In a story that seems to be the most exciting and tragic in the life of a police officer .This officer is suffering a new tragedy and a dramatic personal collapse following his mother's death and divorce. Perhaps his life will turn upside down.
The brilliance of Thunder Road is how Jim Cummings strikes a tone of outrageous humor and legitimately earned sadness within the same scene, a feat he accomplishes multiple times throughout the dark comedy
Driven by Cummings' transfixingly vulnerable performance, the movie not only justifies returning to the source: Shockingly, it does so without even using the device that seemed key to the short's success.
Though the sky might be falling, "Thunder Road" swirls about the tragicomedy of Officer Arnaud's plight with ease. It's hard to really forge a film that can wreck you and play with such liveliness.
