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Introduction to Top Gun: Maverick Amazon Prime Video Movie Review

 

Just so you know, Top Gun: Maverick can be watched on Amazon Prime Video – but at a price. In other words it is not free to watch Top Gun: Maverick. This movie may also be streaming at a cost on other services as well.

 

The above being said, if you are curious if Top Gun:Maverick, starring Tom Cruise as CAPT Pete “Maverick” Mitchell was worth all the hype it received a few months back, you may want to check out my movie review.

 

I previously watched the original Top Gun movie a few weeks back to refresh myself on the story. However, it’s not necessary for you to to do so, unless you prefer to. During the movie, there are plenty of flashback scenes to bring you up to date with the storyline of Top Gun: Maverick.

 

Was Top Gun: Maverick worth my money and time to watch on Amazon Prime Video? More importanty, should you watch it? 

 

Check out my movie review of Top Gun: Maverick to find out.

 

Plot of Top Gun: Maverick Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

The plot of Top Gun: Maverick revolves around the main character, Tom Cruise as Maverick, as he continues to show off his flying skills displayed in the first Top Gun film. During this storyline, he is recruited initially not to actually fly a plane – but to teach other up and coming pilots. 

 

Specifically, the group is planning to execute a dangerous mission to destroy enemy targets that involves flying between two narrow mountain ranges, dropping bombs, and quckly exiting out of the bombs' explosive targeted areas.

 

The majority of the film shows Tom Cruise’s character teaching – not from the books, but from his own experience as an elite fighter pilot. By the way, it just so happens that one of his students for this mission is his departed best friend’s Goose’s son, (Miles Teller as Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw) who is now also a fighter pilot.

 

As expected, there was some animosity between the two, especially on Miles Teller's character's side since he blamed Tom Cruise’s character for his father’s demise. As the storyline progresses, there is not only a change of heart from Miles Teller’s character but there is a redemption action done byTom Cruise's character that ultimately saves Goose’s son.

 

Action in Top Gun: Maverick Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

As with most of Tom Cruise's films, you can expect plenty of action. The same holds true for Top Gun: Maverick. The action mostly involves flight combat. In fact during his teachings to the group, Tom Cruise broke from the classroom environment and actually flew and maneuvered a plane to demonstrate how the mission could be completed without a hitch.

 

Realism in Top Gun: Maverick Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

Tom Cruise character’s romantic interest from the previous Top Gun film seemed to have just disappeared. If you saw the first Top Gun movie starring Kelly McGillis as Charlotte "Charlie” Blackwood alongside Tom Cruise, you may recall that a large part of the film dealt with their relationship in that she was a flight instructor while Tom Cruise's character considered himself one of the best fighter pilots in her class.

 

To tie the two movies together, I think it would have been worthwhile for the storyline to show a flashback with maybe her character deciding to take a job overseas years back which could have at least shown how their relationship ended as well as why she is not in the current Top Gun: Maverick movie.

 

Instead the gist of the Top Gun: Maverick movie concentrated on Goose’s son, Miles Teller’s and Tom Cruise’s characters' relationship. This is not a problem, but it seemed like there was something missing from the second film, Top Gun: Maverick.

 

The above being said, the omission of the whereabouts of Kelly McGillis' character did not take away from the drama as well as the action in the movie, Top Gun: Maverick.

 

 

 

Movie Magic in Top Gun: Maverick Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

In my opinion, the complete movie is predictable – but predictable in a good way. For example, you know that Tom Cruise will demonstrate impressive skills at flying and will perform dangerous feats. 

 

Spoiler Alert: In my opinion, the saving grace of the Top Gun: Maverick movie is the ending where through movie magic, Tom Cruise survives a plane crash in enemy territory and ends up in the same location as Miles Teller’s character -- who also crashed landed.

 

It was interesting to me and also due to movie magic of course, that they happened to find the same type of plane that Tom Cruise’s character piloted in the first movie, Top Gun. Believe it or not, the vintage plane was flyable. I think it was a creative move on the part of the writer to tie in a similar plane used in the older Top Gun storyline movie to the current film -- Top Gun: Maverick.

 

Assessment of Top Gun: Maverick Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

I do not regret watching the Top Gun: Maverick movie on Amazon Prime video, including paying the hefty price to buy the film. I do not see myself rewatching the movie anytime soon; however, the movie is available should I change my mind.

 

I will leave it up to you to decide if you would like to watch the movie, Top Gun: Maverick. You may decide as I did that it is worth your time and money – especially if you watch all the action near the end of the movie.

 

Rating of Top Gun: Maverick Amazon Prime Video Movie

 

Based on a rating of 1 star to 5 stars with 5 stars being the highest, I rate the Top Gun: Maverick movie 5 stars.