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This weekend sees the release of F1, a movie which reunites some of the important creatives before Top Gun: Maverick, notably director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Starring Brad Pitt, it feels very much like a Tom Cruise movie, minus Tom Cruise, but the superstar has been outspoken in his support of the project. In fact, he took to his Instagram today to pen a tribute to both F1 and his own attempt at racing epic, Days of Thunder, which turns thirty-five this week.

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1990’s Days of Thunder was the end of an era for Tom Cruise. It would be the last movie he’d make as part of his “youth” phase, which began with Risky Business. At the time, he was best known as the cocky young hot shot, but when this movie underperformed at the box office,...

Brad Pitt’s F1 Film Creating Buzz? Revisit This 1990 Tom Cruise Racing Classic! (Photo Credit – YouTube)

Brad Pitt’s upcoming F1 movie, directed by Joseph Kosinski, is generating buzz for its immersive, Pov-style racing sequences, reminiscent of the latter’s work in Top Gun: Maverick. But 35 years before this, Tom Cruise and original Top Gun director Tony Scott had already taken a similar route. The duo’s 1990 film Days of Thunder brought the adrenaline of NASCAR to the big screen, marking one of Cruise’s last action-heavy roles before he temporarily shifted gears into dramatic territory. This exhilarating actioner not only spotlights high-speed thrills but also takes us back to the early ’90s zeitgeist of racing, making it a must-watch for motorsport enthusiasts.

Days of Thunder Plot: Cole Trickle’s Rise in NASCAR

Days of Thunder became Tom Cruise’s third sports film after All the Right Moves and The Color of Money.

Tom Cruise is eyeing the possibility of doing a sequel to his 1990 NASCAR racing film “Days of Thunder,” according to media reports. The project is currently out to writers.

Details about the project is currently unknown. Reps for Paramount couldn’t be reached for comment.

The film was directed by the late Tony Scott and stars Cruise as hot-headed stock car driver Cole Trickle who joins NASCAR and drives a competitor’s race car in the Daytona 500 against newcomer Russ Wheeler. The film is also notable for starring Cruise’s future ex-wife Nicole Kidman who played a brain surgeon in the film.

Cruise is also working on a sequel to “Top Gun: Maverick.”

“Days of Thunder” made $157 million worldwide at the box office against a production budget of $60 million. Critically, the film received mostly mixed reviews.

The “Days of Thunder” script was written by the late Robert Towne, from a story conceived with Cruise.

It's been 25 years since Cole Trickle punked Russ Wheeler and took the Daytona 500 ... but according to Jeff Gordon, it's time to get his ass back on the track ... in a "Days of Thunder" sequel! Fyi -- after the movie came out in 1990, there were rumors that Cole was loosely based on Gordon (even though it was really based on the late Nascar driver Tim Richmond).  So, when we saw Gordon out in D.C. today...

Greetings Fango Fiends! It's time once again for another installment of Fangoria Musick's Lists Of Doom - the column where we track down some of your favorite (or soon-to-be favorite) bands to get their thoughts on on the world of horror, and which films scare them.

For our seventeenth edition, we're doing something different. Currently out on the 2009 Warped Tour, After Midnight Project asked if they could do a video edition for their list, and instead of doing their top 10 horror films like the 16 artists before them, they wanted to do a rundown of their favorite cinematic villains instead. The results? Somewhat unexpected, but damn entertaining.

The following video was taped after the band performed on June 12th in Hartford, Connecticut:

So there you have it. Not as horror-themed as you'd expect (almost Starlog material), but come on, Cary Elwes (Saw) as Russ Wheeler in Days Of Thunder? Fucking classic.

Days of Thunder is processed cheese. It is extremely easy to digest (and sometimes deliciously entertaining), but it is still processed cheese nonetheless. This 1990 popcorn flick about race car drivers, the men who build their machines and the women who love them has about as much substance as a Twinkie with a Tootsie Role stuffed inside of it. If you're in the right frame of mind, it can be just as disgustingly delicious, too. The movie follows hotshot Nascar newcomer Cole Trickle (Tom Cruise) as he and his mentor and legendary pit crew chief Harry Hogge (Robert Duvall) pull out all the stops to try and win at Daytona. Along the way he engages in playful jousting with fellow driver Rowdy Burns (Michael Rooker), deals with egotistical upstart Russ Wheeler (Cary Elwes) and ends up romancing his doctor Claire Lewicki (Nicole Kidman) after a crash leaves him psychologically battered. It's the usual Hollywood hokum,...