With the majority of this summer’s box office lacking appeal seen in last year’s Barbenheimer, Twisters may be one of very few exciting watches. “Twisters” is a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 hit “Twister”. Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones star as two competing tornado “chasers” or tornado “wranglers” who eventually develop a partnership together.
At the beginning of the film, Jones’ character Kate is in college venturing into a tornado with her friends. This experience ends tragically for her, causing Kate to abandon this passion. Some years later, Anthony Ramos’ character Javi reconnects with her to recruit a groundbreaking tracking system. This is when she meets Powell’s character Tyler who runs a YouTube account dedicated to capturing his storm-chasing expedition.
Kate first starts off unimpressed and displeased with Tyler’s presence. However, as time went by, they eventually were introduced to each other’s true self and formed a friendship, teaming up together to work on Kate’s previously shelved research project. I appreciated that this storyline did not fall into the trope of ending with these two falling in love, especially considering Powell can have chemistry with anyone. In fact, Kate was the one who “saved the day” in the end, not Tyler.
To my surprise, the social media influencer aspect of Powell’s character was pleasing to watch like it is in many other films. Now I’m not sure if this would be the case with another actor, but Powell has a level of charm comparable to that of classic 90s A-listers. Movie lovers have seen this before in” Top Gun”, and he captures it once again in “Twisters”.
Let it be clear, the film is nowhere near on the same level as “Dark Knight” or “Mission Impossible”, two highly acclaimed action blockbusters. That being said, it was refreshing to watch a movie without overly obvious amounts of CGI. Lastly, it was refreshing watching a film that does not focus on a superhero or a stereotypical villain.
