Top Gun

DE-STRESSFLIX: A movie that will suck stress from your life.

Starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer. Directed by Tony Scott

Maverick (Cruise) flies his F-14A Tomcat across the Indian Ocean alongside his wingman Nick “Goose” Bradshaw. With an already reckless reputation, known for having an ego that writes checks his body can’t cash, Maverick chooses to divert the mission, flying parallel to one of the MiGs for the sole purpose of flipping off the other other pilot.

“Lieutenant, what were you doing there?” Lt. Charlotte “Charlie” Blackwood asks. “Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations,” Maverick says. “You know, giving him the bird!”

Top Gun is known to many as the greatest fighter-pilot movie of all time. Maverick’s reckless actions and massive ego will no doubt haveviewers feeling like they too can be bad-ass fighter pilots. These intense feelings ride a rollercoaster throughout the next one hour and 50 minutes. Top Gun contains everything from non-stop aircraft action to romance and heartfelt scenes of a man and his best friend. Throw on the “Top Gun Anthem” on Spotify and you’ll be pushing through assignments, finals, work or whatever.

-Kelly Hinseth, staff writer