If you've ever been to a store that sells audio and video gear, you've likely seen at least the introduction to this movie, mostly because the planes moving around the carrier deck make for one heck of an audio experience if you have the right equipment for it. If you don't, then just settle back for a couple hours of bubblegum fluff. And Tom Cruise in his undies.
Cruise plays Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a navy fighter pilot who flies by the seat of his pants, and while he is always one step from getting thrown out of the navy, has just managed to land a shot at Top Gun, the school where the best 1% of all fighter pilots go to compete in aerial combat training.
He and his partner Goose (played by pre-ER, post-Revenge of the Nerds Anthony Edwards) go up against the best, and give them a run for their money until a freak accident costs Goose his life, and costs Maverick a shot at the title. Then Maverick's life nearly falls apart.
Only then does he pull it together, in time for a real-life battle with his former school rivals, in time to bring things back together and a celebration on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier. Rated PG, the movie has plenty of action, and except for a relatively brief love scene towards the middle of the movie, should be safe for even younger kids.
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