Thursday 12 January 2012

Twister review – ‘wanted to know if you wanted to chase this tornado or catch the next one?’

This film from 1996 is a one that I have watched many times over the years as it seems to be repeated annually on television. The thing that strikes me time and time again when I watch it is the importance and the limitless things that through the implementation and embracing cgi. Without it the ‘monster’ of the movie could not be, well it would not be quite as convincing anyway. For any of you that haven’t seen it the plot is fairly simple a team of storm chasers follow a number of twisters in order to deploy Dorothy a big tub filled with censers that they will deploy to measure the activity within the extremely violent twister.

The biggest thing that this film has going for it is the impressive cgi elements along with the mix of rock and orchestral soundtrack that both intensify the action on screen. Although my personal view is that the script was a bit weak and the lead relationship is undefined.  However I would not discourage anyone to watch this film if you’re looking for an easy watch which still looks impressive whenever you look up at the screen. 

6 out of 10


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