Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Top Gun: Maverick is the sequel to the 1986 original film starring Tom Cruise as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a top-tier pilot in the Navy. Thirty years after the original film's events, Maverick is asked to head up a section of the TOP GUN program to embark on a dangerous mission. Things become personal when the program includes the son of Maverick's late friend, forcing him to confront his past.
Top Gun: Maverick
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- Director
- Joseph Kosinski
- Release Date
- May 27, 2022
- Cast
- Tom Cruise , Miles Teller , Jennifer Connelly , Val Kilmer , Jay Ellis , Jon Hamm , Bashir Salahuddin , Charles Parnell , Lewis Pullman , Glen Powell , Monica Barbaro , Ed Harris
- Writers
- Ashley Miller , Justin Marks , Peter Craig , Zack Stentz
- Runtime
- 130 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Top Gun
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