Into the Storm

My review: Into the Storm

"Into the Storm" is yet another serving of a disaster movie which is an ode to the 1996 blockbuster hit "Twister". It has come armed with advanced computer generated visuals of the tornado and its aftermath which is just jaw-dropping. What it gained over the "Twister" in the form of its terrific making and fascinating visuals, "Into the Storm" looses it when it comes to an engrossing tale and power-packed acting. The story is as cliched as you can guess with a all sorts of cliched characters and contrived situations. And to make the matters worse, the acting is not that promising.

A hard-nosed storm chaser who risks it all, his reluctant understudy, a confronting weather analyst, a straightforward vice-principal of a local school, his sons - one an introvert and another an extrovert, couple of adrenaline junkies....yes you have them all playing their parts amidst the marauding tornados. They get themselves into dangerous of situations and invariably get themselves out of trouble as well. And it is quiet astonishing that every-time the tornados miss the lead bunch like invariable the bullets evade our action heroes. 

Except for its eye-catching visuals and awesome technical wizardry, movie fails to offer anything as much as the soft skills goes. As a result all the the hardwork that the technical team has put does down the drain due to lackluster writing and pretty ordinary performances. 

On the whole, Steven Quale's "Into the Storm" is strictly for the adrenaline junkies, who don't just bother about  the soft skills.

Bottomline: Into your nerves. 

2/5