Haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado, Kate Cooper gets lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi, to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. She soon crosses paths with Tyler Owens, a charming but reckless social-media superstar who thrives on posting his storm-chasing adventures. As storm season intensifies, Kate, Tyler and their competing teams find themselves in a fight for their lives as multiple systems converge over central Oklahoma.
Twisters is directed by Lee Isaac Chung who previously directed Munyurangabo (2007), Lucky Life (2010), Abigail Harm (2012) and Minari (2020). Twisters serves as a standalone sequel to Twister (1996).
Of all films to get a sequel many years later Twister (1996) was not one I expected, sure there's been talks about it every now and then but nothing really concrete up until it was announced that Lee Isaac Chung after his success with Minari (2020) would be in the director's chair and that's what got me immediately interested. I'm not huge on Twister (1996) as some other people are but I like it for what it is and I'm happy to say that I quite like Twisters.
For starters the film has Glen Powell who continues to be very charismatic in his performances, I said this yesterday when I reviewed Hit Man but Glen Powell is so likable and is incredibly fun to watch on the big screen. The moment he enters the film he oozes with charm and delivers some quite humorous lines as well. Daisy Edgar-Jones is also quite great here, she has excellent chemistry with Glen Powell and the two's personalities really work well together. Daisy Edgar-Jones actually has a decent amount of beautiful moments thrown in here that at times I completely forgot I was watching a film about chasing tornadoes. Anthony Ramos is definitely the weakest here, while not terrible he just sort of feels just there and doesn't really have any good chemistry with the rest of the cast. Plus his character isn't all that interesting, his character development is very much on the predictable side of things that anyone can see coming from a mile away.
The rest of the characters although have limited screen time are a ton of fun mostly thanks to the performances. Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane, Harry Hadden-Paton, Tunde Adebimpe and Katy O'Brian in particular are a ton of fun, they get some little moments that do show their characters are actually decently likable and a joy to watch to the point where you want these characters to survive and start to care about their team. Even little moments of them bonding do quite a lot to get the viewer to actually like them.
The visuals are pretty neat especially when combined with the booming sound that's very fitting especially when it's a film about tornados, the suspense is there with a giant scale of the tornados in this classic blockbuster feel that is both memorable and grand. Going inside the tornado feels like going inside the belly of the beast it's very suspenseful, one wrong move could be the end for our main characters. It's the classic blockbuster thrill ride that knows not to over do it with the tornados but uses them just enough to keep the viewer on board with the film.
Twisters is another example of a film released this year with such an excellent score, a mix of country songs and the traditional type of film score is such a nice blend that actually makes the film quite beautiful at times. There's a nice balance during the character moments and the more action filled moments that really adds to the film's charm. Which is probably why Twisters works so well as a film, it knows it's a summer blockbuster that has a simple goal…entertain the audience but also go a bit beyond that and throw in some character moments into the mix, some dramatic moments that are set to some actually beautiful country songs (this is coming from someone who isn't a fan of country).
Overall Twisters is a blast of fun, it's a charming and quite likable ride that I am really glad exists. It's definitely predictable at times but ultimately the film accomplishes what it's sent out to do!
Twisters is playing in theaters.
8/10 B+
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