Tom Cruise's Maverick Story Proves How Ridiculous The Original Top Gun Ending Really Was

Top Gun 2 made Top Gun's ending ridiculous.

While 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick improved on Top Gun’s story, its plot also proved that the original movie’s ending was more than a little ludicrous. Top Gun is a silly movie. From its campy beach volleyball sequence to the decision to keep the nationality of its faceless enemy combatants a mystery, the Navy drama does not ask to be taken seriously. Star Tom Cruise’s breakout movie is a cheesy cult classic, the sort of corny ‘80s movie that is enjoyable precisely because of how silly it is.

4 Top Gun’s ending portrayed Maverick as a victorious hero who won the day and got the girl, but 2022’s long-awaited sequel Top Gun: Maverick complicated this depiction. The movie introduced a downtrodden Maverick who never overcame his distaste for authority, languishing as a test pilot while his old friend Iceman rose through the ranks.

This was all too good to be true, and Top Gun: Maverick made Top Gun’s ending terrible upon a re-watch as soon as the sequel made it clear that Maverick and Charlie didn’t last. The follow-up doubled down on this sad surprise by revealing that Maverick didn’t make it as a TOPGUN instructor, presumably due to his dangerously unconventional flying and his hair-trigger temper.

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