'Top Gun: Maverick' Initial Reaction

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The "Top Gun" sequel delivers EVERYTHING you want in a blockbuster.

Paramount Pictures treated the guests of CinemaCon 2022 to an early screening of Tom Cruise's long-awaited sequel to Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick. Watch CinemaBlend’s Managing Editor and resident Top Gun fanatic Sean O’Connell hit you with his first reaction to the new Tom Cruise film.

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Sean O’Connell is a journalist and CinemaBlend’s Managing Editor. Having been with the site since 2011, Sean interviewed myriad directors, actors and producers, and created ReelBlend, which he proudly cohosts with Jake Hamilton and Kevin McCarthy. And he's the author of RELEASE THE SNYDER CUT, the Spider-Man history book WITH GREAT POWER, and an upcoming book about Bruce Willis.

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