Top Gun on a Race Track

Rating: 8/10 (10 March 2020)

Days of Thunder is one of those films I keep going back to. I remember seeing it in the cinema and thinking it was quite entertaining but it gets better with age. It's basically Top Gun on a race track, typical of what Tony Scott did at the time (like the underrated Revenge). Wonderfully flashy, with beautifully shot scenes composed in camera with filters, which gives a more gritty, cinematic feel than many of today's over processed, computer enhanced efforts. An early Hans Zimmer score completes the audio-visual bombardment. Occasionally drifts into a Gillette advert. If you haven't seen it for a while - or ever - give it a go. It's an average but enjoyable drama with production values that are the best a man can get.