Top Gun part 2 (Not Maverick!)

Rating: 6/10 (19 October 2019)

Days of Thunder follows pretty much the same vein as Top Gun, up until Mission Impossible his biggest success.
It is made by the same filmmakers as Top Gun, late director Tony Scott and the Simpson/Bruckheimer production team.
Cruise plays a NASCAR driver Cole Trickle. A young, rash at times, dangerous character like the one he plays in Top Gun, Maverick.
The similarities don't end there. You have a love interest (a very Australian Doctor played by a young Nicole Kidman) and an older mentor in the shape of Robert Duvall as mechanic Harry.
The scenes of the NASCAR races at circuits such as Daytona are pure testosterone like the dog fights in Top Gun!
Casting is good. Cruise, Kidman (later Mrs. Cruise), Duvall and the guy off Cliffhanger, Hal.
The film is not a classic by any stretch but is good escapist entertainment.