Twisters
2024
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Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane, Harry Hadden-Paton, David Corenswet, Daryl McCormack, Tunde Adebimpe
A traumatised meteorologist leaves her cushy desk job to chase tornadoes in Oklahoma, where she crosses paths with a reckless storm-chasing YouTuber. This unconnected sequel to Twister (1996) doesn't bring back any of the old characters, but it does briefly feature Dorothy, the clunky device designed for studying tornadoes. But more importantly, Lee Isaac Chung's dumb but fun disaster movie tells the same formulaic story about competing storms-chaser teams, each using their own distinct methods and technology, while two people are drawn together as their lives hang in the balance. The visual effects have obviously improved in the last 28 years.
