Movie Review: Twisters

The summer blockbuster hit "Twister" was released in May 1996 and had some of the best tornado special effects ever filmed. For many fans of the first film, the new remake "Twisters" will not disappoint as far as the special effects which are as good and in some areas better than the original. I was surprised that while the special effects in this new movie were impressive, considering the advances in technology in the last 28 years I was expecting more spectacular action scenes.

With the increasing number and severity of global warming, this new Twister remake has been expected. This time around, this new film has more science as far as ideas on how to stop a tornado once it starts. Once again "Dorothy", the flying plastic balls that when released into the funnel cloud send signals that give scientists an idea of how a tornado forms, to better understand these increasingly devastating weather disasters from happening are a minor part of this new film. There was a good amount of science in this story, which is why storm chasers risk their lives chasing these dangerous violent weather phenomena.

While this new movie is a remake of the original it is significantly different enough as far as the story and what happens as well as the characters with two scientists Kate, played by Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Tyler played by Glen Powell who are mostly at odds, and then become more than friends later in this story.

There is significantly more death in this remake, especially at the beginning of this movie, where Kate experiences the deaths of several of her friends. Realizing that there are real storm chasers who devote their lives to trying to solve the most dangerous weather conditions in the world, you have to admire the courage it would take to do drive an SUV into a tornado to make a living. The idea this movie proposes to insert chemicals into an active tornado to stop it might be a viable idea in the future, using electric drone SUVS, assuming that such chemicals could ever be created.

The Rotten Tomatoes rating for this film of 77% is accurate and I give it a solid recommendation mainly for the special effects.