✅ Highly enjoyable popcorn action movie that hits all the right notes, with impeccable production values, cinematography, performances, pacing, cut.
✅ Like every good sequel, it’s at the same time a clever remake.
✅ More emotional beats than expected, and with more depth than the original. (Which isn’t hard.)
Undoubtedly an excellent, technically superior blockbuster, but unlikely to become an era-defining pop culture icon like its predecessor.
Top Gun by Joseph Kosinski, 2022.
Watched at the Atelier theater on May 17, 2026, in its original language.