Top Gun: Maverick was one of the best movies to hit theaters in 2022, but its Rotten Tomatoes score makes it a bigger deal than it really is.

Updated on June 26, 2025, by Arthur Goyaz: Top Gun: Maverick is a cinematic time capsule. In one scene, Tom Cruise is piloting a jet capable of reaching ten times the speed of sound.

Ha! That’s not going to happen to Maverick or to Cruise. Even shirtless, playing beach football with hardbody bros, Cruise has a cool that won’t quit. Miles Teller in "Top Gun: Maverick." ...