Not an Indy Days of Thunder...

Rating: 9/10 (2 August 2001)

Going to this movie I expected some awesome action, mild acting, and maybe an indy style "Days of Thunder" What I got highly exceeded my expectations. It had some of the best action (car wrecks) I'd ever seen in a movie, it had great acting, definitely one of Stalone's best, but the thing i liked best is that it hardly had anything in common with "Days of Thunder" except the fact that it has racing. Don't get me wrong, "Days of Thunder" is one of my fav movies, but I didn't want to see an indy style of it. This movie delivers...Bottom line. If you go there for action or romance or drama or acting, its all there. Newcomer "Kip Pardue" is the new driver on the circuit "Jimmy Bly"
This guy has got the acting gig down. He's very good with acting, and by acting I mean that you can tell he's not just reading from a script, he, as well as all the other characters did a phenomenal job. One character I thought that didn't have much meaning to the story was
Joe Tanto's (Stalone) Ex wife. She didn't seem to have much of a purpose except to be a total jerk to all the drivers except for her new hubby "Memo Moreno" She was great in Face/Off, playing "Sasha" this role, however, was not one of her best. Burt Reynolds...All I can say is "FINALLY"! He needed a good movie since "Smokey and the Bandit"! I never really liked any of his work, but he fits the "Race car teacher/Mentor/Big-Boss" that this role called for. Model/Actress "Estella Warren" did a great job playing the, "Jump from Racer to Racer" role, I think Jimmy's Brother (Robert Sean Leonard) said it best, "Movin your way up The Pits?". This was her 2nd movie, and I must say she did a great job, showing that not all hot models are brainless blondes. I give this movie 3 and 1/2 of 5 stars because it did lack in some areas.