> If anything, using older planes improved the movie by raising the stakes when they went up against the Su-57s. Though it made that scene where the characters

> If anything, using older planes improved the movie by raising the stakes when they went up against the Su-57s. Though it made that scene where the characters are in an outdated and badly maintained F-14 slightly less believable. Like in the briefings, going up against the Su-57 with F-18 was seen as a dubious proposition, so with the F-14, the only way they'd survive was with their super-power of being main characters in a modern movie.