Top Gun 2's Huge Early Praise Continues A Tom Cruise Franchise Trend

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Much like Tom Cruise's Missing: Impossible sequels, early reviews of Top Gun: Maverick suggest it will outdo the original movie. The belated Top Gunsequel was originally planned for release in July 2019 but was postponed due to the complexity of the aerial sequences, the COVID-19 pandemic, and subsequent scheduling conflicts. The pushback led to fears that Top Gun: Maverick would just be another movie stuck in development hell, but thankfully it will be released in theaters on May 27, 2022. Critics who have already viewed the movie claim that it has been worth the wait, showering it with praise and suggesting it could be one of 2022's best movies.

Tom Cruise will return as Captain Pete «Maverick» Mitchell in the sequel set over 30 years on from the original Top Gun. While full plot details are unknown, the trailer shows Maverick will mentor a new group of graduate pilots ahead of a mission set by fellow legacy character Tom «Iceman» Kazansky, who is now a high-ranking U.S. navy commander. Tensions look set to bubble over as one of his new recruits is Bradley «Rooster» Bradshaw, the son of Nick «Goose» Bradshaw who died in Top Gun because of Maverick.

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One way Top Gun: Maverick looks set to surpass the original is its stunts. Tom Cruise has cemented himself as one of the greatest action movie stars because of his willingness to keep making his set-pieces bigger and better. Mission: Impossible has the iconic cable drop scene, but the danger and scale of the stunt do not compare to Ethan Hunt's helicopter chase in Mission: Impossible — Fallout, or his scaling of the Burj Khalifa in Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol. Top Gun: Maverick will