Top Gun: Maverick is the Perfect Adrenaline-Fueled Sequel to the Original
If Top Gun needed to say it, Top Gun: Maverick makes you feel the need... the need for speed.

In the aftermath of personal turmoil and a public scandal, a once-celebrated filmmaker confronts his tumultuous past, navigating a complex web of relationships, regret, and redemption, as he embarks on a journey to reconcile with his life choices.
If Top Gun needed to say it, Top Gun: Maverick makes you feel the need... the need for speed.
As this critic continues to look back at some of this Summer's films I have taken in, I would be remiss if I didn't mention one of the most overall unsettling trends in Hollywood over the last several years.....sequels, reboots, and remakes. Look, I am all for seeing more than one film for certain originals that made a splash, ie: "Jurassic Park", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "Transformers", etc.
Another uneven "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" redux that says nothing novel about its subject matter.
The film reminds us to remember the people who had the courage and dignity that had made the world better, even when the memory was absent.
Haven't you heard? There's a new horror subgenre: cerebral gore, that's probably been around for decades and we're now just starting to talk about it.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tony-winning musical translates beautifully to the screen.