Twisters Review - An Amusing Romp That Won't Make You Think Too Hard

The original Twister is an archetypal '90s blockbuster, alongside stuff like Independence Day and Armageddon. A tornado might seem a little mundane next to those other flicks, but Twister delivered the same level of thrill even so. 30 years later, there are a lot of potential ways to update this weather-oriented flick for a modern audience, particularly as man-made climate change continues to ramp up. But Twisters just goes with the most straightforward approach available: Update the particulars, but still hit basically all the same beats as the original movie.

Fortunately, it's a fun and well-made movie, and it's got a great cast. It will entertain you from beginning to end. But since it also plays things so safely, it's not that memorable. It's a cotton candy movie--it tastes great, but you're not really getting anything out of it. But that's hardly the worst thing a movie could be.

Since Twisters follows its predecessor's template, it opens with a tragedy. Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is a woman with a plan for destroying active tornadoes by using diaper polymers to absorb the moisture in the storm. But the small EF1 tornado that she wants to try it out on very quickly turns into an EF5, and things go badly. Very badly.

Twisters Review - An Amusing Romp That Won't Make You Think Too Hard

Twisters Review - An Amusing Romp That Won't Make You Think Too Hard

Twisters Review - An Amusing Romp That Won't Make You Think Too Hard

Twisters Review - An Amusing Romp That Won't Make You Think Too Hard

Twisters Review - An Amusing Romp That Won't Make You Think Too Hard