Top Gun (1986) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC As students at the United States Navy's elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom. Director: a list of 32 titles created 10 Sep 2011 a list of 30 titles created 22 Jun 2012 a list of 25 titles created 24 Nov 2012 a list of 41 titles created 20 Oct 2013 a list of 37 titles created 04 Aug 2014 Search for " Top Gun " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar.

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There he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father's death in combat that killed others due to his father's error. Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and in another way to Charlie Blackwood, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net> From the Producers of Beverly Hills Cop and Flashdance [UK Theatrical] See more » Genres: 16 May 1986 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $1,965,737 (USA) (8 February 2013) Gross: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Voted #3 Must See Movie of all time by listeners of Capital FM in London. See more » Goofs After Iceman's plane is strafed for the second time, Slider says it's OK both engines are running. After the first strafe, they shut down one engine. The second strafing must have restarted the turned off engine.

See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits Following the pictures of actors in the film in the closing credits, a brief shot is shown of two F-14s flying by amidst a red sky with a mountain in the background. The closing credits play over this mountain sunset scenery. See more » Connections (New Jersey) – See all my reviews I can't believe the reviews I have read about Top Gun being technically inaccurate, not enough character development, an overall simple and childish plot... gimme a freegin' break! This film was made to look cool, sound cool, and define cool. Yeah, okay, the MiG-28s are really F-5 Tigers; I've read the 'goofs' section before. And Tom Cruise's height. And about 'Maverick going supersonic - I'll be there in 30 seconds,' and the laws of physics preventing him from covering 200 or so miles from the carrier in that time. Whatever! So what! If Top Gun had tried to be accurate and true-to-life in every respect, it would have been some oh-so-serious flick like Courage Under Fire.

Here's some examples of what I mean: 1 - what's the best way to evade cannon fire? Do a snazzy barrel roll. Problem solved! 2 - the MiG pilots have tinted visors. The good guys don't. Go figure. 2.5 - Russian planes are actually grey or green. The MiG 28s are black. The Tomcats are... yeah, you guessed it... white! Good vs. Evil. 3 - Modern air-to-air combat is usually fought at distances of tens of miles between aircraft. Top Gun uses much cooler spitting-distance WWI era tactics. 4 - "It's too close for missiles. I'm switching to guns!" Enough said. 5 - the generic guy carrying coffee who gets knocked over by the fuming air-control officer. We never see him get up. Classic. 6 - even the edited TV version is a few steps above normal-cool. "... you'll be flying a cargo plane [edit]... out of Hong Kong!" 7 - the way Iceman says, "Mayday, Mav's in trouble.

He's in a flat spin, and heading out to sea." 8 - the graceful way Top Gun maintained a PG rating, without using the F-word once. Top Gun came out in 1986. That's 1986. Seventeen years ago. It rocked then... it rocks now. Just watch it and have some fun. 305 of 376 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes Maverick | Top Gun Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Portrayed by Tom Cruise Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a US Navy Pilot, whom Top Gun is centered around. He is a troubled character, and its hinted that the cause is due to his father's death in the Vietnam war. We are led to believe that this incident shaped his life, flying style, and led to his call sign. Throughout the movie it is acknowledged that Maverick is a excellent pilot, but has a dangerous and reckless flying style. Early scenes in the movie such as Maverick's encounter with an unnamed MIG-28, where he comes from above, canopy to canopy with the enemy pilot are proof of this.

This both impresses some characters, and annoys others due to the "danger" Maverick exposes them to. Maverick's skills are not confined to flying. Early scenes in the movie show Maverick driving a motorcycle at high speeds. He also is quite skilled with the ladies, and manages to establish a relationship with Charlie . While at TOP GUN he meets Iceman who becomes his rival as well as Hollywood , & Wolfman . One day during a training excise something goes wrong with Maverick's plane after flying through Iceman's jet wash while chasing Jester . It caused his plane to flame out & then enter a flat spin.While Maverick struggled to get to the ejection seat lever Goose pulls the lever. As Maverick ejects, Goose hits his neck on the canopy, causing him to break his neck, which kills him instantly. Even though he was cleared of wrongdoing in the accident, Maverick blamed himself over Goose's death. He turns to his mentor & friend of his father Viper for advice, and finds out the truth about what happened to him during the Vietnam War. While at the TOPGUN graduation he finds that he, Iceman, Hollwood, & Wolfman are needed on the Enterprise.

Merlin who was originally Cougar 's R.I.O. becomes Maverick's new R.I.O. He & Merlin launch from the Enterprise after Hollywood & Wolfman are shot down. During the dogfight with the migs Maverick is haunted by Goose's death which causes him to briefly disenage. As clings to Goose's dog tags & says "Talk to me Goose!" he renages in time to save Iceman. He shot down 4 Migs while the others bugged out. Maverick & Iceman return to the aircraft deck & tell each other they can be each other's wingman. He tells Stinger he wants to be an instructor at TOPGUN. Years later in 2012 Maverick is a instructor himself and becomes a mentor to a hot shot pilot named Lance "Spider" Webb that reminded him of himself when he was Spider's age. Both he & Iceman later aid Spider & the Reaper Squadron in their mission to destroy a enemy outpost & rescue Spider's wingman "Deadeye". The "Maverick" character is loosely based on the expliots of Douglas Robertson. For example Douglas is also a "hot shot top gun" and a "hot talent".

This is absolutely ridiculous... Iceman Vs. Maverick | Who Would Win A Fight Follow @who_would_win Top Gun “rocketed” to success in 1986. It was a movie filled with heart-pounding action, drama, love, sadness, humor and joy. The plot of the movie was based around, you guessed it: “Top Gun”, a flying school for elite fighter pilots, located in Mirimar CA. Only “the best of the best” fighter jet pilots were chosen to be trained at Top Gun. Two of those chosen pilots were Peter Mitchel, call sign Maverick (Played by Tom Cruise) and Tom Kasansky, call sign “Iceman” (played by Val Kilmer). Pete “Maverick” Mitchell Maverick was a “fly by the seat of your pants” kind of guy. He wasn’t afraid to hit the breaks and let the enemies fly right by. He would never be caught DEAD flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of hong kong. He always had the need… the need for speed. Even when buzzing the tower. Maverick’s character was defined by his reckless style of flying.

Living in the shadow of his father Duke, Maverick was out to prove that his reckless flying style is the stuff of legends and not the cause of his fathers death . Duke, who shared Maverick’s apporach toward flying was shot down in combat and the fault was officially placed on him for the incident. When compared to Iceman, Maverick took more risks and, well, had more “balls”. The problem Kasansky (“Iceman”) had with Maverick was that he was too “dangerous”. That he was “unsafe”. This theme of taking riskd vs. flying by the book progressed the story line into epic scenes of men playing volleyball, deaths of loved ones and ultimately the most kick-ass dog fight scene ever! Tom “Iceman” Kasansky Outwardly, Iceman sported the same physical makeup as Maverick, but Mentally he was much different. Iceman was very intelligent and flew “by the book”. He was a proud character who followed the rules of flight at all times. For this, he was ultimately rewarded for his efforts as being dubbed “the best of the best”, wining the “Top Gun Trophy”.

While Iceman flew his F-14 Tomcat based on text form a textbook, Maverick flew based of instinct. Enough about that! Who cares about being a pilot!? None of that pilot stuff matters in this arena. This is about who could knock the other out in a fight. Will Iceman’s calculated approach toward flying translate into calculated blows to Maverick’s face or will Maverick’s instincts and reckless attitude be enough to withstand the witty and knock Iceman out COLD!?!?!? The choice is up to you! “Talk to me goose…” “Maverick get in there for chist’s sake!” “Ice is in trouble. he’s got no cover!” “Talk to me goose…” “Get in there maverick. He wont last down there alone!” “Get in the fight for Christ’s sake!” “Maverick!…Maverick!…Maverick!” Top Gun FanFiction Archive | FanFiction Parody of the 1986 Top Gun movie. Uses Bloody Roar game characters. Rated T for slight language, and the events of the final dogfight scene. Enjoy!

Rated: T - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,259 - Published: 11/23/2016 Maverick and Goose are got in trouble for having too much gay sex in the cockpits during warfare! You won't believe what happens next! Rated: T - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 619 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 4/30/2016 - Complete When Maverick get's hurt will Goose be there for him? Rated: T - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 351 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 2 - Published: 8/13/2015 Hard Game – IceMav by Mrs. Anderton reviews Maverick and Iceman are hockey players. When Maverick shows up in Iceman's team as a replacement of Cougar, who was wounded, the tension is high. Iceman doesn't like Maverick's solo style and decides to do something about it.

Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 4 - Words: 2,483 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 4/25/2013 - Published: 4/20/2013 An engagement with the enemy has left Maverick's Corsair crippled and heading straight for a dense, tropical forest. Iceman is the first to arrive at the scene. [[WWII au]] Rated: K+ - English - Friendship/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,500 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 10 - Follows: 3 - Published: 4/16/2013 - Complete Recently released for normal flying duties, Iceman wants to take to the skies, but the squadron is concerned that their comrade may not be ready just yet; a sentiment that Ice is desperate to disprove to Viper.

[[WWII au]] Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,014 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/15/2013 - Complete After a gruelling mission, Viper tasks his squadron with covering the Corsairs with netting for protection, but Maverick has other plans in mind; an oversight that might prove dangerous for one member of their team.

[[WWII au]] Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,984 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 1 - Published: 4/14/2013 - Complete I Need You by DarkAlice0342 reviews After Goose's death, Maverick and Ally need each other, but things change Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 2 - Words: 1,351 - Reviews: 4 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 1/5/2013 - Published: 12/21/2012 - Complete Maverick deludes himself in to believing Goose is still alive in order to cope with his disastrous personal life, and begins to forget he ever died. Much to the unease of Charlie.

Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,677 - Reviews: 1 - Favs: 2 - Published: 12/31/2012 Maverick is in danger of loosing Iceman. Slash. Maverick/Iceman, Hollywood/Wolfman. Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,698 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 8 - Follows: 2 - Published: 12/25/2012 - Complete Maverick is in need of a fuel injection in his life, and Ice is willing to oblige him. Also includes "A New Day". Maverick/Iceman with some Hollywood/Wolfman. Rated: T - English - Romance/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,330 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 9 - Follows: 1 - Published: 12/11/2012 - Complete A seemingly chance meeting may unite two families. Set fourteen years after the movie. One-shot.

Rated: T - English - Family/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 946 - Reviews: 3 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 6/18/2012 - Complete Iceman is independent, but Slider can't help being possessive. Short oneshot. Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 289 - Published: 3/23/2012 - Complete You allow your eyes to start scanning the room, pretending that you're not looking for that six feet of long and lean muscle. SLASH. Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 244 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 1 - Published: 3/2/2012 - Complete Just a little Top Gun Thing by itsjustnic Introducing Maverick, Goose, Charlie and Meg Goose's fiance . Will the couples fall in love & stay in love, or will the guys' love for the F-14 take over, leading to a stir? Their personalities are a little different, and some names are changed.

Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 975 - Follows: 1 - Published: 2/3/2012 New place, new challenges and throw into the mix one pesky dead wife! What's a man to do? They say bad luck always comes in three's but surely it can't apply here...or can it? Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Adventure - Chapters: 20 - Words: 31,340 - Favs: 1 - Follows: 1 - Updated: 1/18/2012 - Published: 1/16/2012 - Complete Death of a Top Gun Pilot Part One by alaarakk reviews Part Three in Dating An Instructor Series. Who dies? Who lives? Who continues to fly? What trouble and antic's do they get up too this time? Read on to see what excitement happens in my favourtie two's life.

Rated: K+ - English - Romance/Adventure - Chapters: 17 - Words: 27,522 - Reviews: 8 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 1/10/2012 - Published: 1/9/2010 - Complete Just a few Top Gun requests, since I love Top Gun slash and this community has so many great writers : Rated: K - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 109 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 12/29/2011 - Complete Mavericks baby girl by IamTheBlaze reviews Okay a continuation from leosnakes electric It tells how Mav and his baby sister are forced to live with Iceman and the disasters, solutions, fights, girls and fun that ensures basicaly a lovey dovey family novel with a bit of kick ass thrown in 3 Rated: T - English - Friendship/Family - Chapters: 7 - Words: 14,428 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/24/2011 - Complete

 Playing With The Boys by alaarakk reviews Two mischevious helicopter pilots land on Maverick and Lee's doorstep bringing fun and adventure until things go wrong.

Someone's trying to kill the girls. Thier CO wants to sell them to the Iraqi's. Will my favourite two be able to save them from fate? Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 15 - Words: 22,201 - Reviews: 7 - Favs: 2 - Follows: 3 - Updated: 6/10/2011 - Published: 5/9/2009 My fool in a top gun uniform by GoonieGirl reviews We were always best friends. He bailed me out of jail for borrowing and speeding on his motorcycle, I helped him out with girls and led him home when he had a little to many drinks.

We laughed together, and went to top gun together.Maverick/oc Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 3,632 - Reviews: 18 - Favs: 4 - Follows: 7 - Updated: 5/30/2011 - Published: 5/22/2011 Rule 63 by leoandsnake reviews Top Gun, genderswapped and set in the present year. Maverick struggles to overcome her mother's legacy while dealing with her burgeoning feelings for a fellow pilot, and is thrust into the center of controversy in the meantime. Femslash, slash, etc.

Rated: T - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 2 - Words: 4,791 - Reviews: 5 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 6 - Updated: 5/14/2011 - Published: 1/29/2011 May by leoandsnake reviews Twelve years into the future, Maverick's marriage to Charlie is dissolving, his relationship with his son is strained, and he has to cope with Iceman returning from a decade-long tour of duty to teach alongside him at Top Gun Academy. Rated: T - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 31 - Words: 34,975 - Reviews: 72 - Favs: 22 - Follows: 14 - Updated: 12/24/2010 - Published: 3/26/2010 Short character study on Iceman and Maverick, implied slash.

Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 383 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 6 - Follows: 1 - Published: 10/2/2010 - Complete ice and mav, yes the words are wrong but i dont care, slash, companion piece to telling Rated: K+ - English - Angst/Romance - Chapters: 1 - Words: 408 - Reviews: 2 - Favs: 5 - Published: 7/28/2010 - Complete Top Gun Quotes - Movie Fanatic Top Gun Quotes Top Gun Cast Top Gun Quotes Check out these Top Gun quotes and it is easy to tell that this film is a classic. Maverick: I can see it's dangerous for you, but if the government trusts me, maybe you could. Charlie: It takes a lot more than just fancy flying. Added: October 25, 2006 Maverick: Jesus Christ, and you think I'm reckless? When I fly, I'll have you know that my crew and my plane come first. Charlie: Well, I am going to finish my sentence, Lieutenant.

My review of your flight performance was right on. Maverick: Is that right? Charlie: That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, Maverick, but I can't say that in there. I was afraid that everyone in the tax trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you. The Iceman List – The Message – Medium Classic movie antagonists who were actually pretty much right all along If you haven’t seen Top Gun in a while… I strongly recommend it. It’s one of those movies — a lot of movies from the 1980s feel this way — that didn’t hold up for a long time, but now it does. People grow, times change; you gain new perspective and learn to appreciate different things about both movies and the times that produce them. For about twenty years, Top Gun was influential but embarrassing.

In the 1990s, while Tom Cruise crossed over from loveable rascal to the biggest action star in the world, his breakout movie seemed like a bundle of Cold War clichés tacked onto a mix of lifeless romance, unfortunate haircuts, and an undeniable homoeroticism that was somehow strangely sterile. Why are the Russian pilots totally faceless? we asked. Is it so we don’t care when they die? Are Iceman and Slider gay , or are they super-gay ? Look everybody, it’s Meg Ryan and that dude from ER! By the aughts, Cruise was still the biggest star in the world, but also the creepiest. We’d moved on, movie-wise, from military fantasies starring young heartthrobs to military fantasies starring younger heartthrobs, with superpowers and/or magic. And the anonymous Russians were replaced first by anonymous Arabs (which was and is fucked-up) and finally by fully-dehumanized monsters, zombies, and robots. You can watch Orlando Bloom kill those with his bare hands and barely feel a thing! But today, in the 2010s, Top Gun is a treat. It’s as clean and shiny as a new dime.

The clichés that later action films overloaded with world-building and backstory here present themselves unadorned, in all their purity. Cruise is just so charming, brimming with so much energy, it doesn’t matter that he doesn’t really know how to act yet. A bunch of Navy aviators singing Righteous Brothers in the bar looks like fun. Now that pilots, airmen, and aviators can serve in the US military openly without anyone asking who they sleep with, it’s super that Iceman and Slider might be gay. And guess what? Maverick is kind of a jerk. Iceman is totally right about him. In fact, Iceman is right about almost everything. We didn’t notice this in the 1980s because everything about how the film is constructed tells us to sympathize with Maverick and hate Iceman’s guts. Even if you’d loved Val Kilmer’s characters in Top Secret! and Real Genius, it’s hard to sympathize with Ice. He’s blond. He’s vaguely preppy. He’s good, and more importantly, he knows he’s good.

He does that jaw-snapping thing (which seems like it’s trying to be intimidating but is actually kind of hot). The only way he could be more obviously a villain is if he were played by James Spader or Billy Zabka. Could Zabka have pulled off Iceman? We’ll never know. Apart from teasing his competition, Ice doesn’t seem to have much fun. And if Generation X’s childhood movies share one lesson, it’s that People Who Have Fun Are Inherently Good, and people who believe in rules are inherently bad. Animal House, Caddyshack, Meatballs, Ghostbusters, Grease, The Outsiders, The Goonies, Beverly Hills Cop, Revenge of the Nerds — no matter how skeevy they are, joke-cracking characters looking for good times beat authority figures and uptight stooges hands down. If Generation X’s childhood movies share one lesson, it’s that People Who Have Fun Are Inherently Good. Here are just a few other classic movie antagonists who we root against not because they’re wrong per se, but mostly because they’re just not as likable as the characters who carry the movie.

Let’s call it “The Iceman List.” (If you’re convinced I missed a crucial character who needs to be defended, log in and add their name and your defense in a response at the bottom. I have a feeling this list could be miles long.) Dean Yeager and Walter Peck, Ghostbusters. Let’s face it — whatever the merits of Doctors Egon Spengler’s and Raymond Stanz’s pure and applied research, Peter Venkman really is a poor scientist. He hits on student volunteers, tortures the ones he’s not attracted to, and lies to both of them — poor data collection practices all. His methods are sloppy, his conclusions are highly questionable, and he does seem to regard science as some kind of dodge or hustle. He’s a con man, not a scientist, and not a good professor, no matter how popular his courses might be. If this movie were being made today, Venkman would obviously have a huge external grant and he could tell Dean Yeager and Columbia’s Board of Regents to suck eggs. As for the unfortunately named Mr.

Peck — poor William Atherton, stuck being the asshole in Ghostbusters, Real Genius, and Die Hard, with Sugarland Express being the one Spielberg movie nobody remembers — while it was clearly a mistake to shut off the containment grid, he is not only permitted but bound to make inquiries as to the environmental consequences of storing thousands of ghosts in an abandoned fire station in lower Manhattan. I mean, what kind of Reaganite propaganda play is this where the only non-supernatural villains are university professors and officials from the EPA just trying to do their jobs? Like William Atherton, Jeffrey Jones is a redhead. That’s right, your bias is showing. Ed Rooney, Dean of Students, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Excused or otherwise, nine absences in one semester is indeed rather troubling. When he finds out Mr. Bueller’s mother has no idea he’s been absent that many times, it’s perfectly appropriate for him to follow up. Admittedly, Dean Rooney takes Bueller’s latest elaborate con rather personally, but to be fair, not only does he have the welfare of other students to consider, but he watched Bueller’s absence count go from nine to two before his own eyes.

He probably thinks either his entire data network’s been compromised or he’s losing his mind. Lynne Thigpen is almost always cast as a self-righteous pain in the ass, and she almost always convinces me she’s actually right. Leona Barrett, Lean On Me. Dismiss her if you want because her child is one of the alleged three hundred drug dealers and other “rotten apples” expelled by new principal Joe Clark on his first day. She’s a parent/activist who seems genuinely committed to getting the best possible outcome for all the children of Paterson. She’s also absolutely right: keeping every entrance and exit chained and locked is an unconscionable fire hazard and Clark never should have done it. What happened this morning is an outrage! My boy’s no criminal! He and those children belong in school, not back out on the streets! Our kids don’t deserve this! Some of those children are smart. They’re just discouraged. What chances they got out there, what kind of jobs they got waiting for them. What chance do they have now? He insulted the black football coach! The man’s gone crazy! He’s declared war on his own people!

The only answer Clark gives Barrett and other parents when she challenges him on the mass expulsions is to tell them to get their families off welfare. “How dare you talk to these people about welfare?” she responds. (Psst — she’s right. Clark’s just dropping a tried-and-true respectability red herring.) In Lean on Me, Clark also installs a weird paramilitary security force answering only to him, encourages a student to commit suicide, bullies the music teacher out of a job because the school’s worst students don’t know the school song, unilaterally demotes the head football coach to assistant over the team’s record (going on to belittle him every chance he gets, only relenting when the coach/English teacher fights him physically) and puts the entire school to work full-time on drills to pass a basic skills test, largely just so that he can stay in charge. So Joe Clark’s “victory” may have been eerily prescient of where public schools were heading, but it certainly violates everything we know about what constitutes good education. But he’s Morgan Freeman. And he cares. Or something. Ronny Cox, another quality character actor stuck in by-the-book roles.

Lieutenant Andrew Bogomil and Inspector Douglas Todd, Beverly Hills Cop. Even before the end of the movie, you get to see that Bogomil’s a talented cop stuck with an even more insufferable boss, but BHC is a classic case of “I like this guy so I have to root against these other guys in his way”-itis. Rewatching it, the key scene is when Sgt. Taggart punches Eddie Murphy’s Axel Foley. Bogomil sees it, reprimands Taggart, makes him apologize, and asks Foley if he wants to charge Taggart with assault. Axel Foley looks at Bogomil like he’s out of his mind, asks if he’s joking, and finally says, “look, we’re I’m from, cops don’t file charges against other cops.” Bogomil’s 100 percent right. Axel’s position, with which we’re encouraged to identify, boils down to “stop snitchin’.” As for Inspector Todd, look — I grew up in Detroit, and I love Gil Hill. He was a police officer, a city councilman, and even showed up in car commercials. That man’s words burn a hole through my movie screen.

Mostly, though, Todd and Bogomil are right about Foley. For his own good, he needs to be kept in check. Just like with Tom Cruise, there’s no denying how cool Eddie Murphy is in Beverly Hills Cop. Foley’s normcore look 30 years ago is basically how 90 percent of us still dress today. There’s something sadly timeless about seeing him get arrested for vandalism after getting thrown through a window. But as you get older and you see a few things, search warrants and proper authorization and identification of third-party police agents start to seem pretty cool too. Iceman: You two really are cowboys. Maverick: [angry] What’s your problem, Kazansky? Iceman: [turns] You’re everyone’s problem. That’s because every time you go up in the air, you’re unsafe. I don’t like you because you’re dangerous. Maverick: [snaps] That’s right! [smiles] Ice… man. I am dangerous. Like Axel Foley, Top Gun’s Maverick is clearly talented, has great instincts, and is a loyal friend.

But at least Axel Foley is motivated by some sense of justice, in the form of arresting the bad guys. Maverick’s motivations are murky as fuck. The stuff with his dad and Viper in Vietnam doesn’t really make any sense. I guess he’s into Charlie (Kelly McGillis, his love interest), but he seems initially into her just because she poses a challenge and doesn’t listen to her or treat her particularly well after that. His grieving after Goose’s death feels a little like going through the motions, and his PTSD-like symptoms afterwards seem to be driven mostly by a sudden awareness of his own fallibility than anything else. Now, in a long list of movies that could have made us sympathetic to psychological trauma borne by members of the military but went out of their way to do the opposite, reframing psychological distress as cowardice/incompetence/weakness, Top Gun is way, way up there. But given the circumstances, Iceman’s concern for Maverick and the safety of his fighter unit is totally understandable. He tries, however awkwardly, to discuss Goose’s death with Maverick. There’s no discussion of blame.

And when they’re assigned to fly into combat together, Iceman briefly and discreetly raises the issue of Maverick’s fitness to fly with his superior officer and withdraws his concern once a decision is made. I confess: I’m making the case as best I can, but I don’t know if Iceman is perfectly right here about any of this, either from a psychological or a military standpoint. I’d bet there are nuances I’m missing, and I’m sure he could have handled all of it better. I just know that when I was a kid, I was convinced that Ice was being a total asshole for no reason other than to stick it to Maverick, and when I watched it again, this seemed way less obvious. It turns out that I like 1980s Tom Cruise a lot more today than I did ten years ago, but I like the character he plays a lot less. Young Tom Cruise is almost a different person from present-day Tom Cruise. It’s a little like how we got to enjoy young Michael Jackson again after old Michael Jackson died. Maverick, on the other hand — his arc is closer to John McCain’s, that other pilot who took up the character’s call sign as his own political identity.

Yes, we admire the idea of it, the swagger — but on close inspection, the whole performance just falls apart. Even the parts that cohere don’t seem like anything I want to endorse. America has had enough cowboys. From the beginning of the movie to the end, Iceman seems like the kind of pilot I want operating a fighter plane, whether it’s the Cold War or tomorrow. He’s not concerned with scoring points or showing off. He isn’t going to pose with the enemy. He’s not going to unnecessarily antagonize anybody or raise the geopolitical temperature. He wants to win, and to bring everyone back alive. He’s just really good at what he does. Maverick, on the other hand — okay, he scratches three MIGs to Iceman’s one in the final dogfight. But he also seems like he might be a self-obsessed sociopath who should probably be in treatment and definitely needs to learn how to act his age. In other words, Maverick really sounds an awful lot like present-day John McCain. Or for that matter, present-day Tom Cruise. Am I wrong? Did I miss somebody perfect for the list? Log in and submit a response below.

Goose | Top Gun Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Portrayed by Anthony Edwards In the opening scenes of the film, Goose and Maverick go face to face with a Russian pilot of the Mig-28 that acquires a missile lock on their wingman, Cougar . After receiving orders to 'not fire until fired upon', Maverick puts the plane into and inverted dive, placing their F-14 upside down directly above the MiG-28. He even snaps a shot of the pilot with his camera after Maverick gives him the finger. When Cougar looses his edge during the operation, Striker takes them both into his office and relays the news that they'll be going to TOP GUN, the most prestigious Naval Aviation school in the country, of which only the top 1% of Naval Aviators attend. On a hop, or operation, 2 weeks from graduation date, Maverick & Goose along with Iceman & Slider attempt to engage the A-4 MiG aggressors. Iceman and Slider cut the partners off, wanting the 'kill' to score points for themselves.

When Iceman realizes there's no possible way to acquire a lock on the targets he pulls up, leaving Maverick and Goose to fly straight through his jet wash, causing both engines to stall in their F-14 and the plane goes into a flat spin that was unrecoverable. As their elevation dropped rapidly, Goose managed to pull the ejection lever and both men were ejected from the plane. However, Goose hit the ejected Canopy upon ejection and it broke his neck instantly. His parachute managed to activate and he gently landed in the ocean below, where Maverick pulled his body into the life-raft. Maverick blamed himself for Gooses' death, and when he gave Goose's personal belongings to his wife Carol, she revealed that "He loved flying with" him and that even though he would have hated it, "he would have flown anyway, without" Maverick. Maverick kept Goose's Dog tags with him and when he found himself loosing the edge in his first engagement after graduation, he held them and Goose's memory gave him the courage to reengage the enemy. After shooting down four enemy MiGs, battle Maverick threw the dog tags into the ocean after he realized that Goose will never leave his side in spirit.

Top Gun - Wikiquote Top Gun Jump to: navigation , search Top Gun is a 1986 film about the macho students of an elite US Navy flying school for advanced fighter pilots who compete to be best in the class. Directed by Tony Scott and written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr., based on the article Top Guns written for California Magazine by Ehud Yonay. I feel the need. The need for speed. Dialogue[ edit ] Stinger: Maverick, you just did an incredibly brave thing. What you should have done was land your plane! You don't own that plane, the taxpayers do! Son, your ego is writing checks your body can't cash. You've been busted, you've lost your qualifications as section leader three times, put in hack twice by me, with a history of high speed passes over five air control towers—and one admiral's daughter! Goose: Penny Benjamin? [Maverick shrugs] Stinger: [to Goose] And you, asshole, you're lucky to be here! Goose: Thank you, sir. Stinger: And let's not bullshit, Maverick. Your family name ain't the best in the Navy.

You need to be doing it better and cleaner than the other guy. Now what is it with you? Maverick: Just want to serve my country; be the best fighter pilot in the Navy, sir! Stinger: Don't screw around with me, Maverick. You're one hell of an instinctive pilot. Maybe too good. I'd like to bust your butt but I can't. I got another problem here. I gotta send somebody from this squadron to Miramar. I gotta do something here, I…I still can't believe it. I gotta give you your dream shot! I'm gonna send you up against the best. You two characters are going to Top Gun. For five weeks, you'll be flying against the best fighter pilots in the world. You were number two, Cougar was number one. Cougar lost it—turned in his wings. You guys are number one. But you remember one thing: if you screw up just this [pinches fingers for emphasis] much, you'll be flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong! Maverick: Yes sir! [Viper talks to the Top Gun cadets] Goose: [as Maverick is looking around the room] What are you doing?

Maverick: Just wondering who's the best. Viper: In case some of you are wondering who the best is, they're up here on this plaque on the wall. The best driver and his RIO from each class has his name on it, and they have the option to come back here to be Top Gun instructors. [turns to Maverick] You think your name's gonna be on that plaque? Maverick: Yes, sir. Viper: That's pretty arrogant, considering the company you're in. Maverick: [pauses] Yes, sir. Viper: [smiles] I like that in a pilot. Just remember, when it's over out there, we're all on the same team. [at the preflight briefing, Maverick, Goose, and Charlie talk about how Maverick buzzed a MIG-28 and what Goose did to the pilot.] Goose: [Extending his middle finger] You know, the finger! Charlie: Yes, I know the finger, Goose. Goose: Sorry. I hate when it does that. Charlie: [to Maverick] So you're the one. Maverick: Yes, ma'am.

[after the first hop, Maverick and Goose celebrate their victory over Jester, but Iceman and Slider tell everybody that they made the kill below the hard deck, which was not allowed.] Maverick: Hard deck my ass. We nailed that son of a bitch. [gives Goose a high five] Iceman: Wow, you guys really are cowboys. Maverick: [Faces Iceman] What's your problem, Kazanski? Iceman: [Slams helmet locker's door and faces Maverick] You're everyone's problem. That's because every time you go up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous. Maverick: That's right! Ice…man. I am dangerous. [Iceman makes biting motion] Jester: Maverick. [Maverick and Goose look at him] You and Goose get your butts outta that flight gear and up to Viper's office now. [leaves locker room] Slider: Remember, boys, no points for second place. Goose: You're a lot brighter than you look— Slider: Oh, you shut up. Maverick: I feel the need...

Maverick, Goose: ...the need for speed! [During Hop 19, a different voice breaks in] Viper: Good morning, gentlemen, the temperature is 110 degrees. Wolfman: Holy shit, it's Viper! Goose: Viper's up here, great...oh shit... Maverick: Great, he's probably saying, "Holy shit, it's Maverick and Goose." Goose: Yeah, I'm sure he's saying that. Maverick: [as Charlie screeches to a halt after chasing Maverick on his motorcycle] JESUS CHRIST, AND YOU THINK I'M RECKLESS? WHEN I FLY, I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT MY CREW AND MY PLANE COME FIRST! Charlie: Well, I am going to [bangs the car's door] FINISH MY SENTENCE, LIEUTENANT! My review of your flight performance was RIGHT ON! Maverick: Is that right? Charlie: That is right, but I held something back. I see some real genius in your flying, Maverick, but I can't say that in there.

I was afraid that everyone in the TAC's trailer would see right through me, and I just don't want anyone to know that I've fallen for you. [Maverick visits Viper at his house] Viper: I flew with your old man. VF-51, the Oriskany. You're a lot like he was. Only better…and worse. He was a natural heroic son of a bitch, that one. Maverick: So he did do it right. Viper: Yeah, he did right. Is that why you fly the way you do? Trying to prove something? Yeah, your old man did it right. [Maverick and Viper take a walk.] What I'm about to tell you is classified and it could end my career. We were in the worst dogfight I could've dreamed of. There were bogeys like fireflies all over the sky. His F-4 was hit; he was wounded, but he could've made it back. He stayed in it; saved three planes before he bought it. Maverick: How come I never heard that before? Viper: Well that's not something the State Department tells its dependents when the battle occurred over the wrong line on some map.

Maverick: So you were there? Viper: I was there. What's on your mind? Maverick: My options, sir. Viper: Simple. First, you've acquired enough points to show up and graduate with your Top Gun class, or you can quit. There'll be no disgrace. That spin was hell; it would've shook me up. Maverick: So you think I should quit? Viper: I didn't say that. The simple fact is you feel responsible for Goose and you have a confidence problem. Now I'm not gonna sit here and blow sunshine up your ass, Lieutenant. A good pilot is compelled to always evaluate what's happened, so he can apply what he's learned. Up there, we gotta push it. That's our job. It's your option, Lieutenant. All yours. Maverick: Sorry to bother you on a Sunday, sir, but thank you very much for your time. Viper: No problem. Good luck. [At the carrier, in the midst of the MiG battle, Stinger asks the status of the reinforcement planes] Stinger: What about Willard and Simkins?

Officer: Both catapults are broken sir, we cannot launch any aircraft yet. Stinger: How long? Officer: It'll take ten minutes. Stinger: Bullshit ten minutes! This thing will be over in two minutes, get on it! [The Enterprise's ground crew cheer on Maverick and Merlin when Iceman meets them] Iceman: You! You are still dangerous. [smiles] You can be my wingman any time. Maverick: Bullshit! You can be mine. I feel the need, the need for speed. Up there with the best of the best.

Question: What movie featured "Iceman" and "Maverick"?
Answer: Top Gun