Top Gun: Maverick
for sequences of intense action, and some strong language.
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Fighter jets / warplanes
Naval aviation
Aircraft carriers
Pilots / aviators
Dodging an advancement in rank to continue flying
Hostile nation that is enriching uranium with the intent to use it against the United States
Appreciating the talents and experience of older people
Courage, bravery, self-sacrifice
Risking one’s life for the safety of other’s and/or one’s nation
| Featuring |
Tom Cruise … Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell Jennifer Connelly … Penelope “Penny” Benjamin Miles Teller … Lieutenant Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw Monica Barbaro … Lieutenant Natasha “Phoenix” Trace Lewis Pullman … Lieutenant Robert “Bob” Floyd Val Kilmer … Four-star Admiral Tom “Iceman” Kazansky, a fellow instructor and friend/former rival of Maverick, and the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Glen Powell … Lieutenant Jake “Hangman” Seresin Jon Hamm … Vice Admiral Beau “Cyclone” Simpson Ed Harris … Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain Jean Louisa Kelly … Sarah Kazansky Jake Picking … Lieutenant Brigham “Harvard” Lennox Manny Jacinto … Fritz Raymond Lee … Lieutenant Logan “Yale” Lee See all » |
| Director | Joseph Kosinski—“TRON: Legacy” (2010), “Oblivion” (2013), “Only the Brave” (2017) |
| Producer |
Skydance Media Paramount Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer See all » |
| Distributor |
 Paramount Pictures Corporation
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Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete Mitchell is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen, Maverick encounters Lt. Bradley Bradshaw (Miles Teller), call sign: “Rooster,” the son of Maverick’s late best friend and Radar Intercept Officer Lt. Nick Bradshaw, aka “Goose.”
Facing an uncertain future and confronting the ghosts of his past, Maverick is drawn into a confrontation with his own deepest fears, culminating in a mission that demands the ultimate sacrifice from those who will be chosen to fly it.”
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