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When you see "Love in the Sky: Maverick" you realize that Tom Cruise has only one | Israel today

2022-05-25T06:17:48.452Z


Despite his quirks and the crises he has experienced in his career, Cruz is the biggest movie star we have left • The sequel to "Love in the Sky" is all a tribute to the man and his work, and surprisingly it works wonderfully


Tom Cruise is the last movie star we have left.

If before this corona it was possible to disagree with this statement, then today it is clear to any reasonable person.

Cruz is the only one of the top Hollywood actors who has yet to collaborate with a streaming platform, and he is the only one who remains fully true to the cinematic experience.

In the early months of the Corona he released a video in which he could be seen sneaking into a movie theater with a mask to watch "Tent," and since then he has not missed an opportunity to fight for the status and dignity of the big screen.

Now, just before his 60th birthday (which will take place in early July), Cruz is finally beginning to reap the rewards: the sequel to "Love in the Sky" - which was supposed to be released before Corona - hits theaters today, and the next film in the series " "Impossible mission", which is accumulating unusual amounts of hype around it, is already heating up on the lines.

In an age where everyone is just frantically searching for the “next cinematic universe,” Cruz stands up in an upright torso to remind everyone that he is actually a one-man cinematic universe.

As a bonus, last week Cruz bothered himself on the French Riviera to receive a special and prestigious award given to him at the Cannes Film Festival.

For an hour he sat on the stage in the auditorium and talked about his truly amazing career.

Scientology, the jumps on Opera's couch and the rest of the public relations crises of the early millennium - evaporated. Back "crashed at the box office) dissipated as if they were.


All that is left is a glorious and diverse body of work spread over five decades; all that is left is a charismatic actor, short and not completely screwed to the end, who continues to work nights and nights to make you say" wow, what a mental patient That Tom Cruise! "

In the way of Paul Newman

"Love in the Sky: Maverick," which comes up today, allows Cruz (and us) to return to the beginnings of this glorious body of work and appreciate the wondrous journey he has made.

On paper it's not really supposed to work - after all, the original film was produced in the 80's and became over the years a kind of Pancheline Campi.

Almost every scene of him has received parodies and gestures.

Almost every moment of it is deeply engraved in the annals of pop culture.

And yet, somehow, it works wonderfully.

But not only does it work wonderfully, but Cruz's return to the role of the arrogant and complacent Maverick fighter pilot also allows him to open a new chapter in his career and position himself as a veteran star.

Just like Paul Newman, who starred alongside 20-year-old Cruz and something in "Silver Color";

Just like Clint Eastwood, who started making westerns and action movies that corresponded with the early roles that made him an icon.


"Love in the Sky: Maverick" opens with a great sequence in which Maverick, who now works as a military test pilot, embarks on a dangerous flight during which he is required to reach a top speed of Mach 10.

"Okay, baby," Maverick tells the plane (and himself), "one more time. Let's show them what we're capable of."

Equally, these are also the things Cruz must have said to himself during filming.

This is a great start to a film that is all about an analogy to movie stars and survival.

"The future is coming, and you are not a part of it," a grumpy officer tells Maverick a little later, "your species is on the verge of extinction."

"It could happen," Maverick / Cruz replies with a smile, "but it's not going to happen today."

I swear to you that in this passage I really refrained from clapping.

full of power.

Cruz in "Love in the Sky: Maverick",

After the test flight is successfully completed, Maverick is ordered to return to Top Gun - the flight school designed for the best fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy - but this time as an instructor.

It turns out that there is a classified and almost impossible task to perform (a uranium enrichment plant needs to be blown up before it becomes active), and only he can train the pilots.

Maverick is not so concerned, of course.

But his old friend Ace Man (Val Kilmer), who unlike Maverick actually did progress nicely up the ladder, insists.


Between one training flight and the next, Maverick also has to deal with quite a bit of drama in his personal life: he meets an ex from the past (Jennifer Conley), who still makes butterflies in his stomach, and learns that one of the pilots in the department he trains (Miles Teller) is related to him (and the previous film ) Deeply.

Oh, and do not worry - of course there is also a scene here where everyone (including Cruz) takes off their shirts and pays homage to the famous volleyball scene from the original film.

Without the late Tony Scott

"Love in the Sky: Maverick" is not a particularly sophisticated or amazing film.

But he is full of pure power and nostalgic emotions, and what he does, he does to the end.

The pilot scenes are realistic and very exciting, and as we said, Cruz's presence and absolute commitment to the mission elevates the whole business to several degrees.

If there's anything, or rather anyone, who's still missing, it's the late Tony Scott, who directed the original film (and to whom the current film is dedicated). But there's something sterile and slightly neutered in the result. A bit of a shame, but not terrible.

Score: 7

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Source: israelhayom

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