Top Gun – Maverick (2020), Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Paramount Pictures
It’s time for a second trailer for Top Gun – Maverick, an action/drama where Tom Cruise’sTop Gun (1986) character teaches new students at the United States Navy’s elite fighter weapons school as they compete to be the best.
Additional key cast includes Miles Teller, Jon Hamm and Ed Harris.
I’m starting to wonder, how many of Cruise’s movies has him riding a motorbike? Probably at least half?
My guess is that Hamm’s character is far from pleased that Maverick is back. The rivalry should be interesting.
Jennifer Connelly, Glen Powell, Val Kilmer, Jean Louisa Kelly, Lewis Pullman and Manny Jacinto also star.
Top Gun (1986), an action/drama about students at the United States Navy’s elite fighter weapons school, competing to be the best in the class, finally has a sequel.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, key cast includes Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, John Hamm and Ed Harris.
Images of Cruise in aviators and a leather jacket, while standing by a plane. That’s really all I knew about Top Gun (1986). It’s all I knew until I looked up the above original synopsis.
As this trailer played, it occurred to me just how much fun Cruise must have while making all his movies. He loves planes, motorcycles and speed. In fact, I’m almost certain that he’s not acting in the main joy-filled picture in this post.
May you also have a passion or passions that make you smile as broadly.
Glen Powell, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Jean Louisa Kelly, Lewis Pullman and Manny Jacinto also star.
The action sequences in Fallout are impressive, well-choreographed physical feats. You know, because it’s a Tom Cruise movie.
Yet, there was one moment at the beginning, in the scene with the plutonium, that felt too obvious as an action movie plot device. Specifically, due to its execution. Unfortunately, it was a moment that made me feel less enthused about the rest of the film.
As the story progressed, I was adequately engaged, but concluded that I probably need to give this franchise a break. That way, when I return, some years from now, it will feel fresh and new again.
In comparison, I definitely had more fun with Rogue Nation. The good news is that Fallout is still a worthy movie. It’s likely telling that what stood out most to me about it is the truly great face Rebecca Ferguson has, rather than a specific, memorable scene or moment of dialogue.
Watch Mission: Impossible – Fallout because it’s good. Who knows, it may even be your favourite.
Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson and Simon Pegg are back for M:I 6; a.ka. Mission – Impossible – Fallout.
Directed by Christopher McQuarrie and featuring new cast member Henry Cavill, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his Impossible Mission Force (IMF) team are called upon to race against time after a mission gone wrong.
This is yet another fun-filled Mission: Impossible trailer. I’m ready for all the action. Especially since I thoroughly enjoyed Mission: Impossible 5 – Rogue Nation.
Alec Baldwin,Angela Bassett, Sian Brook and Vanessa Kirby also star.
Starring Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Russell Crowe and Annabelle Wallis; there are parts of director Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy, a story about an ancient Egyptian princess, one awakened from her crypt and determined to wreak havoc, that I enjoyed. An example would be Russell Crowe’s ‘second character’ who proved a lot of fun to watch even though he appears but very briefly.
Another highlight is courtesy of Sofia Boutella, an actress who was introduced to many audiences as Gazelle in Matthew Vaughn’s rather good Kingsman – The Secret Service (2014).I adored Gazelle even though she was a ‘baddie.’ And because of that experience, I was surethat Boutella would bring something special, particularly physicality-wise to the character of The Mummy (Princess Ahmanet).
Princess Ahmanet stood out so much for me that all other performances and characters mostly paled in comparison. Perhaps her character was just the most interesting overall. What I know for sure is that I found myself genuinely scared of the idea that I might personally encounter the princess as I went about my day-to-day. Something to do with the costume design and special effects, I’m sure. That and Boutella’s performance, of course. There’s also the fact that a lot of the film is set in London, England, my beloved city.
I admit that there are points during The Mummy when I thought, ‘This is interesting. Now, I’m excited about the other movies coming from Universal’s ‘Dark Universe’. It’s just unfortunate that by the end of the film, I was singing an entirely different tune altogether. The story, writing and execution turned out to feel too basic for me, especially for a Tom Cruise movie.
On a more positive note, I’m now even more curious about Egypt’s real history and I may just delve into that as a result. I may even…
Who am I kidding? I’m busy, and far too into film to make time for more history books.
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