Days of Thunder

Rating: Null/10 (18 February 2008)

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This movie is pretty stupid. Tom Cruise is a race car driver and Nicole Kidman is his friend's doctor after his friend has a car accident in the movie. The accident almost kills his friend, and knocks him out of racing, and even though his friend lives and gets better Tom Cruise loses his edge and his nerve and can't compete any more. He deliberately starts sabotaging his own car just so he can get out of races. Robert Duvall is his driving team's captain, who runs the pits, and while Tom Cruise's performance is just mediocre Duvall is actually annoying. Why does he always play the same character? He's a gruff, tough, southern-type guy who's seen it all and knows it all. Anyway in the big race at the end Cruise of course ends up winning for the big happy ending. And of course he ends up with Nicole Kidman. Yawn. I'd recommend only to huge NASCAR fans because some of the racing scenes are pretty exciting which is the only reason I give this a higher rating than just a one.