TV show or Movie: Movie
Where to watch: Theaters
Writer: Mark L. Smith
Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Premise: A retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies.
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane.
Review: I wound up seeing this instead of Trap. There weren’t any good showtimes left or Trap, but I also heard it wasn’t. great. Twisters was a lot of fun. It knew what it was. I wish I had seen it in 4D to make it even more enjoyable. I didn’t see really any 3D or IMAX options for it, just 4D at the limited theaters across the country.
I love Glen Powell. He is my new Channing Tatum. He chooses perfect roles and this was one of them. There is a cool twist to the story, revealed early on that really makes you root for him. I also really love Anthony Ramos ever since seeing him in Hamilton and A Star is Born. The cast is all around very stacked. Maura Tierney is in it. Kiernan Shipa, who I didn’t even know until right before I saw it. David orenswet who is the new Superman. Paul Scheer has a fun cameo at the end. And even Bill Pullman’s son has a cameo, to pay homage to the late actor who starred in the first film.
The synopsis is pretty much a John Wicks/heist type of movie. The protagonist, a now retired storm chaser, goes back for one last job. But we all know what one last job is like. Also, she loses people in a tornado and seeks revenge on tornados once and for all. I was surprised there wasn’t a scene where she punched a tornado.
The VFX editor for the film was told by the director not to add a cow to the film, but did so anyway. And got it past the director. I spent most of the movie looking for it. Now, I will just look it up.
The soundtrack to this movie is all country music. It is fitting, as the movie takes place in middle America. It’s not overly done, though, and fits the movie and scenes where it is played.
This is a popcorn movie. You go to it for fun, you don’t overthink it, and you have a good time.
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