I don't know how to put this nicely... In this movie, no one is trying. The screenplay is cookie cutter/completely predictable, the characters are all the same character (cocky navy dude-even Jennifer Connolly plays cocky navy dude), the mission is vague and the stakes are non-existent.

Maverick is supposed to choose 6 pilots out of a class of about 16 for this bull's eye mission. Though, only 6 of them get any screen time. I wonder who he'll pick. The inclusion of two black characters and a Latino seems progressive until they total about 5 lines of dialogue collectively. Token, much?

The best part is at the climax when the "acting" becomes secondary to the action. The plane stunts are cool. That's literally all I have to say about this movie though. So dull. I don't know who this is supposed to appeal to, but it isn't me.