A story about a storm and the people caught up in it. As perhaps ought to be expected this takes place in an uneventful town in the lives of some very ordinary people, which is a plus as you do not need the setting of New York or Los Angeles in order to create impact.
The local school is all geared up for the graduation ceremony, the weather report arrives indicating a storm is on the way but the principal decides to go ahead with it. As a parallel to the main story, there is a team of storm chasers who record and document storms for a living.
The background is set and we all are in anticipation mode for the storm, with the said anticipation being conveyed in a rather effective manner.
As far as the main event goes, this film will not disappoint. The effects are impressive, the destruction caused is very widespread and the storm is nasty and mighty. One can observe the sheer scale of catastrophe and how man is utterly unprepared to deal with such a force with the only options being to get away or find a very, very secure location.
Having said that, I will stop short from calling this film amazing due to some elements of the story being rather too predictable. Without giving too much away, when the local boy found himself with his girl crush on an abandoned warehouse just when the storm hit was not exactly an inspiring moment. Equally, when the vehicle of the storm chaser got caught up in the twister he finds himself elevated above the clouds and even gets a moment of admiring for the view. Again, not very stirring.
A good disaster movie, that excels on the disaster side of the story but does not score high on the human element bit.
The local school is all geared up for the graduation ceremony, the weather report arrives indicating a storm is on the way but the principal decides to go ahead with it. As a parallel to the main story, there is a team of storm chasers who record and document storms for a living.
The background is set and we all are in anticipation mode for the storm, with the said anticipation being conveyed in a rather effective manner.
As far as the main event goes, this film will not disappoint. The effects are impressive, the destruction caused is very widespread and the storm is nasty and mighty. One can observe the sheer scale of catastrophe and how man is utterly unprepared to deal with such a force with the only options being to get away or find a very, very secure location.
Having said that, I will stop short from calling this film amazing due to some elements of the story being rather too predictable. Without giving too much away, when the local boy found himself with his girl crush on an abandoned warehouse just when the storm hit was not exactly an inspiring moment. Equally, when the vehicle of the storm chaser got caught up in the twister he finds himself elevated above the clouds and even gets a moment of admiring for the view. Again, not very stirring.
A good disaster movie, that excels on the disaster side of the story but does not score high on the human element bit.