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Days of Thunder

Apex Mountain

Days of Thunder The Rewatchables

Mello Yello and car-racing movies; several near-apex cases

Tom Cruise is placed near, but not definitively at, his apex. Robert Duvall and Nicole Kidman are rejected as being at their apex; Cruise's hair and teeth are accepted. NASCAR and Don Simpson production stories are proposed as apex cases. Michael Rooker is assigned Cliffhanger; Cary Elwes is assigned The Princess Bride. Hans Zimmer and Simpson–Bruckheimer are rejected as apex cases. Car-racing movies are debated against Talladega Nights. Mello Yello is accepted as an apex case. Cruise is accepted in the Cruise-or-Hanks comparison.

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  • Tom Cruise is placed near, but not definitively at, his apex.
  • Robert Duvall and Nicole Kidman are rejected as being at their apex; Cruise's hair and teeth are accepted.
  • NASCAR and Don Simpson production stories are proposed as apex cases.
  • Michael Rooker is assigned Cliffhanger; Cary Elwes is assigned The Princess Bride.
  • Hans Zimmer and Simpson–Bruckheimer are rejected as apex cases.
  • Car-racing movies are debated against Talladega Nights.
  • Mello Yello is accepted as an apex case.
  • Cruise is accepted in the Cruise-or-Hanks comparison.