A strange companion piece to Top Gun.

Rating: 5/10 (10 February 2020)

Days of Thunder is a hilariously po-faced comedy (compounded by the brilliant parody Taladega Nights) but it's an infinitely watchable slice of period entertainment. It's so silly but earnest, so well made and yet so badly written; with terrific acting and soap opera stings of delicious dialogue and 90's macho friendship. It's like that charismatic idiot friend; long-haired buck-toothed Tom Cruise and Duvall at his zenith. It's so iconic; the City car, the pop tunes and those filtered sunset skies. And that soundtrack.
This film is terrible but I love to hate it.