![]() Now pushing 60, Cruise probably understands that he’s working on borrowed time all actors, especially action stars, have an expiry date. The film, on the other hand, is a meta commentary on his own career. ![]() But Maverick, with his burning intensity and disregard for authority, is a particularly obvious stand-in for the famously demanding Cruise. In many ways, the actor has always played versions of himself on screen. This isn’t the first time that the lines between Cruise and his character have been blurred. And Maverick replies, “I know what’ll happen to everyone else if I don’t.” “You know what’s going to happen to you if you go through with this, right?” Maverick’s buddy asks him as he’s about to take off. This is a recurring theme in the film, which escalates the stakes every time you feel it has reached a crescendo. Hardly a stickler for the rules, Maverick makes a quick decision: he’ll go ahead with the test flight regardless, and prove to the naysayers that instead of the Mach 9 target, the prototype plane has the potential to hit Mach 10. In the first scene of the film-after that glorious credits sequence that unfolds essentially like a shot-for-shot remake of the first film’s opening minutes-Cruise’s Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell shows up on base only to learn that the higher-ups are planning on shutting his test flights down. ![]() I was reminded of this rather unfortunate incident while watching Top Gun: Maverick, pound for pound the best large-scale action movie since Cruise’s own Mission: Impossible - Fallout.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |