A sequel to 1986’s Top Gun was likely the most imminent direction for Hollywood at some point in the last thirty-three years despite how long its taken. To that effect, Tron: Legacy and Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski’s approach looks like it’ll fare pretty well come its June 26 release, and with none other than his Oblivion star Tom Cruise back in the starring, high-flying saddle once more in Top Gun: Maverick.
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 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.
The trailer here invokes a stark sucession of the prior events from the first film in accordance with the presence of Teller’s character. There’s high drama, and an ample mix of testosterone and romance to couple with some jet-fueled dogfighting action to boot.
Does it hitherto meet your standards and expectations? Peep the trailer and opine yourselves below.
