We’re entering what is, by my count, the 400th week of isolation, and if you’re anything like me, there’s only so many times you can rewatchCongobefore it starts to lose some of its magic. Luckily,Tom Cruiseis on his way to drag our stay-at-home boredom kicking and screaming into the Danger Zone, which, incidentally, is in 4K.
In celebration of Top Gun Day, May 13th, Cruise’s definitive blockbusterTop Gunexplodes onto 4K Ultra HD Digital, followed by a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray release on May 16th. The remastered film comes loaded with brand-new interviews with Cruise, producerJerry Bruckheimer, as well as cast members from the upcoming sequelTop Gun: MaverickincludingJon HammandMiles Teller. That’s in addition to some choice previously-released special features including feature commentary from Bruckheimer and directorTony Scott, plus some making-of featurettes and original theatrical promotional material and music videos. Folks, you haven’t lived if you haven’t experienced Top Gun’s 1986 marketing campaign, and this Ultra HD release is the next best thing to traveling back in time to the summer of “Take My Breath Away” and Cruise playing unironic shirtless beach volleyball withVal Kilmer,Anthony Edwards,andRick Rossovich.
In case Cruise’s most iconic mega-hit isn’t enough to tide you over, hold onto your muscular butts, because two more major Cruise flicks are hitting Ultra HD. 2005’sWar of the Worlds, the epic sci-fi thriller from directorSteven Speilberg, and 1990’sDays of Thunder, reteaming Cruise withTop Gunproducers Bruckheimer andDon Simpsonand director Scott, will also be available in 4K Ultra HD Digital May 13th. As withTop Gun, both films will be released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray May 19th and will contain some righteous bonus content. Get ready to throw your quarantine into Cruise control, and no I absolutely will not apologize for that sentence. Check out the cover art for all three films below.
