"Top Gun" - While you may not immediately think of boats when you think of "Top Gun," Tony Scott's bromantic dogfighter flick is about US naval aviators, after all. Tom Cruise is "Maverick," a hot shot F-14 Tomcat who must balance a romance with his instructor, the loss of a friend, and his own personal shortcomings to become "Top Gun" at the Navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. Director Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer were given ...
more "Top Gun" - While you may not immediately think of boats when you think of "Top Gun," Tony Scott's bromantic dogfighter flick is about US naval aviators, after all. Tom Cruise is "Maverick," a hot shot F-14 Tomcat who must balance a romance with his instructor, the loss of a friend, and his own personal shortcomings to become "Top Gun" at the Navy's elite Fighter Weapons School. Director Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer were given unprecedented access by the US Navy for the filming of "Top Gun" -- no CGI here. Every jet and ship is the real thing, something that would be unheard of in a modern Hollywood blockbuster. Let's just hope they go this route if the long rumoured "Top Gun 2" ever gets off the ground.
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