Days of Thunder is processed cheese. It is extremely easy to digest (and sometimes deliciously entertaining), but it is still processed cheese nonetheless. This 1990 popcorn flick about race car drivers, the men who build their machines and the women who love them has about as much substance as a Twinkie with a Tootsie Role stuffed inside of it. If you're in the right frame of mind, it can be just as disgustingly delicious, too. The movie follows hotshot Nascar newcomer Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) as he and his mentor and legendary pit crew chief Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) pull out all the stops to try and win at Daytona. Along the way he engages in playful jousting with fellow driver Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker), deals with egotistical upstart Russ Wheeler (Cary Elwes) and ends up romancing his doctor Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman) after a crash leaves him psychologically battered. It's the usual Hollywood hokum,...
- 12/30/2008
- by Sara Michelle Fetters
- Rope of Silicon
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