Penny Benjamin is the daughter of an Admiral that MAV had some love connection with only referenced in the beginning of the first film.

Mach 1 is the speed of sound which is 767.27 mpg. Hence Mach 10 would be a mind boggling 7,672.7 mph (varying a bit by altitude/barometric pressure/humidity). The Darkstar aircraft (aka Lockheed Martin SR-72) is a "hypothetical" descendant of the SR-71 Blackbird (which looks somewhat similar) and which had a top speed of Mach 3.3 or around 2,700 mph and played a big role in high altitude, high speed reconnaissance flights during the Cold-War. You might notice the small skunk emblem on the tail of the mock-up in the movie which stands for Lockheed-Martin's skunkworks which created the first SR-71, the F-117 Nighthawk (the first Stealth Fighter), and probably lots of other interesting experimental aircraft the public doesn't know about yet. I may be mistaken but I think a lot of testing of Skunkworks aircraft is done in Area 51 in Nevada (made famous by UFO theorists) which is probably where the movie is trying to suggest Maverick is assigned at the start of the film. Probably kind of goofy since Maverick is an active duty Navy Pilot and the SR-72 would be an Air Force aircraft rather than a Navy aircraft. There is a really interesting critique of this flight on YT by a former Air Force Pilot named C.W. Lemoine (channel by same name) who pointed out there would be a zero percent chance of Maverick surviving an ejection or the break-up of an aircraft traveling any faster than Mach 3 (let alone at >Mach 10) unless the aircraft had an actual ejection capsule built into it that would attempt to protect a pilot ejecting at such insane speeds. The "rogue nation" with the nuclear program is never named in the film but is pretty clearly Iran since it has one of the only air forces in the world that still owns some F-14s (the plane stolen by Maverick and Rooster). The F-14s were sold by the US to the Shah of Iran (friendly to the US) who was subsequently deposed by the Islamic Revolution in the 1970s (presently VERY unfriendly to the US and which coincidentally has a uranium enrichment program everyone is worried about).

One thing you might like, Tom Cruise is a rated pilot in real life. While the Navy wouldn't let him actually fly am F18, the P51 Mustang he flys Penny in at the end actually belongs to Tom and that's him actually flying them in it

Penny is from a throw away line in the first movie, where the captian read Mavericks disciplinary record. the quote is " with a history of high speed passes over 5 air control towers and one admiral's daughter" Then goose leans over and whispers "Penny Benjamin?" and Maverick nods yes. It was just a cute way of adding some nostalgia, and another thread that ties back to the original Top Gun.

Penny is "The admiral's daughter" that is mentioned in the first film.

6:15 Call signs are given to pilots by other pilots. The call signs usually refer to something embarrassing that happened, or something which would embarrass the person involved, such as "Bug" being given as a callsign to a pilot who constantly bugs everyone else.

In case you didn't know the actor for Iceman, Val Kilmer, actually had throat cancer and really had difficulty speaking. So the fact that he was willing to say a few lines for this film shows his professionalism, dedication, and most of all his deep friendship with Tom Cruise. Even Tom himself says he will not do this film if Val Kilmer isn't in it.

A proper Top Gun movie indeed! It had all the elements we needed, great reaction!💙

It's very cool that they brought Val into this. He could easily been written out.

Mach 1 is 767.269 mph Mach 10 is 10 times that or about 7,670 mph or 12,348 kph

When Tom Cruise crashed in the Darkstar jet, Mach 10.3, that is just over 7900mph! Edit: thanks for the video as well! :)

The most impressive part of this movie is the actors actually did it.. That's them in real cockpits at supersonic speed. There's cgi but it's minimal for the most part.. The message is great, the implementation is great.. What a fantastic movie

The cameras are amazing they really translate what the jet is doing. When Maverick drops his bombs you can really see the weight that's just been lost as it rocks back and forth.

10:40 people forget how great of an actor Tom Cruise really is. The scene was emotional, short and perfect knowing Val Kilmer's real life complications with throat cancer. Love that scene so much.

Just in case nobody else mentioned it. Mach numbers (named after Ernst Mach, an early aviation engineer/pioneer) are multiples of the speed of sound at sea level. To date no air-breathing aircraft has ever flown at mach 10. The plane Maverick was working on, and flying at the end, is an historic warbird, a P-51. It is Tom Cruise's own airplane, on loan to the production.

It's now the highest grossing movie of the year. $1.4 billion dollars.

Mach 10...10 times speed of sound

(18:30) Liv, that's not the original F-14, but in real life Iran bought several F14s over 40 years ago. They're still in service, although there are problems with getting parts these days. My guess is the filmmakers went with that idea.

You're right .... Mach Speed is when an object moves faster than the speed of sound. In normal conditions, each Mach equates to 768 mph (235 km/h).

Keep in mind, this film was made in 2017/2018. Tom Cruise was only 55/56 not the 60 years of age he is now.

Liiv, You mentioned something about the Acting ability of Tom Cruise? You really need to see "The Last Samurai " ! In the Era just after the Civil war He plays a drunk, a man hunted by his past, deep in the throws of Detox. learning he is not the top man and has much to learn of the Japanese culture and come to respect and love it along with other things. He plays the part with skill you really don't see in his other rolls. Also starring Ken Watanabe as The Samurai he learns from, The musical score was done by Hans Zimmer , cinematography by John Toll. P.S. I just checked your history and it looks like you have seen the Last Samurai ! Then this is for all of you reading this that haven't seen it.

'Talk to me, Goose.' Biggest. Chills. Ever.

Penny Benjamin (Jennifer Connolly) is actually mentioned by Goose's wife in the first movie. "Admiral's daughter " during the great balls of fire scene.

Truly, I could listen to you speak for hours. You have such a melodic and fantastical voice/accent. Wishing you did some audio books. Love your channel and hope to see many more videos.

She is Penny Benjamin. The Admiral's daughter that he did a her house and Goose says her name when Jame's Tolkan's character says "High speed pass over 5 air control towers and one Admiral's daughter". And Goos looks over and says "Penny Benjamin?"

I'm usually not much on sequels, especially after so long but I really liked this movie.

He was going way faster than the speed of sound. Mach 1 is the speed of sound: 761 mph Mach 10 is ten times the speed of sound: 7,672 mph / 12,347 kmh

The flying in the canyon was not CGI. the navy has training course in the mountains of Washington State. The movie production was granted permission by the Navy to utilize that low level trading course to film this movie. Of course, Navy pilots did the actual flying!

"How can a plane stay upside-down like that?" … with forward yolk!

So Mach 1 is the speed of sound. The fastest recorded speed from a plane is about Mach 3.5ish from the SR-71 Blackbird. The company that was advertised on the plane at the beginning is “Skunkworks” they’re a real company that works with the Navy on actual planes just like the one at the beginning. It’s cool cus Tom Cruise actually went to their facility where they design and make real planes with the navy and he helped with the design of the cockpit if the plane they showed cus in real situations they work with the actual test pilots to design the cockpits to what’s comfortable for that test pilot. Literally they made this movie as accurate and realistic as they could and still having it be an exciting Top Gun type film. Obviously some CGI but they really had all the actors in real F-18’s pulling G’s at real top speeds for about 85% of the shots you see them in. Never been done before and was very expensive but so worth it. Just in the F-18’s the footage they had before editing was more than the entire lord of the rings trilogy combined.

Next time they steal an F14, they need to arm the ejection seats.

Bob is Lewis Pullman son of Bill Pullman the President in Independence Day...

17:08 “Now they’re being fired on.” Because they’re automated machines that defend the air using radar to detect. Going lower means below the radar I think is below 100ft. to remain invisible. Fly higher, you’ll get detected unless you’re flying a stealth fighter/bomber.

Callsigns are voted on by squadron/unit pilots in a somewhat elaborate ceremony involving whiskey and much swearing. It's best earned and my guess is that Rooster's unit mates were aware of his father's Callsign. For example we had a guy named NAFOD (no apparent fear of death) who almost killed himself for buffoonery...best earned. Mach 1.0 is the speed of sound...Mach 10.0 well you can do the math. I'm sure much of this is described in comments below, but sadly we don't all have time to read them all. Cheers LiivReacts.

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.

6:12 "Do they get to pick their call signs?" In the real world Navy and Air Force...no. Your squadron colleagues assign one, and it usually reflects something stupid you did, something funny that happened to you, or something peculiar about your name/background. Unlike the first TG where everyone's call sign was badass, this movie tried to follow the real world method but didn't quite go that far. Examples of real call signs and their origins... 1) A Navy pilot crapped himself after being launched off a carrier and requested an immediate landing. He earned the call sign SPOT = Shit Pants On Takeoff 2) A female pilot was named Katrina, so everyone called her Hurricane. 3) CDR Jesse Reed (an actual Top Gun instructor) had the call sign AHAB = Always Humping Asian Bitches 4) COL Nicole Malachowski (first female Thunderbird pilot) was training with her first squadron and made a big mistake in a simulator. She began chastising herself by saying, "Fucking idiot! Fucking idiot!" which everyone heard on the intercom. Thus, she earned the call sign FIFI.

Penny, the bar owner, is mentioned at the beginning of the original Top Gun

She is Penny Benjamin. She was a love interest mentioned in the last movie.

Penny is mentioned twice in the first movie!

The actress in the original top gun isnt acting anymore, Penny was mentioned twice in the first film!

At Mach 10 he would get to London from New York in 20-30 minutes. Normally it takes 7+ hours to get there on a passenger jet.

The first plane is the son of blackbird. It is entering service soon. Mach 10 is 10x the speed of sound

"Bob" is the son of actor Bill Pullman, who he looks identical.

6:20 Callsigns as far as I know are usually given to you. Like for Hangman, they call him that as Phoenix explains in the movie. Bob's callsign is interesting since it's just his name. Either he chose to keep it or they just let him have that name. Another example from the previous movie, one of the other pilots refers to Goose as "Mama Goose" which is probably a subtle tiny hint as to how Goose got the callsign. It can be either a pattern of what you do as a pilot, how you fly the plane, or actions that merit your callsign being given to you. Or someone coming up with a nickname for you because of something memorable at the time that it just sticks and has nothing to do with your actual skills.

I had ZERO interest in this movie and the ONLY reason I even watched it was due to EVERYONE telling me I need to see it and happened to go to a friend's house who had rented it. I have finally found the second movie of Tom Cruise that I like.

6:15 a pilots callsign is given to them by their fellow pilots, and is typically something reflecting an embarrassing incident that happened during or prior to their training that theyre renowned for. For example, a trainee a few years back has the UNFORTUNATE last name of "Jobbins", so he got given the callsign Blow, as in, Blowjobbins. Callsigns like Hangman could be given out to people like Hangman if they do make a habit of being selfish and leaving ther wingmen out to dry, but callsigns like Maverick, or Iceman etc are considered "too cool" to be actually used. A name like Phoenix though, could be earned if the pilot happens to have been shot down on several occasions and survived. Contrary to common belief, a callsign also isnt life long. You could lose your current callsign in favour of another "cool" callsign, they earn them through big or heroic feats they pull off in active combat.

in the 1st movie he mentioned he had a relationship with an admirals daughter that is who Penny is

Great reactions to the Top Gun sequel, Liiv!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽I did think this was better than the original. Maverick mentions dating Penny in the original film, but she is not shown. I think her appearance in this film is for the diehard fans of the original.

Although abbreviated, the start up sequence on the F-14 was correct.

Mach 10 with a little more science and physics being involved in the actual Mp/h calculation is essentially 10x the speed of sound. A lot of fighter jets since the F-16 have been capable of surpassing Mach 1 for periods of time and so was one commercial jet that’s now out of commission at this point, the Concorde. The are more commercial jets being built and tested today that will be capable of carrying passengers at supersonic speeds but for now the only way to travel faster then the speed of sound is to join the Air Force or become an astronaut. The movie is surmising that Tom Cruise is becoming the fastest pilot on the planet (though not by as much as you would think as the Darkstar plane he’s flying is based on a real plane the SR-72 Blackbird which was an experimental top secret spy plane used in the latter part of the Cold War capable of approaching Mach 10 but not surpassing it as Tom does in the movie.)

yes you should know what Mach means!! Thanks Tim Hedrick for explaining!!

They hate him because he spent 5 billion dollars trying to get that plane of the ground, and it didn't go anywhere

I'm the navy you don't pick your vallsign. It's given to you by teammates

In the United States military you do not get to pick your call sign or nickname. Your fellow sailors, marines, soldiers, airman, or Superior officers give you your call sign or your nickname

You should check out the Top Gun Maverick Featurettes on youtube. They give you a behind the scenes look at what the actors had to do to be able to go up in those F18's, plus they had to direct themselves and run the cameras. They are several and they are worth watching.

YOU do see the simalarity in the names GOOSE and ROOSTER right ? they film writers obviously tried to come up with a name with as many of the same letters as possible ...2 O's a S, and a E, im just amazed how ive yet to see a reaction video mention it..clearly no one else picked up on it

if you said you watched the original topgun movie, then you should have known who Penny is. she was mentioned twice in the original movie. first when Goose whispered to Maverick while they were at Stinger's office, and the second when Carole mentioned her name in front of Charlie while Goose was at the piano.

I saw this movie 2 dags ago on the big screen, it was so good. Better than the first one! And the music is very good too. 😎 Nice make up, those eyes 👀

The first airplanes fast enough to reach mach 1, disintegrated by the shock, just a handfull of military airplanes can handle mach 2, and only super special airplanes can touch mach 3 (like blackbird SR71, mach 3,2). Or in a practical example, the fly time between London to Miami is about 9 hours and 30 minutes, at mach 10 is only 55 minutes.

You should check out Magnolia for an emotional response from Tom Cruise. He plays a motivational speaker of sorts who is estranged from his father, played by the great Jason Robards. This is a multiple story line film so Cruise or the other actors mentioned are not the sole focus. One of if not the first PT Anderson film, and it's a banger. The cast includes William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and John C. Reilly.

Flying F-18's on this mission is pure Hollywood, as there are multiple ways to attack the facility without putting pilots at risk with a "miracle" approach. Don't get me wrong...it was GREAT storytelling, but most military people will tell you that it was complete fiction. Despite that tiny flaw, this was easily the best film of the year.

Always enjoy your reactions Liv and this was great happy that you enjoyed it , yes it's very similar to the first movie but it really works . I imagine seeing it I'm the cinema with the sound especially would have been a treat . Cheers as always and until the next one TC

Most fighter jets can go Mach 2 - 2.5 This is an experimental plane with the speed of just over 7500 MPH

Mach 10. 10 times the speed of sound. Sound travels 333 metres / sec. So he is gonna push the plane to 3330 metres / sec or 3.33 km / sec.

yes they were flying the f14s from the first top gun

18:28: Yes, it is!

When you saw those puffs of vapor on the approach, that's what happens when you break the sound barrier!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

You should watch Minority Report and the Last Samurai. Tom Cruise is a great actor.

Your question about the speed of sound is not stupid, it's accurate. Yes, at the beginning when he was test flying that airplane, he's going faster than the speed of sound. Mach 1 is the speed of sound which is about 1235 km/h. Mach 10 is 10 times that, imagine.

The crazy spaceship looking plane in the beginning is referred to in some articles as the SR-72. That would mean it's a "descendant " of the SR-71 Blackbird which was a supersonic spy plane used by the U.S. Military and CIA.

Your call sign is given to you in your first squadron.

i haven't seen the movie yet but Liv your reaction made me eager to do so this weekend. Fantastic job as always. So proud for you and my thumbs up is merited 1000%

Mach 1 is equal to the speed of sound hence Mach 10 means 10X the speed of sound

in real life val kilmer has throat cancer so he cant speak at all so they wrote it into the movie and when he spoke in the movie it was actually his son saying those lines and then they just overlayed his voice over his sons please let me know what you think

omg go back and watch the 1st one in its entireity.. right at the start after maverick saves the other plane and he is in the office getting yelled at we are told of penny benjaim the admirials daughter... that is who the new love interest/bar owner is

If you watched the first topgun her name was mentioned by gosses wife penny Benjamin

Hey just wanted to inform you the aircraft at the begging is the alleged SR-72 actually built by Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks division and Mach 10 is 10 times the speed of sound which is around 7000 kilometres per hour hope you find this informative

Lol "is he going faster than the speed of sound?" Well mach 10 is 10 x the speed of sound. So yes.

Hey, Liv. Love your reactions and follow. Have a few Tom Cruise suggestions for you to watch. Early Tom in RISKY BUSINESS, A FEW GOOD MEN, and RAIN MAN. Enjoy.

this was awesome, you actually have the same headset i have, only i have the black one.

I’m definitely enjoying these comments 😅

Let complete chop out reacting to the emotional reunion at the end between Maverick and Rooster while we’re at it***

Mach 1 is the speed of sound. So Mach 10 is 10 times the speed of sound.

Mach 1 is the speed of sound. Anything passed that is that x the speed of sound. So Mach 10 is 10x the speed of sound

2:37 Short answer? Yes... it is really, *really* fast. Long Answer? So... Mach 1 is the speed of sound, which is equal to 1,234.8 kilometers per hour or 767.269 Miles per Hour for Americans like me. Recently, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the Chinese launching a "Hypersonic Missile" over the US. Hypersonic is Mach 5, or 3,500 mph (5,633 kph); so 5 times faster than the speed of sound (though the funny thing is that the higher up in orbit, the lower the threshold is because of the thinner air). Mach 10 is insanely fast, with only the Space Shuttle and Rockets that go into space being able to reach that speed for the time being. Mach 10 is about 7,672.69 mph (12,348 kmh). For reference to something you might use daily, the average SUV will only go to about 80-100 mph (128-161 kmh); and for reference to the movie, the top speed of an F-18 Super Hornet is Mach 1.8 or 1,190 mph (or 1915 kmh). As for why the Navy would want one.... Well the Navy would have no need of something like the Darkstar; but the US Air Force or Space Force would want something like it for sure; as they would probably use it as an interceptor to shoot down the Hypersonic Missiles I mentioned earlier (With missiles aboard the craft of course, as they are travelling faster than bullets). Only problem is that past Mach 5.5 to Mach 6, Jet intakes stop working as the air is moving so fast that the fuel cannot ignite in a combustion engine. So without literal rocket boosters like on the space shuttle; Mach 10 isn't technically possible on a craft like the Darkstar. At best it would reach Mach 5.5 to Mach 6... which no matter what would be a success, imo; since it would still be good as an interceptor (people theorizing it's a recon aircraft have some merit; but at those speeds it would be impossible to take accurate pictures that would be safer to get from a satellite). The movie only went with Mach 10 because it was a nice clean number that sounded fast. Don't think I'm hating on this movie, cause I love it; just wanted to put this out there.

The speed of sound is mach 1.

Mach 10 is ten times the speed of sound..so around 10,750 mph

Great movie. Great reaction Tom Cruise = LEGEND

Umm... that's exactly why that facility was built inside that mountain range, it's a natural defense, augmented by the surrounding SAMs.

Mach 10 is 10 times the speed of sound. The next frontier

Yes, Mach 1 is breaking the sound barrier. Mach 10 is 10x that speed.

2:37 Ofcourse, He is going 10 times the speed of sound….😅

Lovvvvvvvvvd this!! Thank you!!

Best movie 2022.

They are making a Top Gun 3. 😆 Great Review!

Best movie I have watched after Avengers endgame and Batman waiting for next John wick.

Val Kilmer is in remission now 😊😊😊

mach 1 = the speed of sound

They can barley fly into it at 650 knts . They likely used helicopters to build it. Of course this is a movie.

Yeah Mach is faster than the speed of sound. And yes planes can fly upside. Don’t ask me why it works. It just works.