There isn't much of a story here, but the visuals are cool. It's a super basic concept that rehashes some of the scenes from the first movie. They don't add anything new to this movie. They even use original footage from the first movie. There's a mission, everyone is mad at Tom Cruise because he's such a maverick. Tom is a maverick doing things his way, playing loose with the rules, blah blah blah.

The acting was just as bad as the mustaches. I'm surprised they didn't give the female pilot a mustache just to show off how much of a badass she is.

The visuals were amazing. They should have just shown the title of the movie followed by a bunch of jets doing stuff, then rolled the closing credits. That would have been a much better film.