To say that 'G-Force' is boring and lifeless would be an understatement, it's a complete and utter waste of 3-D technology, especially given Bruckheimer's prolific use of technology.ĭirector Yeatman, whose background is in visual effects, actually tries to utilize the 3-D technology well and certainly can be credited for inventive and imaginative shots that elevate the film a bit and may very well be enough to entertain the younger children. Aided by a mole (Nicolas Cage), the force unites to take down an arms dealer (Bill Nighy). There's Darwin (Sam Rockwell), Juarez (Penelope Cruz) and Blaster (Tracy Morgan) along with their handler (Zach Galifianakis). In 'G-Force,' we have a specially trained force of guinea pigs. Sadly, I'm already expecting 'G-Force 2' now. In the same summer that Pixar again created an animated masterpiece that managed to entertain children without insulting their intelligence, Bruckheimer and director Hoyt Yeatman have managed to assemble a stellar cast in what amounts to animated drivel. But in the process, we see plenty of Maverick being, well, Maverick-y, from pretending not to hear an order over the radio to immediately return to base to his flying well below the hard deck.While I was off at the Indianapolis International Film Festival, you went and made this godawful Jerry Bruckheimer produced mess #1 at the box-office?

Yet these scenes serve to highlight the past for Maverick as he launches into an uncertain future, having to get a handful of pilots ready for a mission against an enemy that is ill-defined: Iran, China, Russia? Your guess is as good as mine. And when Iceman (Val Kilmer), now in charge of the Navy’s Pacific Fleet, reunites with Maverick on screen, it’s hard not to get misty-eyed at what appears to be a genuinely heartfelt reunion between friends. The favorite watering hole of the fighter jocks on the beach in San Diego is run by Penny Benjamin (Jennifer Connolly) - the infamous admiral’s daughter of Mav’s past that he “went ballistic with” long ago. “In this movie, the actors are pulling seven-and-a-half or eight Gs, so if you weigh 200 pounds, that’s going to be 1,600 pounds of force crushing your body, forcing the blood out of your brain.”Īside from hair-raising flight sequences, Top Gun 2 offers several notable callbacks to the past aside from “Rooster” and the palpable unease his presence inspires throughout the film in the usually-confident Maverick. Two Gs is twice our body weight,” said Cruise.

“Right now, on earth, there’s one force of gravity on our bodies. The result is a film that will give people the ride of their lives as you can practically feel the G forces crushing the actors in their seats as they twist and turn during training for the deadly mission to come. Still, the actor was qualified in the Navy’s Aviation Survival Training Curriculum and personally led a rigorous five-month flight training program for the cast. The Navy, seeing an obvious recruiting opportunity once more, happily obliged ( though it refused to allow him to pilot the $70 million plane). Cruise insisted that he and others actually fly in the Navy F/A-18s. And there aren’t Navy pilots serving as stand-ins for actors this time.

There are cameras practically everywhere as if the filmmakers strapped GoPros onto the fuselage to capture every conceivable angle inside and outside the cockpit. Fans of the original who loved the dogfighting sequences and aerial combat, rejoice. There’s a lot in this movie for everyone. This is actually Tom Cruise launching from a Navy aircraft carrier catapult.

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