Top Gun (1986)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 21
Though it features some of the most memorable and electrifying aereial footage shot with an expert eye for action, Top Gun offers too little for non-adolescent viewers to chew on when its characters aren't in the air.
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 4
Though it features some of the most memorable and electrifying aereial footage shot with an expert eye for action, Top Gun offers too little for non-adolescent viewers to chew on when its characters aren't in the air.
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Devil-may-care navy pilot Pete Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is sent to Miramar Naval Air Station for advanced training. Here he vies with Tom Kasansky (Val Kilmer) for the coveted "Top Gun" award. When not so occupied, Mitchell carries on a romance with civilian consultant Charlotte Blackwood (Kelly McGillis). Shaken up by the death of a friend, Mitchell loses the Top Gun honor to Kasansky. Worried that he may have lost his nerve, Mitchell is given a chance to redeem himself during a tense
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Cast
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Tom Cruise
Lt. Pete Mitchell -
Kelly McGillis
Charlotte Blackwood -
Val Kilmer
Tom Kasanzky -
Anthony Edwards
Lt. Nick Bradshaw -
Tom Skerritt
Cmdr. Mike Metcalf -
Meg Ryan
Carole -
Michael Ironside
Dick Wetherly -
John Stockwell
Cougar -
Barry Tubb
Henry Ruth -
Rick Rossovich
Ron Kerner -
Tim Robbins
Sam Wills -
Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Evan Gough -
Whip Hubley
Rick Neven -
James Tolkan
Stinger -
Randall Brady
Lt. Davis -
Adrian Pasdar
Chipper -
Frank Pesce
Bartender -
Duke Stroud
Air Boss Johnson -
Brian Sheehan
Sprawl -
Ron Clark
Inquiry Commander
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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (22) | DVD (39)
There are elements that hold up - especially Cruise's blinding charisma. The aerial scenes are still thrilling, and perfectly suited to a giant screen. Everything else? Well, that depends on how nostalgic you're feeling.
The aerial sequences in Top Gun are as thrilling -- while remaining coherent -- as any ever put on film.
Whether you love Top Gun or hate it -- or hate yourself for loving it -- the fact is that when it became the top-grossing film of 1986, Hollywood in its infinite wisdom took all of the worst lessons from its success and overlooked what made it so... fun.
Top Gun is about the training of the Navy's best fighter pilots and their blooding in cold war incidents, and the only thing Director Tony Scott has not brought up to date is the story.
Top CriticEvery moment is hyped for maximum visual and visceral impact, but Scott doesn't display the slightest bit of interest (or belief) in the actual characters and situations.
Set in the world of naval fighter pilots, pic has strong visuals and pretty young people in stylish clothes and a non-stop soundtrack.
The unashamedly goofy 1986 dogfighting classic flips on the afterburners to make yet another pass on Blu-ray, this time soaring into the third dimension.
It's still the same old Top Gun, retaining every frame of ridiculousness and emphatic acting that turned the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer production into a legend.
The 3D is impressive considering it wasn't shot for that, and the sound delivers full throttle engine roars and the legendary soundtrack sounds as crisp as ever.
If you missed it in theaters the first time, it's probably going to be the best movie theater experience you'll have so far this year.
An undeniably cheesy yet strangely appealing time capsule, with a little something for everyone provided we understand that it's all bubblegum.
Watching Top Gun again twenty five years after its release is still a dazzling and dizzying experience. You are not so much on the edge of your seat as flung around it as the on-screen action endlessly spins and soars.
Basically perfect, even it is perfect at one of the worst sorts of things a movie can attempt.
Among the first generation of films influenced by the cutting techniques of music videos, a progression of oversaturated, meaty images, embarrassing dialogue and awful music.
This paean to hotshot Navy fighter pilots and high technology attracted mass audiences despite its familiar plot and characters so vapid they vanish from memory as soon as the house lights come up.
Tom Cruise classic still revs engines.
Watchable but rarely enthralling...
Like many films from its decade, Top Gun is steeped in 80s culture %u2013 from the top 40 music to the clothing styles.
Audience Reviews for Top Gun
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- Stinger: Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash.
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- Lt. Pete Mitchell: I feel the need.
- Lt. Nick Bradshaw: The need for speed!
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- Tom Kasanzky: You can be my wingman anytime.
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- Lt. Nick Bradshaw: Let's turn and burn.
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- Stinger: You don't own these planes son the tax payers do.
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- Lt. Pete Mitchell: JESTER'S DEAD!
- Lt. Nick Bradshaw: Woo! Jester's Dead!
Discussion Forum
| Topic | Last Post | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Why is this a 3D experience? | 12 days ago | 9 |
| I don't Get This Movies | 12 days ago | 5 |
| Shouldn't the reviews on RT be for the ACTUAL 3D film, not the original movie? | 3 months ago | 1 |
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Foreign Titles
- Top Gun - Sie fürchten weder Tod noch Teufel (DE)
- Top Gun (UK)
