Twisters

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A meteorologist haunted by a prior tornado tragedy teams up with a cocky, self-proclaimed “tornado wrangler” YouTube star during a record-breaking summer tornado season across Oklahoma. Their goal? To use science to neutralize tornadoes and save lives. Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell star in this blockbuster disaster film.

Twisters is a pulse-pounding, juggernaut of a film – everything you would hope to get from a disaster film and way more. It has a line-up of likable supporting characters, heartfelt moments, spectacular tornado visual effects and even a message about first impressions. Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing, Normal People) and the charismatic Powell (Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You) have magnetic on-screen chemistry as the tornado savant and the swaggering cowboy with a heart of gold. They sell the story and make it believable.

Under the direction of Oscar-nominated Lee Isaac Chung (Minari), Twisters also leans-in to the time-honored values of self-sufficiency and volunteerism, as well as a love of country music and outdoor activities such as rodeos and baseball. It isn’t so much a sequel to 1996’s Twister that starred Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as it is a companion piece, about the next generation of storm chasers. Twisters is a shockingly good thrill ride that will work your nerves in the most entertaining, breathless way possible.

REEL FACTS

• Glen Powell’s parents appear in the movie’s rodeo scene, sitting behind their son and his co-star. Powell says his parents have appeared in all of his films since 2003’s Spy Kids 3.

• Originally Twisters was to be filmed near Los Angeles, until director Lee Isaac Chung, who grew up in the Midwest, decided to film in Oklahoma to capture the vibrant colors of the state.

• Bill Paxton’s son James appears in Twisters as the complaining motel guest.