Although my local theater did not have the iconic Nicole Kidman ad welcoming us back to the theater experience, Tom Cruise did make a taped appearance before the opening credits of Top Gun: Maverick. In his short video welcoming us to the theatrical viewing of the long-awaited sequel to Top Gun, Cruise informed viewers that the film used real G-force, and footage from actual flights done by the actors, and that there was an intense amount of practical work done to give us the best viewing experience possible.
Needless to say, the results were phenomenal.
The lengths that Cruise and the cast and the crew of Top Gun: Maverick have gone to provide realistic aerial sequences are unprecedented and unimaginably difficult to execute practically through a camera lens.
In an interview with CineFix, director Joseph Kosinski states that there was no other way to capture the action of the film but through real flight.
