Top Gun: Maverick Easter Eggs - Every Callback To The Original
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Top: Gun Maverick.
The long-awaited Top Gun: Maverick soared to meet critical expectations, improving on many aspects of the original 1986 Top Gun while paying respect to its predecessor through meaningful callbacks and Easter eggs. Tom Cruise reprises his role in Top Gun: Maverick as U.S. Navy Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, as he and the rest of the Maverick cast fly F-18 Super Hornets in daring and revolutionary stunt sequences. The sequel nods to the original film with callbacks, or «easter eggs,» working as both fan service and a means to improve on old ideas. Top Gun: Maverick also packs a stellar cast, with many actors reprising roles from Top Gun — only adding to the nods and homages to its predecessor packed within Maverick's extensive two-hour, 17-minute runtime.
Top Gun: Maverick follows the infamous titular pilot, years after the events of the original movie, as he tests new aircraft. He's called back to the Navy to train a new group of TOPGUN recruits for a daring mission with little hope of success. Cruise's Maverick is still the hot-head ace pilot from the 1986 classic - getting into trouble with superiors, performing dangerous stunts, forming another brightly-burning romance, and being haunted by the ghosts of his past.
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The original Top Gun was a smash hit, elevating Tom Cruise to superstardom and even increasing recruitment numbers for both the Airforce and Navy in the mid to late 1980s. While not always a sophisticated drama, Top Gun contained more than enough spectacle and testosterone-induced appeal to make it a runaway box office smash, raking in $180 million gross. As a result, it makes sense that Top Gun: Maverick would look
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