Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
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Rating: 8.4
Overview
The story involves Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission....
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Political: Strong Right
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
The story involves Maverick confronting his past while training a group of younger Top Gun graduates, including the son of his deceased best friend, for a dangerous mission....
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Analysis
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Primary
The film's core conflict, centered on national defense and a pre-emptive military strike, explicitly promotes conservative ideology by celebrating American military power, individual heroism, and traditional values as the solution to a foreign threat.
The film incorporates visible diversity within its cast, particularly among the new characters, without engaging in explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative predominantly upholds and positively frames traditional identities, focusing on themes of heroism and skill.
Secondary
Top Gun: Maverick does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or explore related themes. The narrative focuses entirely on military aviation, personal relationships, and legacy, without incorporating any queer representation.
The film features female characters, notably Phoenix, who participate in aerial combat as fighter pilots. However, all combat engagements are conducted from aircraft using missiles and guns. There are no scenes depicting a female character defeating male opponents in close-quarters physical combat.
Top Gun: Maverick is a direct sequel where all returning legacy characters maintain their original gender. New characters introduced are not gender-swapped versions of previously established characters from the original film.
All returning legacy characters maintain their original race. New characters introduced in this installment do not constitute race swaps as their race was not previously established in the Top Gun canon.
Rating Breakdown
8.4
Overall Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
8.2
8.2
Critic Ratings
9.6
7.8
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