After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Practical Effects
Real G-force on actors' faces. No green screens, no mercy.
Direction
Kosinski builds tension like a horror film, but with F-18s.
Acting
Cruise and Kilmer's reunion will destroy you.
Director
Joseph Kosinski
Tom Cruise
Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
Miles Teller
Lt. Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw
Jennifer Connelly
Penny Benjamin
Bashir Salahuddin
Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman
Jon Hamm
Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson
Charles Parnell
Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates
Monica Barbaro
Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace
Lewis Pullman
Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd
Jay Ellis
Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch
Danny Ramirez
Lt. Mickey 'Fanboy' Garcia
Glen Powell
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Val Kilmer
Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
Jack Schumacher
Lt. Neil 'Omaha' Vikander
Manny Jacinto
Lt. Billy 'Fritz' Avalone
Kara Wang
Lt. Callie 'Halo' Bassett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Navy charged production six figures per hour for aircraft carrier time. Cruise's contract gave him final cut and a percentage of first-dollar gross—unheard of leverage.
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Legends don’t age… they just fly higher ✈️🔥
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I feel the need, the need for speed
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That part with Val Kilmer hit hard!
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