4/10

Tornadoes break all of the rules of nature and logic in this movie about a group of storm chasers who invade a small Oklahoma town on the brink of complete disaster. Into The Storm is a movie for anyone who thought Twister had too much of a star studded cast or too complicated of a storyline. It’s another found footage failure of a gimmicky natural disaster film that fails to provide logical scenarios or impactful human drama. If i was from Oklahoma, i would be absolutely pissed after seeing this movie. It showcases OK’s finest as redneck hillbillies who search for dumb things to do on the daily, and yet are so stupid that a tornado can sneak up on them. How is this possible at all? When we see the tornadoes appear, they come out of nowhere to surprise our characters when they are the ones with doppler radar to begin with. One of my biggest problems with the movie is the found footage gimmick because as usual it doesn’t work. There are several scenes where you wonder who shot the scene with everyone holding on to something to not get sucked away from the tornado. You also wonder where they got such an amazing boom mic for a handheld camera that picks up absolutely no static from a tornado less than a mile away. We hear the characters dialogue perfectly like we are standing right next to them. This only adds to the logic of a movie that creates a fire tornado. Yes that’s right, this movie plays off like one of Syfy Channel or Asylum’s finest. No need for Asylum films to make a spoof of Into The Storm because this movie is a spoof. I am someone who shamefully liked 1995’s Twister, but i’m not naive enough to think the film passed for good acting or good dialogue. However, it did have Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt, and a future Oscar winner in Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Into The Storm has Matt Walsh, the guy who was the paramedic for 2 minutes in The Hangover. As i said before, the action is the one thing worth anyting positive in this film. There is some major destruction scenes where they spare no expense destroying this town. I did have one problem while watching these beautiful action scenes though, and it’s the one i go back to what i said 3 weeks ago. WHY ISN’T THIS MOVIE IN 3D???? Seriously now, a 3D film has never or rarely ever been done with a weather disaster movie. This would’ve been the perfect 3D film with all of the stuff flying by the camera in front of our very eyes. How cool it could’ve been to see a couple tornado’s in front of us in the theater. I think the 3D and the well documented action scenes could’ve saved this movie enough to where i possibly gave it a 6/10. Without one or the other, this movie is as it stands at a putrid 4/10. I still enjoyed this film a lot more than The Day After Tomorrow because there are no characters outrunning cold in this movie. I feel like i am already paying this movie too many compliments. The pacing is laughable because the first half of the movie is about the teenagers in the story, but quickly moves to the adults because the kids are too stupid to figure their way out of any tough situation. The movie is not even long enough to leave a lasting impression even on the negative side. At a meager 85 minutes, Into The Storm is over quicker than some of the tornado’s were in the movie. Overall, i totally do not recommend this. If there was ever a way for this film to be put in 3D on Blu Ray, then count me in for a 2nd sitting. If there is one thing that Into The Storm taught me it’s that the Summer is close to being over, and this is where the hangover begins. The Verdict – IT SUCKS!!! Pun intended.