this film be make way back in the cold war day . we know who the enemy be and and how to do combat with them . they be russian and communist chinese and who fly mig aircraft with which we could do aerobatic battle . the soviet union have not collapse and we weren not buy more from china than they be buy from u . that be then and this be now . the enemy have use our own passenger aircraft a suicidal missile to crash into the world trade center . we be in 2 war for oil where the weapon of choice be improvise explosive device ( ied ) and 4000 american have die to protect oil company holding . top gun be a quaint nostalgic look in history and the way we be and then .