It's gotten high scores on all the ideologically poisoned "review" sites and scores ultra high among fans.
Just came back from it just felt like a good, old school action flick with a Hero's journey type of story. It's great, and it does a proper "sendoff" with a character (Rooster) being a strong link between the previous movie and this movie.
This is one of those "turn your brain off and enjoy the ride" sorta deals. It just tries to be a good movie, and it's damn good. Lots of FUCK YEAH AMERICA tones to it as well.
I still want to know who the "enemy" they were fighting are though. Considering the wintery location it must be a reference to Russia, with the Su-57's kinda making an appearance as their opposition.
Regardless it's a great movie, even leftist publications are praising it. Go watch it if you have time.
I just saw it. I also agree that its a shockingly good sequel to the original and worth seeing. The people who made this movie obviously cared about the original movie, gave it just the right amount of fan service, and had enough ties with the original to make it a legit sequel and not some skin-suit reboot that I was fearing it would be.
The dialog mentions that the enemy is Iran, with them attacking an Iranian nuclear facility in the mountains. That's why the movie has an F-14 in it, because Iran is the only country that still flies it.
Having rewatched the original Top Gun before seeing Maverick in cinema, I agree that this is a proper sequal with good fan service. I've actually enjoyed it, had quite some laughs here and there. Definitely felt sincerely like a movie made for Americans by Americans.
That's a good way to put it. Really felt like a FUCK YEAH, AMERICA movie made by someone who actually gives a shit.
Inshallah azizi we make Allah proud