Ep771: TOP GUN: MAVERICK (2022) Round Table Review

Earth's Mightiest Critics indulge their need for speed in this raucous round table review of Top Gun: Maverick!

Tom Cruise reprises his role as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in a sequel 36 years in the making. The cocky, rebellious pilot finds himself grounded once again and reassigned to Top Gun, where he must instruct a new class of elite fighters ahead of a secret mission.

In this spoiler-heavy round table, the EMC finds that lovin' feeling for a movie that's both way better than it should be and also handicapped by frivolous nose-dives into nostalgia. Watch as Ian, David, Mark, and Don talk time-jumps, trailers, tear-jerking cameos, and much more!

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• Watch the Top Gun: Maverick trailer.

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