Ric Delmonte

Pure Hollywood hype. First half of the movie… Sleeper. But good soap opera plot. Second half of the movie totally unrealistic …From a military standpoint and from social reality The Navy fighter jets have a pilot and copilot… But Tom cruise drives solo! Our enemies do not store uranium enrichment facilities centered at the bottom of a volcanic cauldron which can get flooded Our enemies do not place SAM missile systems on the ledges of mountain tops exposed to weather… Did you notice the missile systems never had snow on them yet the surrounding terrain was white with snow? Our enemies would never kill a fighter jet pilot running away on the ground with an armored attack helicopter. Instead the pilot would be captured and used for negotiated trade Our enemies SAM missiles do not explode upon impact after hitting flares shot away from an evading aircraft. Strictly movie screen artwork. How many drinking bars can you walk into where everyone is nicely dressed in military uniforms, all smiling, the bar owner is a single woman very attractive, the bar interior is palatial, the bar is located on the waterfront in San Diego and the pretty single woman drives a vintage Porsche to her fancy home ? Answer : none. If in doubt ask the pretty woman’s teenage daughter. US aircraft carriers typically launch two jets simultaneously from their deck… Not one… When initiating an attack. US fighter jets avoid flying in close proximity to the another jets exhaust plume… But the movie ignores the fact. No one… Not even crafty Tom Cruise… could steal a US military jet fighter plane especially after being grounded/fired Sorry… But not even Superman can survive being ejected from a high altitude top-secret jet aircraft traveling over mock 10 Good news ! Tom Cruise wouldn’t be able to walk into the desert Cafe asking for a drink of water after abandoning the top secret aircraft because our military would be all over that area searching for plane and body parts in order to keep everything classified Where is the San Diego PD? All of California has a required motorcycle helmet law but Tom Cruise seems pardoned from it. And why doesn’t Tom Cruise have flying insect bugs plastered on his front teeth ? Classified meetings for jet fighter pilots are not held in open hangers with the doors wide open. Very convenient open air setting if students are farting a lot …but classified meetings are held in very secure, sometimes underground, Multiple closed and locked door and shuttered window… If any windows… locations On the positive side, nice to see multinational actors and actresses in the movie. The first Top Gun had all Caucasian pilots as I recall Must go now… Feeling missile lock on me … Dirty dishes in sink need washing by orders of my Superior 😀