Top Gunner: Danger Zone

This film was made to scam people into renting/buying the wrong Top Gun movie. It is incredibly low production value.

They had planes that would magically change between takeoff and landing.

In the 2020 one, at list it was some kind of movie star (Eric Roberts). In the second (2022) only the effects were some kind, so consider to try another action movie, even without the name "Top Gun-ner"! :)

What is there to be said? The Asylum doing what The Asylum does best.. Ripping off a Blockbuster movie, BADLY!

I mean, the writing is always awful, the acting is even worse, the effects look like they're done by a 12 year old who has been using After Effects plug-ins.. Honestly though I can't hate The Asylum because most of their movies qualify as so bad it's good and always give a good laugh!

Don't pay for it though whatever you do... Just get some pals round, get drunk, stick the film on and take the piss out of it.

I saw this title at Walmart and was immediately draw to how goofy the plot sounded. Instead of directly copying Top Gun, it would at least be a sort of impending disaster/action movie. Being my first Asylum film I had low expectations, but it was okay. Not drastically boring, a fair deal of the acting wasn't terrible, and the plot generally made sense despite some weird twists and lots of nonsensical details. But I was very surprised that as many of the aviation-related details were huge misses, there were some relatively good ones thrown in. Despite the flight deck being wrong for the plane shown externally, they obviously got access to a full 737 simulator and used elements of it somewhat well, even if it wasn't always correct. The random shot of an Airbus throttle quadrant near the end had me rolling though, it's like they threw that in to see who's been paying attention or the editor grabbed a stock clip without even watching it.

For something to sit and watch seriously to get invested, it's a pass. But for a movie to not take too seriously and just have a good time watching with friends it's alright. I do have to pull one star because of the blatant rip-off. Just from this, I feel like Asylum could have potential if they stopped leaning so hard into mockbusters. Sinking a little more time and talent info visual fx, and getting writing consultants to help story flow could help make for better movies since they're obviously having a good time making these.

If you saw this "Top Gunner: Danger Zone," and thought for one second that it was "Top Gun: Maverick," then you are pretty gullible and will actually really enjoy the blatant military recruitment film "Top Gun: Maverick." As for me I preferred this to "Top Gun: Maverick." Incredibly low budget, terrible dialogue, wooden acting, stock aircraft footage that alternates aircraft types without a care for continuity. There were only 4 or 5 sets, 7 actors and 10-12 extras. Roll a spliff, get the popcorn, sit back and laugh, without leaving the comfort of the couch.