Top Gun 2: Who is Maverick Dedicated to?

Thirty-six years after the release of the first Top Gun, Maverick returned to cinemas on May 25 in France. Always on the cover of Tom Cruise, while Val Kilmer, nicknamed Eismen, also appears. But several people are missing, in front of and behind the camera, starting with director Tony Scott, who tragically died almost ten years ago, on August 19, 2012.

In 1990, also along with Tom Cruise, author of Thunder Days, he also found Val Kilmer for the needs of True Romance and Deja vu. And we owe it to movies like Man on Fire, Domino or Unstoppable. Top Gun: Maverick is obviously dedicated to him and that is obviously because his name is mentioned at the beginning of the last subtitles.

But another tribute is undoubtedly hidden in the film and in a more cautious way. If her “Call sign” (A nickname used for radio shows) is a cyclone, a character played by John Ham is called Beau Simpson. And it’s a safe bet that this applies to Don Simpson, the producer of the first film with his partner Jerry Bruckheimer.

Died January 19, 1996, at the age of 52, this extravagant producer helped Tom Cruise fly to the heights of Hollywood with Top Gun and then Days of tonerre. But also Michael Bay, thanks to the bad guys and the rock. We also owe the Beverly Hills Cop and its sequel, as well as the USS Alabama, its third and final feature film with Tony Scott.

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We also note a funny coincidence during the last mission when Tom Cruise’s plane crashes after shooting thirty-three times. Is this a sign that Top Gun: Maverick was released in 2019 before various delays (due to training and then a pandemic), thirty-three years after the first opus?

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