Top Gun: Maverick [2022]

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CAST

Tom Cruise as CAPT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a test pilot and flight instructor, training a group of Top Gun graduates for a specialized mission

Val Kilmer as ADM Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, a close friend and former rival of Maverick's

Miles Teller as LT Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw, a F/A-18E pilot in the mission training group. He is the son of Maverick's late RIO and best friend, LTJG Nick "Goose", and Carole Bradshaw. Rooster was previously portrayed by twins Aaron and Adam Weis in Top Gun in uncredited roles.

Jennifer Connelly as Penelope "Penny" Benjamin, Maverick's rekindled love interest, who is a single mother, a bar owner, and the daughter of an admiral

Jon Hamm as VADM Beau "Cyclone" Simpson, the commander of Naval Air Forces

Glen Powell as LT Jake "Hangman" Seresin, a F/A-18E pilot and mission candidate

Monica Barbaro as LT Natasha "Phoenix" Trace, a F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate

Lewis Pullman as LT Robert "Bob" Floyd, Phoenix's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate

Ed Harris as RADM Chester "Hammer" Cain, Maverick's superior and head of the Darkstar program

Charles Parnell as RADM Solomon "Warlock" Bates, the commander of the Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center and an acquaintance of Maverick's

Jay Ellis as LT Reuben "Payback" Fitch, a F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate

Danny Ramirez as LT Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia, Payback's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate

Greg Tarzan Davis as LT Javy "Coyote" Machado, a F/A-18E pilot and mission candidate

Bashir Salahuddin as CWO-4 Bernie "Hondo" Coleman, a friend of Maverick's

Manny Jacinto as LT Billy "Fritz" Avalone, a F/A-18E pilot and mission candidate

Raymond Lee as LT Logan "Yale" Lee, a F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate

Jake Picking as LT Brigham "Harvard" Lennox, Yale's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate

Jack Schumacher as LT Neil "Omaha" Vikander, a F/A-18F pilot and mission candidate

Kara Wang as LT Callie "Halo" Bassett, Omaha's F/A-18F WSO and mission candidate

Lyliana Wray as Amelia Benjamin, Penny's daughter

Jean Louisa Kelly as Sarah Kazansky, Iceman's wife

James Handy as Jimmy, an old bartender at Penny's bar

Anthony Edwards, Meg Ryan, Aaron and Adam Weis appear as the Bradshaw family in archive footage from Top Gun, along with Kelly McGillis as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood.

PLOT

    Over 30 years after graduating from TOPGUN, US Navy Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is a test pilot. While he has won many honours, repeated insubordination has kept him from military rank. His friend and former TOPGUN rival Admiral Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, often protects Maverick from being grounded.  flag officer  Chester "Hammer" Cain cancels Maverick's "Darkstar" scramjet program in favour of funding drones. Before Cain can officially do so, Maverick sets a replacement flight plan to push into high-hypersonic speed, accomplishing the program's goal. The prototype is destroyed, however, when Maverick pushes beyond Mach 10. Iceman again saves Maverick's career by ordering him to NAS  North Island for his next assignment, but Hammer warns Maverick that the age of crewed fighter aircraft will soon end.

    The Navy has been tasked with destroying an unsanctioned uranium enrichment plant, which sits during a  deep depression at the end of a canyon.  it's defended by SA-3 Goa surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), GPS jammers which render the F-35 Lightning II unsuitable for the work, and what appear to be fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 fighters. Maverick devises an idea to attack with two pairs of F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. Although he wants to fly the mission, Maverick is assigned to coach an elite group of recent TOPGUN graduates assembled by Air Boss Vice Admiral Beau "Cyclone" Simpson, who dislikes Maverick's unorthodox methods.

    Maverick out-dogfights his sceptical students to win their respect. Lieutenants Jake "Hangman" Seresin and Bradley "Rooster" Bradshaw—son of Maverick's late ally and RIO Nick "Goose" Bradshaw—clash. Rooster dislikes Hangman's cavalier attitude, while Hangman criticizes Rooster's cautious flying. Maverick reunites with former girlfriend Penny Benjamin, to whom he reveals that Rooster's mother made him promise before she died that Rooster wouldn't become a pilot. Rooster, unaware of the promise, resents Maverick for impeding his military career and blames him for his father's death. Maverick is reluctant to further interfere with Rooster's career, but the choice is to send him on the extremely dangerous mission. He tells his doubts to Iceman who has throat cancer. Before dying, Iceman advises that "It's time to let go" and reassures him that "the Navy needs Maverick".

    With Maverick's protector gone, Cyclone removes him as an instructor following a training incident during which a F/A-18 is lost. Cyclone relaxes the mission parameters in order that they are easier to execute but make escape much more difficult. During Cyclone's announcement, Maverick makes an unauthorized flight through the training course together with his preferred parameters, proving that it is often done. Cyclone reluctantly appoints Maverick as team leader.

    Maverick flies the lead F/A-18E  within the strike package,  amid a buddy lazing F/A-18F[d] flown by Lieutenant Natasha "Phoenix" Trace and WSO Lieutenant Robert "Bob" Floyd. Rooster leads the second strike pair,  which incorporates  Lieutenant Reuben "Payback" Fitch and WSO Lieutenant Mickey "Fanboy" Garcia. After the four jets launch from the carrier  USS Theodore Roosevelt, the missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf fires Tomahawk cruise missiles to destroy the nearby air base. The teams successfully destroy the plant but are engaged by SAMs during their escape. Rooster runs out of countermeasures, and Maverick sacrifices his jet to guard  Rooster. Believing Maverick to be killed, the others are ordered back to the carrier. Rooster returns to seek out that Maverick was safely ejected and is being targeted by a Mi-24 gunship. After destroying the gunship,  he's shot down by a SAM and ejects.  the 2  rendezvous and steal an F-14 Tomcat from the destroyed air base. Maverick and Rooster destroy two intercepting Su-57s, but a 3rd  arrives as they run out of ammunition and countermeasures. Hangman arrives from standby to shoot down the Su-57,  and therefore the planes return to the carrier.

    Later, Rooster helps Maverick work on his P-51 Mustang. Rooster looks at a photograph of their mission's success, pinned alongside a photograph of his late father and a young Maverick, as Penny and Maverick fly off into the sunset within the  P-51.

The Batman [2022]

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CAST

Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne / Batman:

A reclusive billionaire who obsessively protects Gotham City as a masked vigilante to cope with his traumatic past. Batman is around 30 years old and is not yet an experienced crime fighter, as director Matt Reeves wanted to explore the character before he becomes "fully formed". Reeves and Pattinson described Batman as an insomniac who cannot delineate between the Batman persona and his "recluse rockstar" public identity as Bruce, with Reeves comparing his obsession with being Batman to drug addiction. Pattinson said the film questions the nature of heroism, as Batman is more flawed than traditional superheroes and unable to control himself, seeking to work out his rage and "inflict his kind of justice". Reeves considered The Batman a story about Batman learning that he must not exact vengeance, but inspire hope. Oscar Novak portrays a young Bruce, while Rick English was Pattinson's stunt double.

Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle / Catwoman:

A nightclub waitress, drug dealer, and cat burglar who meets Batman while searching for her missing roommate; her moral ambiguity challenges Batman's black-and-white view of good and evil. Kravitz said the character is becoming a femme fatale and "figuring out who she is, beyond just someone trying to survive". She described her as a mysterious character with unclear motivations, who represents femininity in contrast to Batman's masculinity. She said the pair are "partners [s] in crime", drawn together by their desire to fight for vulnerable people. Reeves saw Selina as Batman's awakening to his own sheltered upbringing and preconceived assumptions. Kravitz focused more on Selina than her Catwoman persona because she did not want to distract from the character's emotional journey, and interpreted Selina as bisexual, like in the comics.

Paul Dano as Edward Nashton / Riddler:

A forensic accountant who is inspired by Batman to become a serial killer who targets elite Gotham citizens and live streams his crimes. He seeks to "unmask the truth" about Gotham, taunting Batman and law enforcement with riddles. Reeves said Batman inspiring the Riddler reflects the idea from the comics that he creates his own enemies and that the Riddler's attack on Gotham gives the character a "political agenda" as a terrorist-like figure. He found Batman and the Riddler being "kind of two sides of the same coin" unsettling, as they have similar goals. He likened the Riddler to the Zodiac Killer, who he felt was the "real-life" Riddler for his practice of communicating with cyphers and riddles, while Dano said his performance balanced the real-life basis with the Batman franchise's theatricality. Joseph Walker portrays a young Nashton.

Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon:

An ally of Batman in the Gotham City Police Department (GCPD). He is the only GCPD officer whom Batman trusts, and they work together to solve the Riddler case. Wright described Gordon as "relative to Gotham City, to the Gotham City Police Department, to Batman, to justice and to corruption". Similar to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), Gordon begins as a GCPD lieutenant in The Batman, allowing his progression to the commissioner to be depicted in subsequent films. Wright felt starting Gordon as the lieutenant enabled him to play a larger role compared to previous film iterations. Reeves felt that Batman and Gordon's partnership is emphasized more in The Batman than it was in previous Batman films, and compared them to Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) and Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) from All the President's Men (1974).

John Turturro as Carmine Falcone:

A Gotham crime lord and Selina's father. The Riddler's primary target, Falcone has much of Gotham under his control; Turturro described him as a "dangerous guy", while Reeves said he was "seemingly...a genteel mobster but [he] turns out to have a very, very dark history behind him" and compared him to Noah Cross (John Huston) from Chinatown (1974). The Batman suggests that Falcone played a role in Batman's origin story by ordering the murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. Falcone wears vintage sunglasses throughout the film, as Turturro felt the character needed a "mask".

Peter Sarsgaard as Gil Colson: Gotham's district attorney, whom Sarsgaard described as untruthful and "distasteful".

Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth:

Batman's butler and mentor, though they have a strained relationship and rarely speak. Pattinson described Alfred as Batman's only confidant, even though Alfred "thinks he's gone insane!" Unlike previous film incarnations, Alfred has a military background, which is reflected in his being "used to rules and regulations, structure and precision" as well as his dress and demeanour. To illustrate Alfred's physical appearance as a military veteran, Reeves came up with the idea of him having a cane, while Serkis suggested his facial scars. Serkis shared that Alfred was "part of the secret service and then the security team looking after Wayne Enterprises"; his background led to him becoming more of a "mentor and a teacher" than the father figure that Bruce needed. Reeves noted that Alfred was forced into becoming Bruce's parental figure despite being inexperienced, and feels guilty that his parenting of Bruce might have led to his obsessive journey as Batman.

Colin Farrell as Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot / Penguin:

Falcone's chief lieutenant who operates the Iceberg Lounge, the nightclub where Selina works. He is not yet the crime kingpin he is depicted as in the comics and dislikes being referred to as the Penguin. Reeves explained that the Penguin is a "mid-level mobster guy and he's got a bit of showmanship to him, but you can see that he wants more and that he's been underestimated". Reeves compared the Penguin to Fredo Corleone (John Cazale) from The Godfather (1972), due to "the insignificance that he lives within, in a family that is full of very strong, very bright, very capable, very violent men."

Additionally, Jayme Lawson portrays Bella Reál, a mayoral candidate for Gotham City who Reeves said represents hope; Gil Perez-Abraham portrays Martinez, a GCPD officer; Peter McDonald portrays William Kenzie, a corrupt GCPD officer; Alex Ferns portrays Pete Savage, the GCPD commissioner; Con O'Neill portrays Mackenzie Bock, the GCPD chief; and Rupert Penry-Jones portrays Don Mitchell Jr., Gotham's mayor. Barry Keoghan makes a cameo appearance as the Joker (credited as "Unseen Arkham Prisoner"), while other cast members include twins Charlie and Max Carver as Iceberg Lounge bouncers (credited as "The Twins"); Hana Hrzic as Annika, Selina's roommate; Jay Lycurgo as a young gang member; Akie Kotabe as a train passenger; Sandra Dickinson as Dory, Bruce's caretaker and housekeeper; and Luke Roberts and Stella Stocker as Bruce's parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne.

PLOT

    On Halloween, Gotham City mayor Don Mitchell Jr. is murdered by the Riddler, a masked killer. Reclusive billionaire Bruce Wayne, who has operated for 2  years as the vigilante Batman, investigates the murder alongside the Gotham City local department  (GCPD). Lieutenant James Gordon discovers a message that the Riddler left for Batman.  the subsequent night, the Riddler kills commissioner Pete Savage and leaves another message for Batman.

    Batman and Gordon discover that the Riddler left a thumb drive in Mitchell's car containing images of Mitchell with a lady, Annika Kosolov, at the Iceberg Lounge—a nightclub operated by the Penguin, mobster Carmine Falcone's lieutenant. While the Penguin pleads ignorance, Batman notices that Selina Kyle, Annika's roommate, works at the club as a waitress. When Annika disappears, Batman sends Selina back to the Iceberg Lounge for answers and discovers that Savage was on Falcone's payroll, as is  DA  Gil Colson.

    The Riddler abducts Colson, straps a timed collar bomb to his neck, and sends him to interrupt Mitchell's funeral. When Batman arrives, the Riddler calls him via Colson's phone and threatens to detonate the bomb if Colson cannot answer three riddles. Colson refuses to answer the third—the name of the informant who gave the GCPD information that led to a historic drugs bust ending mobster Salvatore Maroni's operation—and dies. Batman and Gordon deduce that the informant could also be the Penguin and track him to a drug deal. They discover that Maroni's operation transferred to Falcone, with many corrupt GCPD officers involved. Selina inadvertently exposes them when she arrives to steal money and discovers Annika's corpse in a  car trunk. After a car chase, Batman captures the Penguin but learns he's not the informant.

    Batman and Gordon follow the Riddler's trail to the ruins of an orphanage funded by Bruce's murdered parents, Thomas and Martha Wayne, where they learn that the Riddler holds a grudge against the Wayne family. Bruce's butler and caretaker, Alfred Pennyworth, is hospitalized after opening a letter bomb addressed to Bruce. The Riddler leaks evidence that Thomas, who was running for mayor before he was murdered, hired Falcone to kill a journalist for threatening to reveal details about Martha and her family's history of mental disease. Bruce, who grew up believing his father was morally upstanding, confronts Alfred, who maintains that Thomas only asked Falcone to threaten the journalist into silence; Thomas planned to show himself and Falcone over to the police once he found out Falcone murdered the journalist instead. Alfred believes that Falcone had Thomas and Martha killed to stop this.

    Selina reveals to Batman that Falcone is her neglectful father. She decides to kill him after learning that he strangled Annika because Mitchell told her that Falcone was the informant. Batman and Gordon arrive in time to prevent her, but the Riddler kills Falcone as he's being arrested. The Riddler is unmasked as forensic accountant Edward Nashton and is incarcerated in Arkham State Hospital, where he tells Batman he took inspiration from him when targeting the corrupt. Batman learns that Nashton has stationed car bombs around Gotham and cultivated a web following that plans to assassinate mayor-elect Bella Reál.

    The bombs destroy the seawall around Gotham and flood the town. Nashton's followers try and kill Reál but are stopped by Batman and Selina.  In the aftermath, Nashton befriends another inmate,[a] while Selina deems Gotham beyond saving and leaves. Batman aids recovery efforts and vows to inspire hope in Gotham.

Top Gun [1986]

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CAST

Tom Cruise as LT Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a US Navy pilot. The character was loosely based on Duke Cunningham and his accomplishments during the Vietnam War.

Kelly McGillis as Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood, instructor of Top Gun and Maverick's love interest. The character is based on a real-life person, Christine Fox, who worked at Naval Air Station Miramar.

Val Kilmer as LT Tom "Iceman" Kazansky, one of Top Gun's students and Maverick's rival turned wingman.

Anthony Edwards as LTJG Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, Maverick's radar intercept officer and best friend

Tom Skerritt as CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf, commanding officer and instructor of Top Gun. A veteran of the Vietnam War who served with Duke Mitchell, Maverick's father. The character was based on a real person: Rear Admiral Pete "Viper" Pettigrew, a former Navy aviator, Vietnam War veteran, and Topgun instructor, who served as a technical advisor on the film and also makes a cameo appearance in the film as a colleague of Charlie's.

Michael Ironside as LCDR Rick "Jester" Heatherly, a Naval Aviator, and Top Gun instructor

John Stockwell as LT Bill "Cougar" Cortell, Maverick's former wingman

Barry Tubb as LTJG Leonard "Wolfman" Wolfe, Hollywood's radar intercept officer

Rick Rossovich as LTJG Ron "Slider" Kerner, Iceman's radar intercept officer

Tim Robbins as LTJG Sam "Merlin" Wells, Cougar's radar intercept officer (later Maverick's during the climax)

Clarence Gilyard as LTJG Marcus "Sundown" Williams, Chipper's radar intercept officer (later Maverick's during the end of training)

Whip Hubley as LT Rick "Hollywood" Neven, a student from Top Gun and Iceman's wingman during the climax

James Tolkan as CDR Tom "Stinger" Jardian, Commander of the USS Enterprise Carrier Air Group

Meg Ryan as Carole Bradshaw, Goose's wife

Adrian Pasdar as LT Charles "Chipper" Piper, a Naval Aviator and student of Top Gun

Aaron and Adam Weis as Bradley Bradshaw, Goose and Carole's son (uncredited)

PLOT

    US Naval Aviator Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell and his radar intercept officer (RIO) Lieutenant (junior grade) Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, stationed within the  Indian Ocean aboard the USS Enterprise, fly the F-14A Tomcat. During an interception with two hostile MiG-28s,[a] Maverick missile-locks on one, while the opposite hostile locks onto Maverick's wingman, Cougar. Maverick drives it off, but Cougar is so shaken that Maverick defies orders to land and shepherds him back to the carrier. Cougar resigns his commission. Maverick and Goose are sent in his place by CAG "Stinger" to attend TOPGUN, the Naval Fighter Weapons School at Naval air base  Miramar.

    Prior to the first day of instruction, Maverick unsuccessfully approaches a lady at a bar. He learns the subsequent day she is an astrophysicist and civilian TOPGUN instructor Charlotte "Charlie" Blackwood. She becomes curious about  Maverick upon learning of his inverted manoeuvre with a MiG-28. In Maverick's first training hop, he defeats instructor commissioned naval officer  Rick "Jester" Heatherly, but to try to do so, he flies below 10,000 feet (3,000 m), breaking a serious rule of engagement. Maverick and Goose also buzz the tower.  they're reprimanded by chief instructor Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf.

    Privately, Jester tells Viper that while he admires Maverick's skill,  he's not sure if he would trust him as a teammate in combat. In class, Charlie objects to Maverick's aggressive tactics against the MiG-28, but privately tells him she admires his flying;  they start a romantic relationship.

    On training Hop 19, Maverick abandons his wingman "Hollywood" to chase Viper. As a result, first Hollywood and then  Maverick is defeated in a demonstration of the value of teamwork. Jester tells Maverick his flying is superb but criticizes him for leaving his wingman. Lieutenant "Iceman" Kazansky calls his behaviour "foolish", "dangerous" and worse than the enemy.

    Maverick and Iceman, the leading contenders for the TOPGUN Trophy, chase an A-4 in Hop 31. As Iceman has trouble getting a lock on the A-4, Maverick pressures him to interrupt off so that he can move into the firing position. However, Maverick's F-14 flies through Iceman's jet wash and suffers a flameout of both engines, going into an unrecoverable flat spin. Maverick and Goose eject, but Goose is killed when his head slams into the jettisoned aircraft canopy.

    The board of inquiry clears Maverick of any wrongdoing, but he's shaken and guilt-ridden and considers quitting. He seeks advice from Viper, who flew with Maverick's father during the  Vietnam War-era air battle where he was killed. Contrary to official reports faulting Mitchell, Viper says he died heroically. He tells him he can succeed if he regains his self-confidence. Maverick chooses to graduate and congratulates Iceman, who has won the TOPGUN Trophy. Iceman, Hollywood, and Maverick receive immediate deployment orders to cater to a crisis situation; they are sent to the Enterprise to provide air support for the rescue of the SS Layton, a disabled communication ship that drifted into hostile waters.

    Aboard Enterprise, Iceman and Hollywood are assigned to supply air cover, with Maverick and RIO Merlin on standby. Iceman expresses his concerns to Stinger about Maverick's psychological state but is told to only do his job. Iceman and Hollywood are pulled into a dogfight with what first appear to be two MiGs, but end up to be six. After Hollywood is shot down, Maverick is scrambled. He goes into a spin after encountering another jet wash, but recovers. Shaken, he breaks off,  on the other hand, re-engages and shoots down three MiGs. Iceman destroys a fourth,  and therefore the remaining two MiGs withdraw. Upon their triumphant return to Enterprise, the pilots share their newfound respect for each other. Maverick later throws Goose's dog tags overboard.

    Offered the selection of any assignment, Maverick chooses to return to TOPGUN as a teacher. He and Charlie reunite at a bar in Miramar.