The film's high-flying success is due in part to the awe-inspiring stunts and action, as well as the feel-good and upbeat experience it delivers. Penny Benjamin's name was given in the previous movie by Goose to identify the "admiral's daughter" mentioned by the air group commander, Commander Tom "Stinger" Jardian, and later Carole Bradshaw, Goose's wife, mentioned Penny Benjamin by name. Critical response [ edit ] Tom Cruise received critical acclaim for his performance in the film, with some reviewers saying it is one of the best of his career. More than 800 hours of aerial footage was shot for the film, [74] exceeding the combined footage shot for the films in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Actor Matthew Modine turned down the role of Pete Mitchell because he felt the film's pro-military stance went against his politics.

He said "the audience should feel the authenticity, strain, speed and gravitational forces, something that cannot be achieved through soundstage or visual effects, which needed a tremendous amount of effort and work. Hot shot fighter pilot Maverick (Tom Cruise) clashes with other pilots at Top Gun School while trying to prove himself and live down his father's bad reputation. Top Gun: Maverick' Schedules Departure From Fourth Of July Weekend; 'Mission: Impossible 7' Sets Memorial Day 2022 Launch". You can often find her reviewing indie films like Next Exit and A Wounded Fawn, in addition to foreign language titles like All Quiet on the Western Front, The Movie Teller, and She Is Conann. It's the kind of edge-of-your-seat, fist-pumping spectacular that can unite an entire room full of strangers sitting in the dark and leave them with a wistful tear in their eye.million, accounting for production budgets, marketing, talent participations, and other costs; box office grosses and home media revenues placed it second on their list of 2022's "Most Valuable Blockbusters". In 1990, Tom Cruise, while promoting Stone's Born on the Fourth of July, said the film should be taken as a "fairy tale" instead of real depiction of wars and added that it would have been irresponsible to make a sequel because the film gave a misleading view of war. The second trailer was released in December 2019, [118] and a new Snapchat filter for the film was introduced by Paramount, to engage "young-generation audiences". Val Kilmer as LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky: One of Top Gun's students and Maverick's rival turned wingman. The DisneyToon Studios film Planes (2013) pays homage to Top Gun with Kilmer and Edwards appearing in the film as part of the voice cast.

It received two National Board of Review Awards and was named one of the ten best films of 2022 by the American Film Institute. From the F/A-18 Super Hornet to the F-14 Tomcat: all the Fighter Aircraft featured in Top Gun: Maverick". Paramount Pictures began development on the film in 2010 after making offers to Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott to create a sequel to Top Gun with Tom Cruise reprising his role. Later that month, Jennifer Connelly joined the film's cast to play a single mother running a bar near the naval base. With Top Gun: Maverick marking such a momentous occasion in not only the history of Paramount, but Cruise's personal career, the bonus content also features Cruise discussing his passion for aviation as he pilots his own aircraft and his incredible career at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.On August 26, 2021, the first 13 minutes of the film were previewed at CinemaCon along with a new trailer with Tom Cruise marking his presence virtually at the event. He died when his Pitts S-2 camera plane failed to recover from a flat spin and plunged into the Pacific Ocean.