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Days of Thunder (Widescreen)

Tom Cruise (Actor), Nicole Kidman (Actor), Tony Scott (Director) | Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | Format: DVD
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)

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This loud and fast 1988 effort by director Tony Scott (Beverly Hills Cop 2, Top Gun) has much more style than substance but it does effectively depict the edgy and dangerous world of stock car racing. Tom Cruise plays yet another cocky loner trying to find success and happiness, this time as stock car racer Cole Trickle, a driver with raw talent but no discipline who is desperate for guidance and sponsorship. They both materialise in the visage of world-weary Robert Duvall, who despite his better instincts sees a second chance at victory in the young driver. Featuring supporting roles by Nicole Kidman, as Cruise's physician and love interest, and Randy Quaid, as a bombastic sponsor, and with a screenplay by Robert Towne (Chinatown), Days of Thunder is a slickly packaged entertainment best suited for die-hard Tom Cruise fans and those who want an intense visual experience. --Robert Lane

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With Days of Thunder, director Tony Scott tried to do for the Indy 500 what he did for the U.S. Air Force with Top Gun. But without Top Gun's go-go soundtrack and visual feats, Scott merely ends up with a Tom Cruise vehicle that's out of gas.

Cruise plays (what else?) a cocky, upstart stock-car racer who faces down ruthless racing opponents. Nicole Kidman, Robert Duvall, Cary Elwes, and Randy Quaid do the laps around this movie's tiresome track with Cruise, while director Scott attempts to propel the action along with his trademark visceral, gritty but glamorous visual style.

Days of Thunder is notable, however, as a turning point in Cruise's then one-dimensional career. After this film--having tired even his most devoted fans by playing a bartender, an air force pilot, and a stock-car driver--Cruise was forced to take on real character parts. --Ethan Brown

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed :(, Dec 31 2010
This review is from: Days of Thunder (DVD)
I received the product in good time but when my Dad opened it as his Christmas present and tried to play it, it was region blocked. We then figured out that it is a Region 2 DVD that can only be played in JAPAN. Why this Dvd would be sold on Amazon.ca confuses me... Although the DVD was not expensive it was a total waste of money as my Dad can't watch it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fix Review, July 3 2004
This review is from: Days of Thunder (Widescreen) (DVD)
Ok i have not seen the movie here but i just wanted to correct the review posted by amazon.com. The movie Top gun was not about the United States Air Force in any way shape or form. It was Navy all the way
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1.0 out of 5 stars tommy BOY, you're just a pretty boy., April 23 2004
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This review is from: Days of Thunder (Widescreen) (DVD)
the third in the ' i am sooooo hot and shallow gals ' tom cruise trilogy (top gun and cocktails being 1 and 2 ).
this thing made millions of course. no wonder europeans think us so stupid.
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