Word: thunderously
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Days of Thunder...
...recent interview,Days of Thunder producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer(Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop I and II, Top Gun) swore that they had balked at the prospect of making a sequel to their fabulously successful Top Gun. Well, they lied...
...Thunder, quite simply, is Top Gun II, the continuing adventures of Tom Cruise and his ongoing relationship with fast motorized vehicles. Once more, the entire cast is back: the same cocksure motorcycle-riding Cruise, the patented Simpson/Bruckheimer ethos, the guitarladen soundtrack, and the same formula-ridden script...
...matters, Thunder is about the exploits of Cole Trickle (Cruise), a rookie North American Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) driver out to prove--surprise--that he is the best race car driver around. The differences betweenThunder and Top Gun don't go much deeper than that. The storyline and plot twists of the two movies coincide with eerie familiarity...
Amid the hype surrounding the forthcoming Tom Cruise $60 million race-car epic Days of Thunder is the widely reported claim that the film left Hollywood preview audiences gaga with delight. In fact, some early responses were so grumbly or apathetic that the producers decided to take the star and his car back to the speedway at Daytona to reshoot the ending. Two more racing shots were added. Such tinkering with big-ticket productions is not so unusual in these days of compulsive market research, but the timing for this one was unusual: the new ending was filmed just three...