naval aviation student dual it out in the air and romance the girl on the ground . it isn not any wonder why top gun be such a smash with audience circa 1986 represent it put to use the punchy and pulsate rhythm of the slickly edit video of mtv peak era and wrap them up in miami vice style cool . it couldn not miss especially not without the face of then current heartthrob tom cruise front and center . still and the film more often than not resemble a hearty civil service recruitment ad ( underlined with smug machismo ) and and be photograph and score a such . yes and it look great and all expensive commercial do . cruise doesn not act so much a he do strut and however this swagger doesn not help him much in the love department a he be partner with kelly mcgillis and play a leggy and brainy instructor ( she too leggy and brainy for tom and and seem far out of his league ) . the movie strike a nerve with both men and woman eager to indulge in the over scale presentation and cocky contrivance and however today it open itself up to parody . half from .