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Tom Cruise plays Cpt Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in the Top Gun franchise. Photo: Paramount Pictures
Tom Cruise plays Cpt Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell in the Top Gun franchise. Photo: Paramount Pictures
With Top Gun 3 coming, here are cinema's best threequels
As Tom Cruise prepares to return to the skies, The National looks at the films that prove three is the magic number