Review by Paul Salfen
This is Paul Salfen with your KLAK Movie Minute. In theaters this weekend is Twisters, the generally unrelated sequel to the 1996 hit about the stormchasers in Oklahoma that risk their lives for that footage and the thrill of the chase – and boy, does it start out with a bang – or a gust! After rattling the audience, the film follows Daisy Edgar-Jones, who’s chasing days are over and works for the weather service but after an old colleague played by Anthony Ramos turns up and gets her back in the mix, she finds herself back home in Oklahoma and catches the eye of a handsome and charming – if not a little cheesy on the surface storm star played by Glen Powell, a great Texan that has that Matthew McConaughey meets Clint Eastwood act down pat and suddenly there’s an unexpected romance. With Stephen Spielberg and Frank Marshall producing, you know it’s a wild big-budget ride that checks everything on the list to be a crowd-pleasing summer blockbuster. It is fun, engaging, and the effects are a huge improvement from the original. Even though we sadly lost Bill Paxton and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as well as writer Michael Crichton, and Helen Hunt doesn’t return, this one stands on its own and opens the door for another big storm to brew as it always does. That’s it for this week. Join me next week and every week for another Movie Minute right here on 97.5 KLAK, AMFM Magazine, and RECRD.
