Writer: John Swetnam (Screenplay)
Starring: Richard Armitage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Matt Walsh, Max Deacon, Nathan Kress
Plot: Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday townspeople document an unprecedented onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town of Silverton.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: Impressive Storm Movie
Story: Into the Storm starts as we follow storm chasers led by Pete (Walsh) who is looking for tornadoes for the latest series of their show. Allison (Callies) is the latest member of team who uses the technology to track storms even if it hasn’t been the most successful so far. With the funding almost pulled Pete gives Allison’s choice one last chance which brings the team to Silverton. Silverton is the home of teenagers Donnie (Deacon) and Trey (Kress) who are assigned to film the graduation in time capsule at their high school for their vice-principal father Gary (Armitage).
As the team arrive in Silverton the tornadoes appear with devastating consequences as Gary must race across town to save Donnie and he works with the storm chasing team to save him and record the biggest storm from first time accounts of the people involved.
Thoughts on Into the Storm
Characters/Performance – Gary is the high school vice-principal and father of two students, he is distant because of the loss of his wife but loves them both, pushing them to achieve greatness will respecting their choices. Allison is the technology based storm chasers newer to the team that must prove her ability to predict storms for her boss and then for the people of the town of Silverton. Pete is the ambitious presenter of a storm chasing show, he will put his team in danger and will do anything to get ahead of the game, he is part asshole too in this film. the kids are what you expect finding themselves in danger needing adults to save them but also knowing a few tricks to save the day.
Performance wise, Richard Armitage is solid enough in the leading role and completely different to his Hobbit role he is most famous for, Sarah Wayne Callies does a good job in her role proving she has managed to get away from television in lower key movies. Matt Walsh does give us the type of character we know for this genre of film. the rest of the cast are all fine in this movie.
Story – The story is routine here, we have a broken family needing to come together to survive with another single mother wanting to do the right thing while a greedy person looks to get famous. We also have very over the top tornadoes that are being chased, so this is simply one that doesn’t have the most difficult story to watch and is easy to watch, even if it is short as a survivor’s story.
Action/Thriller – The action sequences are big, over the top and entertaining, this will give us a great thrill ride through the film.
Settings – The setting is in and around a small town which shows how a small community can be effected by tornadoes which is something the film wants to tell in the story.
Special Effects – The tornadoes all look fantastic through the film and must be applauded.
Final Thoughts – This is a fun, disaster movie that is way over the top but still just as enjoyable throughout.
Overall: Sit back and enjoy the ride.
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