The editing work of the dogfighting scenes is the best in any film. There are many great movie moments: Tom Cruise on his bike while an F-14 Tomcat is taking off, when he arrives at the female instructor's house, the whole volleyball match with Rossovich flexing his muscles, the piano scene at Kansas City Barbeque, and an F-14 Tomcat buzzing the tower. Top Gun makes joining the U.S. Navy to be a fighter pilot a very cool thing to do.

"Listen, man. I've raced with my legs broke, heart bruised, eyes popping out of my head like they're on springs. This is going to go away just like anything else." The be-all and end-all of auto racing pictures, Days of Thunder is 100% speed, fun, cool, exciting, stylish, thrilling, macho, and rewatchable. Tom Cruise and Michael Rooker play larger-than-life characters: Cole Trickle and Rowdy Burns.

Sequels have a notorious reputation of not matching the consistency of the original, but that's not so in Beverly Hills Cop II. Eddie Murphy is at his vintage best as Axel Foley. The on-screen chemistry between John Ashton and Judge Reinhold along with Eddie Murphy is superb, and they all work together well.

True Romance is a trashy popcorn flick that's made specifically for IMDb/Tarantino fanboys who are incapable of discerning the difference between reality and fantasy. Observe Alabama looking fine after she's savagely beaten up. Nevertheless, everybody of the completely star-studded cast is in top form, and they do their part equally well.

I have to hand it to Shane Black for penning a fine throwback neo-noir screenplay for The Last Boy Scout. Not all of the jokes work, but some do stick; the more Bruce Willis keeps throwing them, the better the film is. The Dashiell Hammett/Raymond Chandler quality can be felt, but this time, it's crude and near the gutter. The editing is good, and the story flows well.

Denzel Washington re-teams with Tony Scott to make an interesting sci-fi flick that's set in New Orleans and Algiers, and this time, the results are a lot better than anticipated. There's a weird time travel component involved, but the logic is sound. Val Kilmer helps out albeit in a small role.

Big, bad Denzel Washington goes against big, bad Gene Hackman in Crimson Tide. That's the fun part. Although a pretty good submarine picture to relax with, it isn't great enough to join the ranks of Das Boot and The Hunt for Red October, but the ending is a surprise.