UJerry bruckheimer, omnye wabavelisi ababalulekileyo eHollywood, uye waphawula kwingxelo yakutshanje ethetha ngokulandelelana "Umpu ophezulu":
“Sizamile ukwenza enye into kwaye asikwazanga ukuyenza. Emva koko uTom (Cruise) wayiphinda kwakhona emva kwexesha elithile, nangona engazange ekugqibeleni aphume phambili. Besithetha nge "Top Gun 2" kwakhona, kodwa akukho nto iqinisekileyo. Size nemibono ethile kuba inqwelomoya itshintshe ngokupheleleyo ukusukela oko senze isavenge sokuqala. Ke sifuna ukufumana indlela yokuncamathela iintloko zethu kwaye sifake iMaverick kolu tshintsho. "
Yintoni ecacileyo ukuba nge-Tom Cruise engazange ibe yimpumelelo yebhokisi yebhokisi ixesha elide, uya kuphoqeleka ukuba enze oku kulandelelana. Kwaye ukuba akunjalo, ngamanye amaxesha.