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Days of Thunder

Paramount Pictures

Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

United States of America

English

Tom Cruise

Robert Duvall

Nicole Kidman

Randy Quaid

Cary Elwes

Michael Rooker

Fred Thompson

John C. Reilly

J.C. Quinn

Don Simpson

Caroline Williams

Michael Burgess

Gerald R. Molen

Donna W. Scott

Leilani Sarelle

Chris Ellis

Peter Appel

Stephen Michael Ayers

Mike Slattery

John Griesemer

Barbara Garrick

Tania Coleridge

Alexandra Balahoutis

Steve Boyd

Daniel D. Greenwood

Jim Grimshaw

James Martin Jr.

Margo Martindale

Jim Crowther

James D. Henson

Cyndi Vicino

Shari Ellis

Xavier Coronel

Nick Searcy

Jerry Punch

Neil Bonnett

Harry P. Gant

Rusty Wallace

Hans Zimmer

Michael Tronick

Robert Towne

Jerry Bruckheimer

Ward Russell

Bert Lovitt

Robert C. Jones

Tony Scott

Chris Lebenzon

Billy Weber

Thomas E. Sanders

Thomas L. Roysden

Stuart Waks

David Rubin

Benjamín Fernández

Susan Becker

Scott Wilder

Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Glenn R. Wilder

David R. Ellis

Richard M. Ellis

Gary Epper

Bob Orrison

Ric Roman Waugh

Steve M. Davison

John C. Meier

Rick Hendrick

Eddy Donno

Norman Howell

R.A. Rondell

Rhonda Waymire

Allan Padelford

Danny Rogers

Tony Kahana

Pat McGroarty

Steve Boyum

Chick Bernhard

Tom Elliott

Billy Hank Hooker

Alex Edlin

Thomas J. Larsen

William H. Burton Jr.

Richard Epper

Steven Chambers

Tom Bahr

Clarke Coleman

Bob Bragg

J.N. Roberts

Chad Randall

Gary Hymes

Carey Loftin

Cecelia Hall

Juno J. Ellis

Michael Neumann

James W. Skotchdopole

Gabriel Borgo

Robert Ulland

Paul Murphey

Scott Metcalfe

Mark Wade

George Watters II

Ronald C. Jacobs

Kenneth Schwarz

Gary McLarty

Ellen Wong

Rick Sharp

Larry K. Johnson

Christopher Kennedy

Virginia G. Hadfield

Rick Kline

Charles M. Wilborn

R.J. Palmer

Howell Gibbens

Frank Howard

Pamela Bentkowski

F. Hudson Miller

Beth Sterner

Ed Callahan

Donald O. Mitchell

John Benson

Midge Costin

Dick Ziker

I'm not much a fan of any kind of racing but found this to be a relatively entertaining sports-thriller which does feature some good NASCAR racing sequences and a nice cast, though can't really say anybody stood out, even Cruise. **3.25/5**

It is Top Gun on wheels isn't it? Only Maverick came across as more blue collar wild and Trickle is a little more California pretentious wild.

So it's kind of Top Gun only with Cary Elwes playing Val Kilmer.

It's kind of Top Gun only Robert Duvall plays Cobra.

It's kind of Top Gun but Nicole Kidman plays Kelly McGillis.

It's kind of Top Gun only with NASCAR instead of Tomcats.

You can't really fault this as a bad film, because it makes a promise to be a certain kind of film, and it keeps it's promise... and entertains while doing it.

So, if you are coming in thinking Chinatown.... what do you think you are watching?

CinemaSerf

"Harry" (Robert Duvall) is quite merrily driving his tractor on his farm when his erstwhile racing partner 'Daland" (Randy Quaid) shows up telling him of a new hotshot driver that he simply has to meet. Reluctantly he goes to the track and is introduced to the stroppy and headstrong "Cole" (Tom Cruise). Let's just say that the two just don't get on at all, but hey - we all know what has to happen now and yep, that's exactly how things pan out. An injury puts "Cole" under the care of "Dr. Claire" (Nicole Kidman) and I'm not too sure what the ethics committee might have to say about what ensues on the romantic front of this entirely predictable high-octane yarn. It might almost be as if one of the stars was a petrol-head and had enough money for a vanity project? Maybe that's just cynical - but in any case there's always some decent race photography to fall back on as the narrative suggests the depth of driving skills in this sport isn't very extensive. Duvall does his best to inject a little gravitas to the proceedings, but it's essentially a quickly-paced toy for it's headliner that you can watch for the (very) occasional adrenalin rush but that's about the height of it.

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