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Top Gun: Maverick movie review: we’re well into the danger zone
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Top Gun: Maverick movie review: we’re well into the danger zone

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MaryAnn Johanson
May 28, 2022
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MaryAnn’s quick take: With its melancholy regret and bittersweet nostalgia, this is far superior to the 1986 blockbuster. But as the sun goes down on American imperialism here, the last-gasp celebration of it unsettles.

[This review is also available at FlickFilosopher.com. Top Gun: Maverick is now playing in cinemas across most of planet Earth.]

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