Customer Reviews

Storm Cell

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I ordered this movie for my son. He is OBSESSED with tornados, hurricanes, ect. He watched it everyday(sometimes twice a day) for about a week! He loved it! I even sat and watched it with him, once or twice. If you or your kids like disaster movies, this would be a nice flik!

Where do I begin??? Well, let's start in Oklahoma, with lots of tall mountains. Yes, there are some low elevation mountains in OK near Lawton, and some even lower elevation ones in south central OK, but come on. I've been a Skywarn spotter for the National Weather Service since the early 70's and live in Kansas. I have an interest in movies about severe types of weather, so thought I'd give this one a try. Boy, was I mistaken. This is absolutely the worst movie of this type I've seen. I thought TWISTER! was bad, but this one makes it look really good.
Video of hurricanes (instead of tornadoes) and really poor special effects (most tornadoes don't shoot from the storm cell almost instantly to the ground). People running through flying debris in several instances was hard to take. Not realistic at all. Then the topper: (Spoiler warning)during the final tornado episode, with a large tornado approaching, people standing only a few feet away from the back door of a large house (when they could shelter in a basement), proceed to run out toward the tornado into a field and lie down! I couldn't believe a script writer would do such a thing...totally against any common sense! Anyway, this is a movie to skip, especially if you have any knowledge of real tornadoes. Very poorly done movie.

Rental only - poor visual effects and sound. Sound is centered to front speakers - not true 5.1 as advertised. Story line had promise but got confused with sideline family issues and never really confronted the Storm Cell issue.

Never heard of this,but I love movies like this.and I'm glad I did because this is a terrific movie.starting with action and ending with action,the title and picture alone tells it's going to be a good one.

This is a good movie if you are a disaster film buff as I am. I enjoyed watching it. It isn't the best I've seen but it is still worth the time to watch.

I have nothing to say good about this movie except some decent effects. The movie goes from one twister to another, with some superimposed, fake plot that seems to appear from nowhere and disappear into the twister...sorry....not very good at sarcasm. The acting is forced (and I really like Mimi R. usually). Awful, awful movie. Wanna buy mine?

My wife and I enjoy watching storm or disaster moveies together. This was excellent movie if you are into this type of movie genre. Would highly recommend it.

First- the plot isnt as unbelievable as it sounds- in fact yesterday there was a possible Ef1 tornado that struck 30 miles Se of Seattle in the towns of Buckley and Enumclaw. Not to far fom where i live. There have been a handful of funnel clouds and tornadoes reported in the Seattle area over the last few years. However this movies incorrect science("catagory 4 twister" its called by a socalled weather reporter- paperthin plot- flat acting and made for tv camerawork and drama makes this take on twister a dud. Any amateur weather spotter can pick apart this movie- especially the gigantic"supercell" that looks and is in fact a hurricane sattelite image that was poorly computer generated. Perhaps the director should have actually hired weather experts to consult on this film so lead Mimi Rodgers doesnt come across as a complete idiot. There are some decent special efx's and destruction is always a good way to pass the time but wait for this on to go on tv for free . This movie does more harm to Seattle than any twister could!

Global warming is a hot subject! (excuse the pun) This time, twisters appear in an American state that has never had more than rain before. No-one is prepared for this disaster, but we just happen to have the 'Tornado Lady' visiting at this time!
Don't look too closely at the science, and it is an enjoyable movie, with some unexpected twists thrown in to try to make it more about humans than nature!

I took a chance on this movie because of Mimi Rogers and Michael Ironside, the subject matter, and the unreasonable hope that it would prove to be a movie I could add to my collection for future viewings. Unfortunately, it didn't take long before I realized that wasn't going to happen. First, Michael Ironside is barely in this movie (his part could have been played by anyone as his brief scenes were "blink and you missed them."). Second, Mimi Rogers' character is quite unlikable (as a mother or a storm chaser). Her idiotic "global warming" rants straddle the line between glib and pathetically naïve. Alarmists might be amusing in comic supporting roles but not when they dominate the entire movie (complete with furrowed brow and way too many hysterical claims that are only borne out because they're written that way!). The side issues that came up only served to make matters worse, not better.

(During the 50s, movies turned their worry about atomic bombs into killer mutant bugs and monsters. Welcome to this generation's straw man: global warming, the catchall excuse for all weather related disaster movies. I guess every generation has to have their boogeyman.)