Top Gun [Blu-ray]
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Actor: Tom CruiseBrand: Paramount
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 110 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-07-29
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Top Gun [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: Go Navy
Summary: 5 Stars
The opening scene in "Top Gun" is the best way -- bar none -- for showing off a new TV or sound system. With no transition at all, you suddenly find yourself on the deck of a very busy, very dangerous aircraft carrier with very large jets moving around, threatening to blow off, run over, or slice and dice unwary deck crewmen. The driving rock score, mixed with the sounds of aircraft launches, is expertly blended together into a ballet that concludes with a catapult launch of an F-14 Tomcat off the bow. Going from zero to 140 knots in 120 feet is an absolutely ridiculous thing to do with a 20-ton aircraft, but it is something the U.S. Navy does all the time.
Once you have tested your video and sound system in the first couple minutes, a movie breaks out. There is the outcast hero, the femme fatale, the superiors who don't understand the hero, and villains. The villains are a bit different, in that they have supersonic jets, but it is otherwise standard movie fare. But of a very high standard.
The photography alone makes this an amazing movie; even people who hate Tom Cruise or think his role is a bit too juvenile even for a naval aviator won't be able to resist the glorious aerial photography. The film was shot long before HDTV was invented, and it isn't the best showcase for Blu Ray, but that doesn't mean it isn't outstanding and, frequently, glorious.
One important thing to keep in mind: this movie is about the U.S. Navy. Interviewing movie goers two decades ago, a majority thought the film was about the "Air Force." No, the Air Force doesn't fly over endless tracks of ocean, doesn't take off from short, moving runways in all weather, and doesn't fly the (now retired) F-14. Naval aviation has its own unique challenges, and "Top Gun" gives you a simplistic, but thrilling, overview of one of the world's most dangerous professions.
Summary of Top Gun [Blu-ray]
Top Gun takes a look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Tom Cruise is superb as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a daring young flyer who's out to become the best of the best. And Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom.Jingoism, beefcake, military hardware, and a Giorgio Moroder rock score reign supreme over taste and logic in this Tony Scott film about a maverick trainee pilot (Tom Cruise) who can't follow the rules at a Navy aviation training facility. The dogfight sequences between American and Soviet jets at the end are absolutely mechanical, though audiences loved it at the time. The love story between Cruise's character and that of Kelly McGillis is like flipping through pages of advertising in a glossy magazine. This designer action movie from 1986 would be all the more appalling were it not for the canny casting of good actors in dumb parts. Standouts include Anthony Edwards--who makes a nice impression as Cruise's average-Joe pal--and the relatively unknown Meg Ryan in a small but memorable appearance. --Tom Keogh
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