if you NASCAR fan you need to watch this this is must watch

This film got a lot of hate and I'm not sure why. Maybe because it has the same formula as Top Gun, but both were done so well. Does that make Days Of Thunder bad? NO. Hell, all the Star Wars movies used the same formula! Days Of Thunder didn't try to pretend. The action was on the race track and the story progressed with a good tempo from beginning to end. I won't go into the details as this film should be seen like any other movie... without knowing what you're getting into. Sit back and enjoy every non-CGI moment and and entertaining characters, I'm sure some won't be disappointed.

Watchable but not so good. Basically a failed copy of Top Gun. I've rarely seen a movie where you notice bad acting, especially you wouldn't expect that from Tom, but his acting was terrible here... The point is in Top Gun Tom's Character is "overdoing it" and his character is acting too cocky, which looks ridiculous but it's excellent - because that's what you want and what looks natural. In this movie it feels like Tom is overdoing as an actor when playing that character. And it just looks ridiculous and unnatural. The reactions and the emotions overall are over the top in this movie

As others have said, it's Top Gun but a different seat under Tom's butt. The biggest problem is that it was very inaccurate, and the only thing they got right was the cars go in circles very fast. 1) Openly stating you're going to put someone in the wall would get you parked and possibly suspended. 2) Lead lap cars lined up on the outside in that era, not the inside. 3) Cars being beat up as much as they were in the movie would not be competitive, especially on plate tracks. 4) A single car could not pass a line of cars at plate tracks. 5) A race could not be restarted with two laps to go in that era, as all cars are allowed to pit, and a race cannot be restarted with only one lap left. 6) NASCAR cars were not built in barns in the 80s/90s. Perhaps the 60s, and maybe even into the 70s. The technological disadvantage and on-track performance would be glaring. I'm sure there's more, but these are the biggies. Seeing as how NASCAR was involved in the production, I'm surprised they didn't point these out, or maybe they did but were ignored.

This is fourth movie in the "arrogant Cruise" quadrilogy. Pair this with Top Gun, Cocktail and the Color of Money. Young guy that shows promise but hasn't learned everything yet is brought under the tutelage of an older man that guides him to learn how to make peace with his rivals and succeed at a higher level. This film is not operating at the level of Top Gun or Color of Money, but Duvall is fantastic in it. Great characters but ultimately I felt the "climax" in the second half of the movie couldn't live up to the first half of the film. Shame really, because the first half of the movie is awesome.