Getting It Twisted: A spin on a classic disaster film is torn between frivolity and self-seriousness.

"Twisters," the sequel to the 1996 film "Twister," fails to capture the charm and entertainment of the original. While actor Glen Powell stands out in his role as a self-styled "tornado wrangler," star Daisy Edgar-Jones and director Lee Isaac Chung struggle to match the scope and tone of the film. The movie focuses too much on the emotional dramas of the characters, particularly the protagonist Kate Cooper, and fails to fully embrace the epic storm formations. Additionally, the film avoids addressing climate change and instead frames the destruction caused by tornadoes as a kind of martyred Americana. Overall, "Twisters" falls short of recapturing the magic of its predecessor. [Extracted from the article]

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