If you enjoyed the 1996 action rom-com Twister, you鈥檒l like the sequel. At least, I did. The pluralised picks up 30 years later, and the plot is broadly the same, but with more tornadoes, reflecting the reality of today鈥檚 extreme weather.
We follow two rival groups of storm chasers, although this time the merry band of weirdos is billed as 鈥渢he other guys鈥�, while the government-funded, high-tech troupe is where we find our hero, Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones, pictured above).
Cooper is a young meteorologist haunted by a traumatic past. She has an almost absurd ability to predict the path of an erratic tornado. So much so, I scoffed a bit.
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Her mission is to stop twisters forming, using cloud seeding, moisture-absorbing chemicals and the like. All very science-inspired 鈥� except for the scale of the effects, which is just silly. But I don鈥檛 go to summer movies for the science: wild effects, a cheesy love story and hilarious moments are entertaining enough to sweep me along for a few hours.
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