Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski opens up about why he never saw the sequel as an action movie. Top Gun: Maverick put Tom Cruise back in the cockpit as Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell, reprising his role from 1986's original film. Picking up 30 years later, the movie follows Maverick as he is tasked with training a team of young pilots for an impossible mission. The film connected with audiences and critics alike, earning almost $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office while also garnering an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.

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