Cruise is good

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2020)

A fun sports drama.
'Days of Thunder' stars Tom Cruise as Cole Trickle, an up-and-coming young racer entering NASCAR. Cruise is good in this, though it's probably the weakest acting display that I've seen from him.
Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker and Nicole Kidman are all alongside Cruise. Duvall appears as Harry well, while Kidman is decent as Claire. Rooker is my standout of the three though, I enjoyed all his scenes as Rowdy.
This film has a good pace to it, helped by the fact it gets into the racing stuff pretty early on. I found the romance between Cole and Claire a little dull, though Cole and Rowdy's story was always interesting. I thought we'd get a final scene between the latter two to be honest.
Not one of Tom Cruise's best, but an entertaining film nevertheless.