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The image of a flying cow will forever be imprinted in my mind. That is the first thing that comes to mind when I think about "Twister" (1996). I was a fan of the original film. "Twisters" doesn't have flying cows but many flying people, which is disturbing. Starring the talented Daisy Edgar-Jones and the new Hollywood "it" man, Glen Powell. This movie is a modern take in which the original roles of Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton are reversed. Kate (Edgar-Jones) is a meteorologist living in New York with a traumatic history with tornados but a spot-on instinct to track them. Tyler (Powell) is a tornado cowboy collecting followers for his YouTube channel doing stupid stunts and is entirely unapologetic about it. Both collide during the tornado-chasing season for different reasons. Kate is helping a company map a 3D version of a tornado that will help collect data to better predict and plan and hopefully save lives. She soon realizes this company doesn't have the same honourable intentions as her and that she has more in common with the cowboy than she initially thought.
I enjoyed the storyline and the director's choice not to include kissing scenes and let the chemistry with the main characters build up. Even though this is not a remake or a direct sequel to the original movie, it does pay tribute to it with some minor details. The son of the deceased Bill Paxton has a small role in the film; there is mention of Dorothy, the technology introduced in "Twisters," and the colour of the famous pick-up truck remains the same dare-devil red. Both movies left me thinking about how hard it is to deny your calling; no matter how far you go or try, it will somehow find you and draw you back to fulfill your destiny. For that, I enjoyed this movie and all its special effects, but I remain terrified of this part of the US and still edgy when the tornado warning hits my phone. I give it a "theatre worthy".
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