Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick is a 2022 action movie directed by Joseph Kosinski, with a running time of 2h 11m. It stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller and Jennifer Connelly.
Pete Mitchell has spent thirty years dodging the promotions that would pull him out of a cockpit. Now the Navy hands him back to Top Gun, not to fly but to train a class of young graduates for a strike no living pilot has attempted. Among them is the son of his dead wingman, and the past he has flown away from finally catches up on the runway. Joseph Kosinski shoots the flying for real, pressing Tom Cruise and his cast into actual jets, so the G-forces on their faces are the ones you feel. A sequel about aging, debt to the dead, and doing the one thing you were built for.
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What is Top Gun: Maverick about?
Pete Mitchell has spent thirty years dodging the promotions that would pull him out of a cockpit. Now the Navy hands him back to Top Gun, not to fly but to train a class of young graduates for a strike no living pilot has attempted. Among them is the son of his dead wingman, and the past he has flown away from finally catches up on the runway. Joseph Kosinski shoots the flying for real, pressing Tom Cruise and his cast into actual jets, so the G-forces on their faces are the ones you feel. A sequel about aging, debt to the dead, and doing the one thing you were built for.
When was Top Gun: Maverick released?
Top Gun: Maverick was released on 21 May 2022.
How long is Top Gun: Maverick?
Top Gun: Maverick runs 2h 11m.
Who made Top Gun: Maverick?
Top Gun: Maverick was directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Where can I watch Top Gun: Maverick?
Top Gun: Maverick is available on Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV and fuboTV.
Where to watch Top Gun: Maverick
Stream: Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, fuboTV
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling, Google Play Movies, JustWatch TV, Plex, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube
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Cast
- Tom Cruise as Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
- Miles Teller as Lt. Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
- Jennifer Connelly as Penny Benjamin
- Bashir Salahuddin as Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman
- Jon Hamm as Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
- Charles Parnell as Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
- Monica Barbaro as Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
- Lewis Pullman as Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
- Jay Ellis as Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch
- Danny Ramirez as Lt. Mickey 'Fanboy' Garcia
- Glen Powell as Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
- Val Kilmer as Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
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A few thoughts on Top Gun: Maverick
The obvious next stop is Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, which puts you in the cockpit for the close-range dogfights the film stages in live jets. Pair it with the roaring Kenny Loggins and Harold Faltermeyer soundtrack, the synth-and-guitar sound that has meant afterburners and carrier decks since 1986, and echoes the film's pull toward speed past every warning.
Aircraft filmed like they're actually flying
Maverick straps Tom Cruise into actual fighter jets so every strained face and rattling cockpit is real, and this set shares that respect for the machine over the special effect. Ace Combat 7 never fakes the physics of flight, Midway restages a real WWII carrier battle, Firefox turns a stolen stealth jet into a hardware thriller, and Red Tails follows the Tuskegee Airmen's real combat record.
An aging warrior sent back to train the next generation
Maverick trains the son of the wingman he couldn't save, carrying guilt the Navy never let him put down. Wrath of Khan sends an aging captain into a fight tied to his own past, The Godfather Part II hands a legacy through a family that can't outrun history, and Old Man's War drafts a veteran back into a war built for someone younger.