I can't rate this any higher. It's just fan service, with a few minor changes from the first one. A few things like ground strikes are present, which were absent from the first one, which was just all dogfighting. But even the return of the F-14 Tomcat feels more like scratching a nostalgic itch, and not much more. There's not much here and even the special effects were of an unrealistic kind. Some of the plot elements ring in as all too familiar. Tom Cruise is still a rogue, who's on the verge of being booted from the Navy, as being stuck at the rank of 'captain' for too long is cause for dismissal in real life.
Review of Top Gun: Maverick
