Pro-American 'Top Gun' Sequel Riles Chinese Communists

Rick Moran : May 31, 2022
PJMedia.com

Amazingly, this one gesture of defiance gave heart to millions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and elsewhere.

[PJMedia.com] Top Gun: Maverick is giving star Tom Cruise his biggest opening weekend of all time as the unofficial start to summer and the blockbuster movie season begins. The film has already grossed $150 million domestically and promises to do boffo business in the coming weeks. (Screengrab image)

But there's one market that may never see the film released. The 1.2 billion consumers of American pop culture in China may not be allowed to see the film because of its unabashedly pro-American messaging.

Paramount Pictures may have also upset the Chinese by adding back Japanese and Taiwanese flags to Cruise's leather flight jacket after the Chinese backer of the film, Tencent, demanded they be removed in 2019.

Tencent Holdings pulled out of the picture when it became clear the pro-American messaging wouldn't sit well with their masters in Beijing... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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