Top Gun Maverick first evaluations: Critics says it’s the ‘most satisfying summer action film since Mission Impossible Fallout’

The first evaluations of Top Gun: Maverick are out, and it seems that the Tom Cruise movie has impressed critics. 36 years after the unique movie, Cruise returns as Pete Mitchell aka Maverick and takes to the skies. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the movie additionally stars Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, Jennifer Connelly and Ed Harris.

Variety’s Peter Debruge referred to as the film a “barrier-breaking sequel” and wrote in his evaluation, “Hardly anything in Top Gun: Maverick will surprise you, except how well it does nearly all the things audiences want and expect it to do.” It additional learn, “Top Gun has always been ‘The Tom Cruise Show’, and no one believes for a second that Maverick won’t maneuver his way into flying the climactic mission.”

The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney opined, “The most memorable part of Top Gun: Maverick — and the scenes that will make new generations swell with pride and adulation for good old American heroism — are the dogfights and tactical maneuvers of the pilots. Just as they should be.”

IGN’s Matt Donato referred to as Top Gun: Maverick a “higher-flying sequel to remember” and wrote, “It’s the Top Gun sequel purists will crave.” The evaluation additional learn, “Top Gun: Maverick is an out-of-bounds blast of afterburner fumes and thrillseeker highs that’s sure to please audiences looking for a classic summer blockbuster.”

IndieWire’s David Ehrlich referred to as it “the most satisfying summer action movie since Mission: Impossible – Fallout.” It additional learn, “Maverick flips the script on Top Gun in almost every way that matters, despite — or perhaps because — it remains so faithful to its structure and ‘nothing to see here!’ political outlook.”

Top Gun: Maverick will launch in theatres on May 27, 2022.