Top Gun 2018 May 2026

Phoenix confronts Jake. "He's not your enemy. Your enemy is the story you're telling yourself." EXT. CANYON RUN - DAY

Maverick looks at Jake. "Your dad came to see me. Last year. Before he... passed. He told me to tell you something." top gun 2018

"Lesson one," Jake says, looking up at a vapor trail streaking across the sunrise—Maverick, cleared to fly one last time. "The plane is just metal. The pilot is the weapon. And the heart... is the afterburner." Phoenix confronts Jake

FLASHBACK (quick cut): His father, Hollywood, sobbing at a dining table, 1995. "Maverick left me hanging. He broke high aspect. I took the fault. I took everything ." CANYON RUN - DAY Maverick looks at Jake

In 2018, the son of a disgraced Cold War-era pilot enters the elite Top Gun naval aviation program, only to discover that his instructor is the legendary Maverick—the man who inadvertently caused his father's downfall.

Jake, bruised, stands outside Maverick's room. Maverick has a broken arm and stitches across his forehead. Iceman is there, holding Maverick's other hand.