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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
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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Manufacturer: Paramount Home Entertainment
Release date: 2 March 2009
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 5051368201832
Tags: James Tolkan (1), Aerial Combat (1), Anthony Edwards (1), Goose (1), Michael Ironside (1), Kelly Mcgillis (1), Iceman (1), Persian Gulf (1), Flight School (1), Paramount Pictures (1), Naval Uniform (1), Viper (1), Tom Skerritt (1), Ejection Seat (1), U.S. Navy (1), Adrian Pasdar (1), Rated Pg (1), Rick Rossovich (1), Metrocolor (1), Clarence Gilyard Jr. (1)
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