Top Gun (1986)
42 %
Reviews Counted: 26 Fresh: 11 Rotten:15 Average Rating: 5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Synopsis: Maverick (Tom Cruise) is a reckless F-14 pilot who flies by instinct and breaks all of the rules. While attending the Navy's elite air combat training academy, affectionately known as "Top Gun," Maverick romances the civilian astrophysics instructor (Kelly McGillis) and competes with... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Tim Robbins
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You get about thirty minutes of good movie in Top Gun, and most of that comes at the end.
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09/20/07
Noisy, slick, and shallow, Tony Scott's MTV-like actioner became emblematic of 1980s blockbusters, reflecting in its macho bravado and cheap elitism the mood of the Reagan era; in the process, it also made Tom Cruise the biggest star of his generation
08/16/06
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06/24/06
today its legacy is more of a punchline as an analogy for '80s overindulgence in action films and as a vehicle to be freely reinterpreted
12/11/04
Once 'Top Gun... gets back to earth, the master of the skies is as clunky as a big land-bound bird.
05/21/03
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03/10/03
Jet piloting is the ultimate gesture not of national defense but of personal style, as if the planes were the ultimate, unfeminizing fashion accessory.
01/10/03
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