Storm Cell (2008)

I liked "Storm Cell" a lot, it was emotional and i was glued to my TV while watching. Other movies of its genre have terrible and unrealistic effects, and besides the occasional unrealistic effects in this movie, it seemed real. Yet, its not always about the effects, and how good they are, because the acting in this movie was superb. A lot of emotions were shown and castes out well. I liked the beginning of the movie, it gave the movie a good opening. I felt that the cast were very suitable with their characters, Mimi Rogers did a great job as the mother, she was very understandable, but also gave the movie a good backbone. There was a specific type of mood in this movie, it was a very dull mood, but it was thrilling too, because you cant stop watching. There are some good syfy movies out there, but this one had the best acting out of all that i have seen in them. I recommend it to any 'end of the world' movie addicts, fans of Mimi Rogers, but mostly those who want to watch a nice action/drama!

Actually, I found the movie quite interesting. It was exciting, thrilling and while not quite factual, it kept my attention. Sure it was not real, no sci-fi movies are and their not meant to be. The story is about an adult women who experienced a life changing tragedy as a very young girl that killed both her parents and now she feel compelled to try and help others who could be caught in a life changing event in today's world. Forecasters today are like fortune tellers. Always predicting some type of weather that will happen but never able to accurately predict where it will happen. They say there is a fifty percent chance of rain which means it may rain or it may not. And they forecast that it may rain in your area but what they don't tell you is how big of an area they are referring to. They really tell us a lot. This movie is full of advanced wizardry and special computer effects which provide the viewer with a more real life view of what forecasters wish technology would provide them instead of having to guess at raw data readings when predicting the weather. I lived in Florida for the past 19 years where forecasters claimed we should prepare for the worst during hurricane season. The retailers loved it as we would always run out and spend our money buying hurricane supplies only to have the storm go else where. Sorry people, but this is not a reality show nor is it supposed to accurate show what forecasters really do. Its science fiction drama meant to keep people interested in the fake movie plot and now that I've recorded it, I intend to keep it for future viewing. The water spout that formed on the lake which turned into a tornado was especially interesting, kind of reminders me of Andrew back in 92. Been there, done that.

I'm a storm chaser, which means I'm usually avid for any sort of storm-disaster movie, no matter how stupid. But this one not only wasted the fifteen minutes I spent watching it, it's compelling me to waste yet more time writing this review. That's how strongly I feel about it. In this day and age, with so many weather websites available, there's no excuse whatsoever for a writer not to go see what a tornado looks like on radar--clue: It's not a hurricane! And FYI, storms do not growl. Chasers and storm fans and TV watchers, oh my, do yourself a favor and rent Twister again instead.

This one hurt. And I'm usually a sucker for really bad Twister ripoffs made for cable. We've seen this plot before, twice. Estranged parent-child relationship, because said parent is too devoted to chasing that big storm. Parent is obsessed with storms because of a tragedy in their childhood. Parent predicts The Big One will hit right where estranged child lives. Child doesn't believe them. Child has has several tense emo moments with parent. Big tornado predictably hits, key characters survive, and everyone is happy. See "Devil Winds" and "Tornado Warning" for this by -the-numbers plot as well. Amusingly, they use global warming for an excuse to "move" Tornado Alley to the pacific northwest so they could shoot cheaply in Vancouver. As expected, the tornado effects are lackluster. The CGI crew just rendered the same tornado for every scene. I think what really got to me was the darkness of the movie. By that I do not mean a grim undertone to the story... but rather how literally dark the image was throughout. I spent a lot of time straining to make out various details like character faces and locales. The environment around a tornado can be very dark, but this was done throughout the movie. I can only recommend this to people who didn't think it could get any worse than Atomic Twister.