gun” sequel, can rest easy. “Maverick’s” got the goods, and then some.
Here’s a quickie guide to what to expect from the year’s most anticipated sequel (most anticipated if you’re Gen X or a late Millennial who has long felt a need, a need for speed), hitting theaters May 27.
Wait, it’s good?
So good. Don’t doubt Tom Cruise: he produced the movie and shepherded this thing like it was his baby, which in many ways it is. It’s him revisiting his most iconic character (sorry, Ethan Hunt), the cocky pilot who does things his way even to the detriment of his career. Cruise, who turns 60 this summer, looks magnificent, and still carries himself like the 24-year-old who lit up the screen in the first “Top Gun.” And he still hasn’t lost that lovin’ feeling.