Review of Days of Thunder (1990) by Morris M — 14 Apr 2008

An absolute classic of the racing material!!! One of the best Tom Cruise movies.

This review of Days of Thunder (1990) was written by Morris M on 14 Apr 2008.

Days of Thunder has generally received mixed reviews.

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Days of Thunder is an attempt to retheme Top Gun into a movie about car racing…

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By Jamie C (1,664) on 25 Feb 2016

Top Gun with stock-cars instead of fighter jets, So many similarities that its hard to really take seriously, Apart from some ok racing scenes…

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By Tyler W (699) on 14 Oct 2014

Ok, this movie is just entertaining. I don't know how to describe my appeal to it. It's just entertaining…

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By Tony L (800) on 05 Aug 2017

Entertaining yet unrealistic, when taken for what it is Days Of Thunder can be alot of fun…

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By Candice Russell (77) for South Florida Sun-Sentinel (746) on 19 May 2014

Days of Thunder lives up to its title in one respect. It`s big-time noisy. It`s also as empty as the stands at the Daytona 500 an hour after the race…

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I enjoyed watching this movie, it felt like top gun on wheels, the lighting in some of the scenes was vary well orchestrated in this movie,…

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This movie is like Top Gun except involving race cars. The acting and the plot were good. Entertaining with racing action…

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Dispensing with all notions that Days of Thunder is a critical work of any sort reveals its hollow and misogynistic underpinnings…

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