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Top Gun (1986)

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Reviews Counted:28

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Rotten:16

Average Rating:5.3/10

Runtime: 18 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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 (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 crackerjack pilot Ice (Val Kilmer) for top honors. He is the quintessential rebel, upsetting senior officers with his antics and risk-taking while simultaneously amazing them with his skill. In the end, Maverick overcomes a tragic loss and his need to stand out in the crowd and proves that he can shine as part of a team. Anthony Edwards stars as Maverick's best friend and co-pilot, Goose, and Meg Ryan first garnered attention as Goose's wife, Carole. Superb state-of-the-art aerial photography makes TOP GUN, directed by Tony Scott, one of the most exciting and entertaining films of its genre. This top grossing movie of 1986 is allegedly based on a Navy fighter pilot program at the Miramar Naval Base in San Diego, California, and was filmed on location at the base. [More]

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer

Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Anthony Edwards, Val Kilmer, Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Tom Skerritt, Whip Hubley, Michael Ironside, Rick Rossovich, John Stockwell, Barry Tubb, James Tolkan, Adrian Pasdar, Clarence Gilyard

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer

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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

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment 2 Comments
08/16/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Everything wrong with 80s movies in one film.

comment 2 Comments
04/24/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Like many films from its decade, Top Gun is steeped in 80s culture %u2013 from the top 40 music to the clothing styles.

Full Review Source: 7M Pictures | comment 1 Comment
03/05/09
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures

The only thing that got me through the movie was the hilariously dumb and macho rivalry between Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment 1 Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Jet piloting is the ultimate gesture not of national defense but of personal style, as if the planes were the ultimate, unfeminizing fashion accessory.

Full Review Source: Nick's Flick Picks | comment 1 Comment
01/10/03
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

Every time I see it, I just want to smash Tom Cruise's smug, arrogant face into the cockpit windshield.

comment 1 Comment
07/26/02
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Top Gun is the type of movie that turns the screen into an altar. Kneeling before its slick façade of 1980s magnificence, you are in the shadow of a film that has defined the modern day action blockbuster.

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01/01/00
Almar Haflidason
Almar Haflidason
BBC

Loud, silly, stylistic, but carried by Cruise's charisma.

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10/23/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

No review available.

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12/06/02
Brian J. Arthurs
Brian J. Arthurs
Beach Reporter (Southern California)

No review available.

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02/20/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
12/11/04
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

I feel the need, the need.....to experience it all again!

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09/20/02
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

This movie gets worse with time.

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09/24/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Focuses on the machismo posturing of elite flyboys and the joys of male camaraderie.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
09/01/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
N/R

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

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01/24/05
Greg Maki
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

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09/22/04
James O'Ehley
James O'Ehley
Sci-Fi Movie Page

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11/07/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
N/R

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
 
 
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