"Days of Thunder" (1990) Directed by Tony Scott
“Let me drive. I won’t make a fool out of you”.
Although released in 1990 this is very much a 1980’s inspired Blockbuster period genre film, with Tony Scott again teaming up with Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Simpson actually plays a small cameo in his own produced film, as race car driver “Aldo Bennedetti”. Personally speaking, I’m not a fan of motor sport or indeed Nascar as this film depicts, but that shouldn’t put you off watching this classic as it remains a personal favourite of my teenage years, but more importantly remains a tight, well told story with brilliantly depicted racing scenes and a fun overall film that has aged very little in the 22 years since release.
An all star stellar cast of Tom Cruise (who’s also a credited writer), Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Cary Elwes, Nicole Kidman, Michael Rooker and John C Reilly combine with brilliant direction from Tony Scott and his Director of Photography Ward Russell, who replaces regular collaborator Jeffrey Kimball here. With a sublime, if incidental musical score from Hans Zimmer, the entire film is wrapped in love and affection and you can clearly see this seeping through the entire movie with passion from all involved.
I have minor criticisms: The second act is too baggy and lame in places and yes, the film follows the stereotypical early Tom Cruise career script model of raw recruit becomes a superstar, to losing his star status along with the girl he has won, then lost. Easy criticisms to make, but in this writer’s mind, the film still stands the test of time and remains a fun, if stereotypical romp.
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The above paragraphs are taken from my original spoiler free review of "Days of Thunder" penned and published over a decade ago and transferred to my Medium blog site on 30th December 2021 and which can be read in full and for free via my original article linked immediately below:
https://medium.com/@stephenblackford561/tony-scott-1944-2012-a-cinematic-legend-b1c33c6a6580
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