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Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

Feel the need... The need for speed.

20228.22h 11m

Overview

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.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski
Written by Eric Warren Singer, Ehren Kruger, Christopher McQuarrie
Produced by Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison, Tom Cruise
Box OfficeBudget: $170.0MRevenue: $1.5B

Top Cast

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Capt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell

Val Kilmer

Val Kilmer

Adm. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky

Miles Teller

Miles Teller

Lt. Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw

Jennifer Connelly

Jennifer Connelly

Penny Benjamin

Bashir Salahuddin

Bashir Salahuddin

Wo-1. Bernie 'Hondo' Coleman

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm

Adm. Beau 'Cyclone' Simpson

Charles Parnell

Charles Parnell

Adm. Solomon 'Warlock' Bates

Monica Barbaro

Monica Barbaro

Lt. Natasha 'Phoenix' Trace

Lewis Pullman

Lewis Pullman

Lt. Robert 'Bob' Floyd

Jay Ellis

Jay Ellis

Lt. Reuben 'Payback' Fitch

Themes & Keywords

fighter pilotu.s. navysequelnuclear weaponsmilitaryaircraft carriernaval aviationwaradmiringaudaciousearnest

About Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick is a action, drama film released in 2022 exploring themes of fighter pilot, u.s. navy, sequel, nuclear weapons, military, aircraft carrier. Directed by Joseph Kosinski, it stars Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller. 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.

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