This noisy, brain-in-neutral mega-hit popcorn movie reunites star Tom Cruise with his Top Gun director Tony Scott and assaults us with the roar of stock-car engines. Developments on the track are predictable and far fetched as cocky young driver Cole Trickle (Cruise) sets out to grab his share of stock-car glory. The decent actors valiantly battle lots of duff lines: 'I'm more afraid of bein' nothin' than I am of bein' hurt' he tells his new girlfriend, brain surgeon Nicole Kidman. The stars are outshone by Robert Duvall as the designer of Cruise's car and Cary Elwes as his rival.
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