Days of Thunder has Tom Cruise and plenty of flash going for it, but they aren't enough to compensate for the stock plot, two-dimensional characters, and poorly written dialogue.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Tony Scott -
Producer -
Jerry Bruckheimer , Don Simpson -
Screenwriter -
Robert Towne , Tom Cruise -
Distributor -
Paramount Pictures -
Production Co -
Paramount Pictures , Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Action -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jun 27, 1990, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 1, 2011 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$80.6M -
Runtime -
1h 47m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Dolby SR , CDS , Stereo -
Aspect Ratio -
70mm