Top Gunner

Eric Roberts in a "Top Gun" ripoff from The Asylum- What could possibly go wrong with that formula? Turns out, even more than I could possibly imagine. While normally I would encourage people in any artistic endeavor, no matter how ill-conceived, in this case, I'm asking (nay, pleading) with both Roberts and The Asylum to just... stop. For the love of all that is holy and just, please do not make any more videos! Sell the camera and donate the rest of the equipment to the A/V Department at the local high school for the tax write-off. Then just walk away, Renee... This makes "Plan 9 from Outer Space" look like Shakespeare...

Do not watch. It is awful...a disgrace The acting sucks you can see the fake Stealth aircraft very clearly.. the only known actor is Eric Roberts but he been making low budget films lately. I knew right of the bat it was going to suck big time. Almost at the beginning of the movie when they are trying to land the Stealth aircraft and the pilot dies One actor asks "is every-one ok" and a dumb dumb replies, copy that hahahahaha hahahahahahaha

I'd rather climb up to Mount Everest, naked and freezing than spend another minute of my life on this bundle of garbage. Please DO NOT watch.

Pull up! Collision alert! Pull up! Pull up!

Granted, I had a feeling that this was going to be another one of those lousy mockbusters from The Asylum. I assumed as much from the mere title of the movie and its cover. And true enough to my assumptions, as I saw The Asylum's logo on the intro screen, then of course it was as expected.

Still, I opted to give the movie a chance, despite of it having Eric Roberts on the cast list. Why? Well, because once in a blue moon, then The Asylum actually manages to produce something that is entertaining and worth the time and effort.

"Top Gunner" wasn't one such instance. Nay. "Top Gunner" was atrociously bad and pointless. It was a massive struggle to just sit through the ordeal. Did writer Geoff Meed manage to produce anything even remotely worthwhile watching? No. Did director Daniel Lusko manage to turn the lack of a proper storyline and script into a watchable movie? No.

The acting in the movie was actually not all that bad, just a shame that the actors and actresses had literally nothing to work with in terms of a proper script, storyline or characters.

If you enjoy flight movies and pilot dramas, then do yourself a favor and stay clear of this one. "Top Gunner" was by no means an interesting, entertaining, watchable, enjoyable or wholehearted movie. Sure, there are far worse movies out there, but the 2020 movie "Top Gunner" is up there.

My rating of "Top Gunner" lands on a two out of ten stars.

Yes, a Top Gun remake (or sequel?) was scheduled for summer 2020. Apparently this did not stop the producers to quickly push their own mock version of Top Gun to the market. Market? What market? All Top Gun veterans from the 1980's wouldn't come close to this cinematic crap let alone watch it and the Millennials don't know what the heck this is. So who is this movie intended for? Beats me.

Also, Eric Roberts seemed to follow in Nick Cage's footsteps by accepting virtually every script that winds up in his mailbox. No matter how bad it is. Seems neither two have a reputation anymore to uphold.

The producers were also snotty and bold enough to keep "Top Gun" in the release title, which is surprising. So if you love amateur acting, plot holes, anachronisms, goofs, errors, visual mistakes and clueless directing, then you came to the right picture. Everyone with a bit of cinematic taste should avoid this though as it will cause eye cancer, bleeding from both ears and uncontrollable vomiting.