[Published 05/19/2022, (All (Parentheses))]
We Bought a Xenu
Easy, I guess, to improve on one of the worst movies ever made. Though what’s gained in star vehicle/legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick (Fincher-derived Kosinskian clarity supplanting the visual-aural-moral chaos of Anthony David Leighton Scott, for one) is worth about as much as the military-industrial entertainment complex that the film, like its predecessor, shamelessly promulgates. Similarly faceless villains (Afghanis? Russians? Canadians?). Phallic phlying machines cupped and caressed. Star Wars (but in real…