It is rare for action movie sequels to be better than the original film, but Top Gun: Maverick proved skeptics wrong by shockingly far exceeding all expectations for the action movie and reviving the business of movie theaters at a time when the lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic were threatening to push most theaters to the point of declaring bankruptcy.

The box office success of the movie demonstrates Tom Cruise's star power and the difference that creativity can make, even when directing sequels . Top Gun: Maverick , which has some of the best action sequences in recent years, is a fantastic legacy sequel that has even better writing and acting than the previous movie, which is a traditionally cheesy '80s flick.

For director Joseph Kosinski, who's been on the scene as a high

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