Very well executed

One of the worst movies I've ever seen

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

"Days of Thunder" tells the story of a young and hungry NASCAR driver, who competes for honor and glory and has to learn the hard way that speed and fame can have an enourmous price.I'll set aside the fact that noone should cast Tom Cruise anymore and just talk about the film itself. It is pretty much a classic sports drama, evolving around a few ambitious drivers who give each other a hard time, realize what's important in life but can't really let go their addiction for speed. Nothing spectacular, but very solid filmmaking with some touching and honest moments. Maybe more Hollywood than reality but it has its moments.All in all you can give this film a watch, it has somehow shown to be a Sports classic by now. It doesn't set new standards or surprise but it delivers a solid performance.

Of course it is not a good movie. But again, it is a Top Gun remake. If there wasn't a Top Gun before, this would have been a nice flop.With Top Gun in mind (the resemblance is obvious, producers wanted a similar film with a different set, it makes this funny to watch.Exaggerated skin color and setup tints, repeated close ups on Tom's pretty and sad/hurt/cocky face, 'fast action' car race scenes, exactly the same receipt as it's predecessor. Sadly, producers forgot two items: first, the love story (sigh), and second, if you can digest the fighter plane questionable acrobatic/fight scenes, it is much harder for Daytona fans to accept the lack of realism of a real race car.The film pace is quite well sustained throughout the film.Nicole is not acting. She just standing or should I say 'postering'Still, nice to watch with some good popcorn or a big hot chocolate on a rainy day, why not?

Yeah, Top Gun is the one that made all the very BIG bucks back in 1986 and put Tony Scott and Tom Cruise on the map in bigger ways then they had been before (not to mention producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer), but somehow, much as with De Palma/Pacino with Scarface and Carlito's Way, the follow-up seemed to probably be the actual better film of the two. Does this mean that Days of Thunder, following the travails of an up-and-comer racecar star (Cruise), is a really good movie? Well, in some ways yes, and in other ways not so much.I give the production this: it moves fast and slick, and whenever cars are on the track it's visually compelling and exciting as the filmmakers know how to cut stuff together for Fast Impact (lest not forget the camera-work, filled with colors and smoke and cool contours, even a shot with Nicole Kidman standing at one point on the side of the frame is great to look at). And the casting here is fantastic; and forget Cruise, how about Robert Duvall (has he ever been anything less than solid, and here he's actually giving this conventional Trainer-cum-Mentor some soul), or Nicole Kidman (who gets really some of the best lines in the film), or Michael Rooker (by now something of an underrated character actor national treasure, and here imbuing an a-hole with a lot of sympathy and pathos)? Why not throw in John C. Reilly in there too, he has a couple of memorable moments too.Where it flails? Sadly, and I'm not sure if this is really on Towne's end - and one should note that Cruise has his only (?) writing credit here as co-story author - or the producers, but this all the same is light-weight stuff. There's not much conflict to the proceedings, or much that sticks to the gravel, no pun intended (OK, some). This is the kind of movie that gives people like Duvall some excellent scenes to at least try to overcome the clichés of the sports movie (and make no mistake, that's what this is deep down, and a "programmer" of the old-time-studio variety, not a terrible thing inherently)... and then you got Cary Elwes as "Russ Wheeler". The last time one saw a motorist with the last name Wheeler was in a Disney Goofy cartoon about Motor Madness. And Randy Quaid, who is OK, also is saddled with some very basic material to work with here as the businessman who turns on a dime. There may be some stakes, like for Rooker's character, yet for Cruise there's not much there that makes it feel like 'Oh no, s***'s getting real here!' In other words, Days of Thunder has some genuinely good stuff to it, and it has some personality and verve and, for a couple of moments, sex appeal in that, uh, late 80's/early 90's style (and hey, this was the movie Cruise and Kidman met after all, so you can see the chemistry as white hot as they come). But it's hard not to eye-roll at some of the story choices and character motivations, or things like, say, the movie ending on an unironic freeze frame at a very silly moment. It's one of those things where I give it a tepid recommendation and/or a very strong put-down, if that makes sense. Quality, dumb-studio filmmaking for the masses - and, for sure, a step up from the waste of Top Gun. 6.5/10

If you're a guy, this movie is a ten.Racecars, engine noise, surprises, ball busting, I laughed my butt off.It's got good actors, beautiful girls, a lot of action, a lot of humor, original humor, man-woman play-fighting and sparks flying with solid intelligent arguments that go right to the issue.There are some country folk references, farming, but also lessons to be learned for farmers and old-timers about the modern world and old conceptions about medicine. It's a 10 in my book, along with Top Gun, The Matrix, Pulp Fiction, Fight Club.