If you hated the first, you will hate this as well.
If you loved the first you'll probably love this too because it's pretty much the same movie.
I think I was the only person in the cinema who would have rather put a gun to my head than be there, but Mrs UK had bought tickets for her nephew and niece and I was forced to go on pain of death.
If you'd asked me to list my most hated movies of all time the first Top Gun would have been loitering around the top.
If you like films written strictly to a formula with no plot twists that you weren't expecting around about minute two of the movie, then this is definitely for you.
Having said all that, some of the action sequences were breathtakingly good and it was worth watching for those alone.
Tom Cruise annoys me.
He's 3 weeks younger than me but looks 15 years younger and is ripped like a side of beef.
He's also wealthy, good looking, funny, and incredibly hard working.
What's not to be annoyed about?
But he's so fucking charismatic that I can't help but like him in almost everything he does, including this.
I'd probably have hated this as much as the first if I'd watched it on a TV, but I quite enjoyed it....surprisingly.
If you love high-octane moves, you're not a raving pedant like I am and you find it easy to suspend belief (such as when TC is aiming to hit Mach 10 (the current world record is Mach 3.3, so that is some step up) and starts banking the fucking plane at Mach 9, then you will love it.