I saw the original in theaters when I was 20, my parents also saw it in theaters. I didn't know that until this movie was about to be released and my 80 year old parents mentioned how much they would like to see it in a theater. So as a Fathers Day gift last June I took them to see Maverick in a theater. I was concerned the load noise might annoy them, but they loved it as much as I did. The sounds of the planes and visuals were just incredible. It was a fun afternoon for a 57 year old man with his 80+ year old parents. It became more meaningful when in October Dad passed away, making Mavrick the last film he ever saw in a theater.

"Talk to me Dad" and "I'm sorry, Goose" get me every time.

I'm so glad they didn't just have Val Kilmer show up in a picture as an Admiral, but gave him film time reprising his role as Iceman. that scene was powerful!

"The Navy needs Maverick..." just like KZfaq needs the Schmitts. :-)

This film not even getting a nom for best Cinematography is a joke. This movie was hands down the best Cinematography in decades.

First movie in years to actually put me on the edge of my seat.

*TRUE STORY:* I had to buy dinner, ice cream, and go see the new Jurassic to convince my daughter and niece (both 13 now) to sit through part one and see this with me. They went back 4 more times. Both said it blew all the Jurassic movies out of the water, and they're both HUGE Jurassic fans. That's the best honest review/recommendation I've got.

What I loved the most about this film was Mavericks personal growth from the first movie. It was all about him in top gun even to the end. In this movie he was all about caring for others. Saving the dark star program, wanting to protect his pilots and get them home, risking his career to show them the mission could be done using his timeframe, saving rooster and lastly committing to Penny

The Maverick and Iceman scene proved that despite being rivals in the past. Iceman always had his back after Goose dead. Iceman was Maverick's wingman outside of a plane and even in his last breath was drawn Iceman always had Maverick's back later in life. Also, one thing I love about this film. They succeed to make new characters interesting in just one movie. Rooster, Hangman, Phoenix and Payback are some of the best newcomers in this film. Hangman remind me of Iceman and his rivalry between Rooster remind of the rivalry between Iceman and Maverick. This is notalgia done right.

For those that don’t know Bob is played by Lewis Pullman son of Bill Pullman. Bill played the President in Independence Day, Lone Starr in Space Balls, and many more films.

This belongs in the conversation of one of the greatest sequels of all time, along side with T2, Aliens, Empire Strikes Back, Dark Knight, etc

Was nice to see an F-14 again. That aircraft will always be the iconic fleet defense aircraft to me.

I was thrilled that they got Val in there. His daughter said they preformed it with the help of a computer.

Swear this movie was the first blockbuster in a while that really gives you so many different damn emotions.

Rooster " c'mon Mav do some of that pilot shit" is my favorite through back to Top Gun, when Goose said that.

This movie is brilliant because it was made the old way. It comes from an era when writers and directors made movies for the audience. They made their films universal in themes and crafted them to be crowd pleasers. That's why so many films from the 80s and 90s have become iconic. Craftsmanship, passion and love for the audience. Basically everything that is totally absent from today's Hollywood.

i like to imagine the scene with iceman and maverick as a perfect parallel to val and tom in real life. two incredibly talented standouts in their field both remembering their long and accomplished careers. even joking about who is the better pilot/actor.

Your right TBR, you can't eject at Mach 10. 3 and survive.

After watching so many studios try to "deconstruct" my childhood heroes, I was afraid to watch this in theaters. When I finally did see it, I was deeply moved. For what seems like the first time in a long time, they let one of my beloved characters be heroic.

Absolutely loved this Movie.... Saw the first showing with a bunch of Service Men in IMAX and all of us were blown away. Not ashamed to say I teared up multiple times, starting right from the opening scene. One of the few movies I saw multiple times in IMAX. Can say this was probably the bestest all around movie in 2022. Definitely was robbed of awards at the Oscars...

Daniel: Wonder, what happened to the other girl? Sam: She's gone! Quickest discard ever 🤣

“This movie definitely makes me want to be more adventurous. I won’t, but it makes me want to be.” Hilarious! Me too! 😂

Best cinematic experience of my life seeing this in theaters! A groundbreaking, standard raising film.

There’s a fun fan theory out there that says Maverick actually doesn’t survive that Mach 10.4 explosion and that every moment after that in the movie is his redemption afterlife dream (rekindle lost love, repair relationship with Rooster, pull off impossible mission, defeat two 5th Gen planes with antique F-14, and save the day as the hero). It’s fun to ask yourself what was more likely: Maverick accomplishing all of the above or perishing in an explosion of such speed and altitude that no human could survive? 🤔

This is the best movie I've seen in years. This is why we old-timers used to flock to summer blockbusters. Only time will tell if Hollywood will start thinking of their viewers and once again start making good movies that appeal to their audience or continue to lose viewers by basing their production, story, & casting decisions on other factors.

14:20 "This movie already makes me want to be so much more adventurous...I definitely won't, but it makes me want." 😆

Fun fact: The original is the only movie I saw 2x in one day in a theater. My idiot brother (12) thought he could convince the ticket lady that I (6) was his son so we could watch Stallone's movie "Cobra." It didn't work, so we watched Top Gun again.

25:12 One of the greatest cinematic shots of all time in film history. ❤

In case you don't already know, the character Bob is being played by Bill Pullman's son. Bill Pullman was the President in Independence Day.

Thanks, guys. I'm glad you made it home .

It's very rare that a sequel surpasses its predecessor but Maverick did everything just right. The characters had great chemistry, the casting for Rooster was perfect, the SFX was breathtaking to the point that you couldn't even tell where the CGI was. The story was basic but more purposeful than the original and the action was placed perfectly throughout with the emotional aspects having real depth this time around which gave the characters, not just Maverick, a driving force. I was really impressed with this film from the beginning sequence and it never let up, I'm glad you guys enjoyed the film. Great reaction from you both keep it up and love the channel.

The actor who played Hangman auditioned for Rooster, and was crushed when he did not get it. Tom Cruise really wanted him in the film and had the character based off of Maverick and Iceman written for him.

The difference with the first one is the mission. In the first film they’re trying to get through Top Gun and prove they’re the best. Big woo. In this one EVERYONE is the best and it’s a suicide mission, so you spend an entire movie getting to know and like and care about all the characters…and they might well get killed. That tension is throughout the movie and makes you care even more. That’s why it works so damn well.

This movie proves you can do a legacy sequel right, and also proves that even recycled tropes can be effective in the right hands - aside from the ventilation shaft being slightly bigger (3m rather than 2m) and needing two shots rather than just one because this vent has a cover, it's very much the trench run from A New Hope (right down to one character getting encouragement from a ghost). But it's done so well that it doesn't matter that it's so familiar.

Pat on the back for figuring out who penny was during her intro scene. Fantastic movie.

Put this one in The Schmitts Reaction Hall of Fame! Top notch for Top Gun Mav! I saw this in the theater. It made me cry, gave me chills and thrills, and I literally left the theater uplifted.

In case of, "Bob" is played by Lewis Pullman, Bill Pulman's son, the one who played the President of the USA in Independance Day (so a pilot fighter)

Great movie...two things you may not be aware of - Bob is played by Lewis Pullman (Bill Pullman's very talented son....he looks so like his dad), and two, Ice's lines of dialogue were spoken by Val Kilmer's son...all of the actors flew in planes with cameras on them (no green screens)...

You two were great on picking up who Penny Bengamin was and the fact that Charlie wasn't in this movie, "she's gone". After dragging our emotions up and down and putting us on the edge of our seats they have a little humor to lighten the tension. Mav knew his career with the Navy was over when he came back to the carrier in the F-14. He also knew he wouldn't ever get a chance to fly an F-14 again, so he made the best of it with a low pass. We wouldn't expect anything less from Mav.

So glad you both watched and posted this so close to watching for the first one. :) This is how a sequel is done folks :)

this better than the first imo

Sequels especially 30+ years later usually don’t work but I think that they did a great job with this.

Everything about this movie just plain works. It's such a perfect way to wrap up the Maverick character. And Miles Teller was incredible as Rooster. He's also incredible in one of his earlier movies, The Spectacular Now, which more of a drama movie, but his performance is nothing short of outstanding (as is Shailene Woodley's), it's definitely worth checking out sometime.

14:34 - Sam: "She's gone." 🤣🤣🤣 Edit- 42:06 - me, exactly. Welcome to the club. Incredible reaction.

I'm 43, and the only comparable theater experience I've had was the original Jurassic Park for the total wow factor. Also two of the only ones I've seen where people were literally cheering (When T-Rex and Hangman saved the day). Also applauded as the credits appeared.

The actor who plays Hangman also plays a naval aviator in a movie called Devotion. It's about the first black navy pilot during the Korean War. It's fantastic. Highly recommend.

I missed it myself, but in the initial briefing they said the F-35 wouldn’t work for this type of mission (gotta suspend disbelief for that). The F-35 is our fifth generation fighter so we technically still (and always will) have air superiority…..

Great reaction to such a great movie! The amusing thing for me that almost no one seems to get is that Hangman is Maverick as he would have been in this era of single seat warplanes. The main thing that kept Maverick from being what Hangman was is that Mav always had Goose, who was his conscience in some ways, riding brakes on Mav's worst impulses and making them not so bad. Mav was responsible to and for Goose, and since Goose was his only family Mav usually held himself in check so he wouldn't let Goose down. Hangman didn't have a back seater to be responsible to and for, so he could go all out to prove he was the best he could be and better than everyone else, which justly earned him his callsign: because he'd always hang you out to dry to prove you weren't as good as he was. Luckily, and thankfully, Hangman learned the important lesson about teamwork through Mav, who uniquely understood Hangman's driven personality. Hangman's character development was a very well done part of the movie too. In an early script, Hangman was to be Ice's son. I'm glad they scrapped that. The single/double seat arrangements for the F-18s was done so that each pilot could focus only on flying and the back seater could focus solely on acquiring the target with the laser and watching for other issues when that focus wasn't needed anymore. Plus, having the weapons officer in the trailing plane theoretically gave them an extra second or three to get a clear lock on the target from a clear perspective. Also, most everyone relaxes when they see that Rooster has ejected, but I didn't relax because I remembered that Goose ejected too. In the F-18 scenes, professional military pilots were doing the actual flying, but the back seat cockpits were set up to look like the real thing. The tech advances for getting us inside the cockpit with the actor were amazing! And the actors had additional duties to their usual acting as they had to test and make sure the cameras were set and focused properly, that their makeup was good, and that the shots were as near perfect as possible. The director had the toughest time since all he could do was stand around and wait until the day's flying was done, then collect all the day's filming out of the onboard camera systems and take it to watch for the first time then and make notes for the next day's flying. The actors actually had to go through an intensive training program to prepare them for flying in the fighters. I imagine there was some vomit hosed out of the cockpit after some of those maneuvers. Even though the actors, from what I remember, were never taken above 4G, that's nothing to sneeze at. Especially over time. I know the Fury 325 roller coaster at Carowinds near where I grew up in Charlotte, NC is said to max out at around 4Gs, that's just for a short period of time. The WWII plane Cruise was working on at the beginning and flying at the end of the movie is his own personal plane that he is licensed to fly. He took members of the cast and crew up in it for fun in between work. That had to be a blast. Val Kilmer, of course, had been fighting throat cancer in real life, but it was important to have him in this movie and he wanted to be there. His voice in the scenes was a programmed synthesized voice, but it was perfectly his voice as it might be. It was so good to see them as such close friends, and to know that Ice had constantly been Mav's guardian angel, keeping him in the service no matter what Mav did to get himself dismissed. And it showed a lot of how well Ice really understood Mav, and explains a lot of Mav's behaviors in the early movie. Mav is basically suicidally depressed when the movie starts, but he's not the suicidal type, so he looks for situations where he can go out doing what he does best, but he fights to survive anyway because that is his nature. Ignoring how he feels (typical man, I know) he focuses on something else that he can control: flying. All Mav has is the service. He has no family. Even Goose's family he's not close to, though we only learn why as the movie advances. The Navy and the people he works with, best shown in Hondo, are the only family he has. So he pushes beyond Mach 10 because the project is going to be shut down and he'll lose the team/family he's been working with and, knowing as he does that Ice has been fighting cancer, he is aware that his long-term guardian angel might not be able to keep him where he needs to be. His time is running out, and he's well aware of that, so if he stays in pure Maverick mode and pushes juuust a bit more, and a bit more again, then maybe he can go out doing what he loves before that is taken away from him too. So he does. But he survives. And his guardian angel is still able to shift him back to someplace he needs to be. And, whether this was Ice's grand plan knowing who all from Pete's history was there or not, Mav ends up where he needs to be to reestablish a will to live beyond the military. Reestablishment of his old family with Rooster. Rediscovery and, much more importantly, a new appreciation of an old flame (mentioned but never seen in the original movie). And suddenly Mav has every reason to not die in the cockpit. So, of course, he must go and do something that could very easily make him die in the cockpit. In a Hollyweird full of shallow and dull movies and shows with shallow, poorly done scripts and no actual thought behind them and shallow, unrealistic characters who only change in shallow ways if at all, a movie of this great depth made me so happy to see. I can watch it again and again and love it still. So very well done. For all the concerns I've had for Tom Cruise's weirdnesses in the past, he is absolutely a glorious hero for making this movie happen.

This movie had no business being this good. One of the very few sequels that actually surpass the first movie, and by a significant margin! Apart from a few technical mistakes regarding the dogfights, the movie does pretty much everything right. And the best part: no politics or social commentary, just entertainment!

So as a Navy Veteran. I was stationed at VFA131 Wildcats at NAS Oceana as my very first duty station and what’s craY our sister squadron VFA143 performed a lot of these maneuvers in this movie. So many nostalgia moments. I recognize NAS Fallon from anywhere and real Navy Airmen know about the Fallon Shuffle 😂. Anyways this brought back so many memories as was sooo happy to see it in theaters.

"You are required to maneuver straight down this trench and skim the surface to this point. The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port, right below the main port. The shaft leads directly to the reactor system." Star Wars (1977) "Luke, at that speed will you be able to pull out in time?" Star Wars (1977)

Interesting note about USN kill-count policy: in a two-person aircraft, _both_ crew get _full_ credit for any kills the plane makes. With the gunship Rooster smoked to save Maverick’s life, then the two fifth-gen fighters Maverick killed ( _with his guns_ , always _the_ most righteous of kills), Hangman doesn’t have a lot of room to get too puffed up: *Hangman:* “Remember the day I scored my second kill _saving your life_ ?” *Rooster:* “You mean the day _I_ scored _three_ kills?” *[Rivalry/Bromance intensifies]*

That moment when you realize the climax is just the Death Star trench run from Star Wars.

Penny Benjamin [Jennifer Connelly] was mentioned several times in the original movie: Captain in opening when saying they were going to Top Gun "One pass on an Admirals Daughter [Penny]", Goose saying "Penny Benjamin?" to Maverick right after the Captain's Statement and Meg Ryan during her visit mid movie, "Goose told me all about the time you went ballistic with Penny Benjamin.” --- we haven't lost Air Superiority, the F-22 would likely take out a SU-57 Felon [enemy fighter portrayed in movie] before even seeing it visually. They set up a specific reason they can't use our stealth aircraft [F-22 doesn't do carrier take offs last I heard and the F-35 would be no use on the target with the enemies GPS jamming so the best current carrier fighter bomber is the F-18 SuperHornets used in the movie.]

The P-51 Mustang at the beginning and end of the movie is actually Tom Cruise's own aircraft. Penny is the Penny Benjamin that thru talked about at the beginning of the first Top Gun. It was the scene with the Captain yelling at Maverick and Goose after they assisted Cougar back to the ship

Samantha's stress level during ALL of the third act was AS-TRO-NO-MI-CAL. Poor soul XD

Yeah, it was amazing that even with the limited interactions between the characters in this film, somehow they all felt genuine. Like that late scene between Maverick and Hondo felt highly emotional even though Hondo is a new character and he had like maybe only a handful of lines throughout the entire film.

This movie was the best movie of 2022 by far. Nothing else came close. I don't know 1 person who wasn't blown away & thoroughly enjoyed this movie. This is what movies are made for. Pure enjoyment.

I know this comment is very late, but I just learned this from an ex-pilot: the movie is so well-researched that at the climax, there's an accurate real-life reason why Rooster's ejection seat won't work: the F-14 had a safety feature that required the pilots to manually arm the ejection seat every time they got in, but Rooster was never trained on the F-14 so he wouldn't have known that.

Wasn't a massive fan of the original growing up but damn this one was gripping....when maverick flies the route to show it can be done I had same facial expression as half the room 😂

Don't get me wrong i like the first movie but this sequel is so frigging Bad Ass Tom knocked it out of the park.

Fun fact: Maverick says that the mission could be pulled off by the F-35 fighter but the GPS jamming prevented it from hitting the target. The F-35 is featured in the opening carrier scene but only the exterior. The real reasons why is because the F-35 cockpit can only seat one person. The F-18 had the room to incorporate the custom camera rigs and have the actors ride in the back. Also, the inside of the F-35 has parts that are still classified. So it couldn't be filmed at all

Fantastic Sequel! Great Reaction

To explain the 5th Generation Fighters, F/A-18's aren't Air Superiority fighters, they're Fighter/Bombers, which means while they *can* dogfight, they are not *designed* for that role. The current 5th generation fighter the US has is the F22 Raptor, and the F-35a Lightning II (which is a replacement for the traditional F/A-18 Hornets. Although there *is* a F/A-18 Super Hornet that's considered fifth generation as well,) The only one of the three that's strictly Air-Air combat is the Raptor. The planes in the film are very loosely based on the Su-57 Felon, Russian 5th generation fighter.

"When the f*ck did we lose air superiority???" 😂 BEST question of any reviewer

Also (I'm a bit buzzed on my vacation so I'm gonna share thoughts as the video goes, lmao), F-18's have two variants, one with a single seat and one with two seats. That's why the wingman is so important for the mission. The guy in the backseat in the wingman aircraft is able to direct the laser for the bomb without having to worry about flying. It's also how they were able to film so much of this realistically; the actors were sitting in the backseat of actual F-18's pulling actual high G maneuvers. There's a fair bit of CGI in the movie, but a LOT of the shots of the actors in the cockpit are them genuinely suffering in the backseat of a fighter pulling high G's. They did a phenomenal job of recreating the chaos of air combat. As a good comparison, some of the radio communications between pilots are available from the "shock and awe" campaign of the first Iraq war, and it basically sounds a lot like that quick sequence of the pilots flying for their lives after the bomb drop, just a lot of yelling and maneuvering and panicked callouts of missile launches and evasive manuevers. As for catching them with a net, well... the Navy learned a lot of hard lessons in WW2, and "sometimes planes need to land with an obscene amount of battle damage" was right up there with the most important.

Glad that you two made it home safely after last night. I love this movie so much! One of my all-time top favorite sequel movies, and one of my top favorite movies of 2022. 8:38 You are both correct. Penny is the Admiral's daughter that was mentioned in the first movie. I love that we got to see Val Kilmer again for that one scene. Definitely one of my favorite moments of the movie with Iceman and Maverick. Fun Fact: There was very little CGI effects for the aerial shots in this movie. The cast all took flight training lessons. Those are the actors doing doing those scenes. If neither of you have seen it yet, I very highly recommend the Miles Tiller movie "Whiplash". Looking forward to the next reaction. 😊

"Maybe little less licking." ... ... "Maybe little more licking." 😂 What a great reaction and so many funny one liners. 👍

One thing I liked about Hangman was that he was never knocked down a peg when it came to his skill and even though he was arrogant he still saved the day, the writers didn't feel the need to make him fuck up and need to be saved by someone that he had previously discounted as I think most movies would have done.

Imagine seeing Maverick from someone else’s perspective in the first movie. And that’s how you get Hangman.

14:09 Jennifer Connelly and Tom Cruise are actually sailing that boat for real. That moment he falls forward and she goes "you ok?" Is actually an improvised line which was kept in the film.

Glad you got home safely!!! I have to say I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise but I'll watch this reaction because I'm a huge fan of yours 👍

I’m 48 years old. I have to admit I saw this film first but I never seen the original! Right after I saw this I went back and looked at the original. I personally think this one is better but the old film is definitely not a squirrel by no means. It’s sort of like the first two Terminator movies. The first one is a classic, but the second one took what the first one did and did it better!

Yes sir, Penny Benjamin was mentioned twice in the original. Penny Benjamin admirals daughter, owner of a bar, sailboat and Porsche ! Perfect ❤️🥰

Haven't seen anyone really bring this up, but that brief moment of near-panic in Rooster when Mav tells him they have to eject... in an F-14. With Rooster in the wizzo seat. Where his Dad passed away.

Truly one of the best theater experiences ever. This turned out to be one of the best sequels ever as well and just a damn fun movie.

When I saw this in theaters the first time, I walked out of the theater feeling happy. My mood was lifted for the rest of the day. A movie hasn't done that for me in a long time. Maybe they're supposed to. So, I went and saw it a second time with my daughter. Best movie of the year.

The funniest thing about this is that there are quiet rumblings that this was essentially the actual reveal of a new Skunkworks aircraft, and Tom Cruise got to show off the new hotness in aircraft development. 😂 Also, not that it needs to be a channel reaction, but there's a pretty fun behind the scenes video of the various actors passing out, trying not to throw up, etc as Tom Cruise insists they all get put through the intense G forces necessary to show off air combat.

I love this movie a lot better than the original. It's my 2nd favorite movie of 2022 right behind The Batman. It won an academy award for Best Sound and I'm really proud it did that.

Tom Cruise payed for Glenn Powell (Hangman) to complete his pilots license after the movie completed. Saw it in the theater and it was an amazing experience. I actually enjoyed it so much I went back the next day and watched it a second time

A Bridge Too Far about the operation market garden from 1977 you must see! With many Stars : James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Ryan O Neal, Maximilian Schell, Robert Redford...

Best blockbuster movie I've watched in a least 10 years.

The P-51 Mustang that Maverick flies is actually owned by Tom Cruise. I believe the one he has is actually one of the Red Tails Mustangs. The P-51s with the notable decorated red tails were the fighters used by the Tuskegee airmen, the all African-American group of pilots during the Second World War. ❤

Yes! You made it home from the flat tire! Hope things weren't too bad for you and thanks for uploading!

I didn't care for the first movie, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to see MAVERICK, but this voice inside said to go watch it. So, I dragged my daughter to the theatre and we more than e joked it! But the sweetest surprise was during the end credits and I read that the USS Abraham Lincoln was the carrier used. My late ex had been stationed on the Lincoln and I felt that he was with me. This movie hit every single emotion and used it to keep drawing the viewer in. I give it a 99%. I would pay to see MAVERICK again and again and again.❤

So, Amelia's not gonna notice Maverick's motorcycle literally parked right out front when she got home??? Maverick risked breaking his neck for nothing.

For the end scene flight Jennifer is really terrified of flying and Tom told her they were just going to get shots sitting in the plane. Then he proceeded to take it to the runway and takeoff with her freaking out. They got nice shots of them flying once she calmed down a bit.

Such a great sequel. So we’ll done. One of the rare occasions that the sequel is better than original. I was 12 when original was released and saw it multiple times in theater. I was scared to watch sequel because so many are a let down. But this one was so great!

The name Penny Benjamin was mentioned a few times during the first movie. When the filmmakers of this movie looked at the actress who played Charlie 36 years ago in the original movie, they noticed that she looks like Tom Cruise's grandma now, so they never contacted her, and decided to cast the still-hot-for-an-old-chick Jennifer Connelly to play Penny Benjamin, who was made into a real character for this movie. Sorry about the bluntness, but I'm positive that's what went down. Nothing personal, this is business. This movie pretends that Charlie never existed, and that Penny was not the shallow relationship it was implied to be in the first movie. Let's just run with this and enjoy the sequel, because it really is a very good movie and sequel, overall.

what i love about this. was rooster and mav in the jet calling out just like he did with goose. i LOVED that scene

It looks like Maverick ejected over Idaho or eastern Washington state, after flying out to the east over Nevada, Utah, and Colorado, and making a big turn toward the northwest. You can see where he was momentarily on the map. Yes, he was "booking" alright, at Mach 9-10, so he crossed a bunch of large states in a short amount of time.

Saw this film in theaters twice, Congrats again guys.

Nominated for 6 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing. It made $1.4 billion dollars at the box office. Also yesterday, my dad and I went to go see JOHN WICK 4! It was epic, clocking in at 169 minutes, I had to used the restroom 2 time to make sure I didn't miss any of the action! I give it a solid 10/10!

As for all movies that are liked by the majority, you have detractors who will bring up Kelly McGillis and Meg Ryan, being asked. Here's the real stories. Kelly McGillis was initially upset but she also said she doesn't know if she would have said yes even if she was asked, she has other priorities in her life now and she needed to get away from acting and Hollywood. As for Meg Ryan, she really hasn't said anything other than they didn't ask. BUT folks need to remember, this movie was originally scheduled for 2012 and Meg was in the script, but Tony Scott died in 2012 which delayed it, and Cruz had 3 movies to do that took it his time, and then the new director wanted to tell a new story and it was not sure if she would be available because it was up in the air.

Did you get the Easter egg? When Maverick first meets Penny(Jennifer Connely) in the bar!! Music by David Bowie plays in the background, with whom she filmed Labyrinth when she was 16.And Hangman taps 86 into the jukebox, the year of the first Top Gun movie

glad you guys reacted to this because i knew you would do it justice in your reaction. Surprising thing with this film is the story was so well written with no roll your eyes moments.

Here at 35:31 Bob's being ecstatic at the safe return of Maverick and Rooster, as well the success of an impossible mission, is the most wholesome reaction ever. His beaming face.. so much emotion. Love that guy🎉

The stats of this film is crazy: The #1 movie of 2022. Best sequel of 2022. #1 movie of the decade. The 2nd film to gross over $1 billion in the movie theatre re-booming during Covid-19. Tom Cruise's biggest movie ever. A great story with so much nostagia of the original. The director, Joseph Kosinski has worked with Cruise before on the movie, Obilvion (2013). To be made and be made as real as possible makes this a great piece of work. Seeing Val Kilmer as Iceman again was so heartwarming, especially with knowing what he's really gone through. Top Gun has the longest running video game series, based on an film ever (1986-2010). The 18th and final game on PS3 subtitled "Hard Lock" (2010) and the plot is set years after the first film. Maverick as an instructor to a new generation of pilots and his best student, Lance Webb aka Spider taking on an elite special mission (predating the movie sequel's story). But in any event, the years of waiting for TG:M to was so worth the admission.

Seeing this on the IMAX was epic.

Been waiting for this one, let's gooooo.