'Top Gun' and Tom Cruise return to the danger zone
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'Top Gun' and Tom Cruise return to the danger zone

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But 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. 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. “In the age of streaming, he’s still making a really, really strong case for the theatrical experience.” But does a new “Top Gun” fit as seamlessly into today as the original did the Reagan ’80s? “At the end of that meeting, Tom stood and he walked over to the phone and he called the head of the studio and said, ‘We’re making this film,’” says Kosinski.

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