TOP GUN: Maverick

Tom Cruise flies high in a soaring sequel to the essential 1980s movie

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Thursday, on demand, Paramount+ 5

Back in the cockpit, US naval aviator Tom Cruise is on fire (literally, when we catch up with him trying to be the first pilot to hit Mach 10) as Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell in this scorching sequel to the 1986 film.

From the moment the Top Gun theme chimes and a shimmer-shot montage unspools of jets landing and taking off from a carrier as silhouettes flick out hand signals and punch the orange air, it’s clear that this is a treat that engages heart over head.