Days of Thunder

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Theatrical Release Date

Jun 26, 1990

Genre(s)

• Tom Cruise
• Tony Scott
• Romance
• Auto Sports
• Action & Adventure
• Drama

Rating (Stars)

Description

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/

Director

Tony Scott

Stars

• Tom Cruise
• Robert Duvall
• Nicole Kidman
• Randy Quaid
• Cary Elwes

Running Time

107 minutes

Original Price

$12.98

Current Value

$2.75

DVD Features

• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Letterboxed
• Widescreen
• NTSC
• 2.35:1