Top Gun: Maverick was released more than three decades after the original storyline of Top Gun movie. Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, a highly decorated test pilot is held back from being promoted to a higher rank for his insubordination. After learning that Rear Admiral Chester ‘Hammer’ Cain has axed the hypersonic Darkstar scramjet program, Maverick decides he will show what can be achieved with the aircraft.
After the destruction of the prototype aircraft during a test flight on March 10, Maverick was sent to Top Gun school to train young graduates. He later headed a team to destroy an illegal uranium plant. Maverick also has to do with personal issues like his connection to the son of her dead best friend. In the end, Maverick and his team accomplish their mission with him accepting what has been in the past.
This film was directed by Joseph Kosinski, and it won the Best Film from the National Board of Review. It also made it in America’s Film Institute’s Top Ten Films list for 2022. The nostalgia factor coupled with high-action adventure and a famous star such as Tom Cruise is enough to attract cinema lovers. It was nominated for six awards at the 95th Academy Awards and won Best Sound. The movie earned $1.496 Billion and was the second highest-grossing film of 2022 as well as Cruise’s all-time top earner.
Here are the best quotes from Top Gun: Maverick.
- Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw: It’s not the plane, it’s the pilot.
- Pete “Maverick” Mitchell: Trust your instincts. Don’t think. Just do.
- Pete “Maverick” Mitchell: I’m where I belong.
- Tom ‘Iceman’ Kazansky: The Navy needs Maverick. The kid needs Maverick. That’s why I fought for you. That’s why you’re still here.
- Bradley ‘Rooster’ Bradshaw: There’s more than one way to fly this mission.
- Penny Benjamin: Pete, if you lost your wingman up there, you wouldn’t give up. You’d keep fighting. Those are your pilots.
- Pete “Maverick” Mitchell: I was trying to be the father he lost. I wish I would have done it better.
- Pete “Maverick” Mitchell: With all due respect, sir. I’m not a teacher.
- Pete “Maverick” Mitchel: Let’s turn and burn.
- Rear Admiral Chester “Hammer” Cain: The future is coming, and you’re not in it.
- Jake “Hangman” Seresin: I am good. I’m very good. In fact, I am too good to be true.
- Rear Admiral Solomon “Warlock” Bates: You’re all Top Gun graduates. The elite. The best of the best. That was yesterday. The enemy’s new fifth-generation fighter has leveled the playing field.
- Vice Admiral Beau “Cyclone” Simpson: You fly for Top Gun, or your don’t fly for the navy ever again.
- Natasha “Phoenix” Trace: That’s why we call him hangman. He will always hang you out to dry.
- Chief Warrant Officer Four Bernie “Hondo” Coleman: He’s the fastest man alive.