Legacy sequels are par for the course these days in Hollywood, from the successful (“Top Gun: Maverick”) to the less successful (“The Exorcist: Believer”). Nowadays, big blockbusters tend to tie into a movie from 20+ years ago, aiming to tickle our nostalgic funny bone but so often failing to capture what made said old movie special in the first place – whether it be the style, the stars, or the ingenuity.
“Twisters,” the follow up to Jan de Bont’s 1996 disaster classic “Twister,” is one of those movies that seemed poised to fall into the same trap as so many before it. It’s a film that could have easily gotten lost in the mechanics of how this new crop of characters connects to the old ones, or what happened in the intervening 28 years between films. But, luckily for audiences, Helen Hunt does not show up as Daisy Edgar-Jones’ mom, or some other ridiculous tie-in. Instead, director Lee Isaac Chung is focused less on empty nods to the original movie and more on attempting to recapture the singular magic of the 1990s blockbuster.
Read Sammie’s full review on Rough Draft
