Synopsis
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
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Cast
- Tom CruiseLt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
- Kelly McGillisCharlotte 'Charlie' Blackwood
- Val KilmerLt. Tom 'Iceman' Kazansky
- Anthony EdwardsLTJG Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw
- Tom SkerrittCmdr. Mike 'Viper' Metcalf
- Michael IronsideLt. Cmdr. Rick 'Jester' Heatherly
- John StockwellLt. Bill 'Cougar' Cortell
- Barry TubbLTJG Leonard 'Wolfman' Wolfe
- Rick RossovichLTJG Ron 'Slider' Kerner
- Tim RobbinsLTJG Sam 'Merlin' Wells
Recommendations
- 80
Empire
Top Gun is not so much a movie in the conventional sense as an escalating series of masterfully crafted adverts: motorcycles, aircraft carriers, pectorals and planes all look as if they’ve been shot for a particularly luminous beer campaign. - 80
Variety
Set in the world of naval fighter pilots, pic has strong visuals and pretty young people in stylish clothes and a non-stop soundtrack. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Top Gun has always been more than just an action flick about a cocky young fighter pilot who feels the need for speed. - 75
Chicago Tribune
No doubt about it: Top Gun is going to be the hit that "The Right Stuff" should have been. They are not in the same class of films, but this much must be said: The aerial sequences in Top Gun are as thrilling -- while remaining coherent -- as any ever put on film. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
This is a movie that comes in two parts: It knows exactly what to do with special effects, but doesn't have a clue as to how two people in love might act and talk and think. - 63
New York Daily News
The flight sequences in “Top Gun” may arouse aerial buffs. Still, this movie approaches its subject in such juvenile, superficial way that it’s clear the producers were merely in a hurry to cash in on Hollywood’s new wave of Rambo-style patriotism. - 50
The New York Times
The excitement is switched off on landing. Once Top Gun, which opens today at Loews Astor Plaza and other theaters, gets back to earth, the master of the skies is as clunky as a big land-bound bird. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
What TOP GUN contributes to the genre is an increased emphasis on military hardware and an almost homoerotic attraction for male bodies, mostly sweaty ones.
