SanEat
A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Fleur
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
paulclaassen
Having watched 'Twister' (which I thoroughly enjoyed) I was hesitant watching this, as I thought it was pretty much going to be a 'Twister' mockbuster. I couldn't have been more wrong. This was bloody awesome! I enjoyed everything about this film: the look and feel, the characters, the actors, the story, and the visual effects were FANTASTIC.The found-footage style filming blended with regular filming lent more realism to the story and characters. It really sold the story to me and believed the characters were really in the storm. The video time capsule idea was an interesting way of introducing the characters and their back stories. I thought that was very original. The film was super exciting and incredibly well done. Once the action starts, it doesn't let go until the awesome finale. This is the type of film I can watch again and again - even if it is just for the visuals, and the good story and acting is an added bonus.
speedcanary
I had only "heard" of this film from my times reviewing IMDb to see what films Alycia and Sarah had been in and noticed they were both in this one, so it was must watch because I am a fan of both actors.I did not expect to like the film as much as I did! I am a hardcore fan of Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton's Twister and can watch it anytime I see it on television, so a movie about stormchasing I thought would have the same feel as Twister, but this one felt like fresh storytelling.This had drama, action, suspense, horror (imagine having a building collapse on you and water filling up the spaces so high that you are floating underwater, hanging on for dear life so you don't die while being suffocated)...my only criticism is I wish it hadn't ended so abruptly after the storm had passed. I would have like the story to continue on and wrap up in some way when it came to Allison and Gary's chemistry.
stevenmoritz
Into the storm was a very decent movie. I am a huge weather lover and enthusiast anyways, so most severe weather movies (Especially Tornados) catch my attention quick at the theaters or during trailers. From the start of the movie, we are already witnessing some events that could happen for a tornado to form. The synopsis of this movie is to master exactly what a lot of tornado and storm chasers are already doing their best to accomplish (Lead Time shortening, understanding how the funnel works, how they produce, etc.), and to show people what could happen at anytime when a tornado warning is issued or coming your direction. No the tornadoes in this film are not the most realistic looking on screen, however, the idea is to perceive and get a dose of reality when mother nature comes looming and knocking on your door. The actors and actresses did extremely well with their parts, including the two red-neck nerds that act like they are playing "Dukes of Hazard" with every tornado they see. Also, the Titus armored vehicle in the screenplay was really, really cool. I love how this film played with the type of cinematography of the live interviews, and how all the actors and the film crew were taking the shots from the cameras on phones, tripods, and the storm chasing team. I in fact know tornadoes are very random, the biggest downer for me was how quick the tornadoes would appear. I do not know if an EF-5 Tornado can actually pick up a humongous Boeing plane, or more than one like we saw towards the end of the movie.Compared to 2 other tornado movies I have seen when I was younger, not 25, around 7-10 years old I believe, this one beats one of the movies that comes to mind first of the two; Night of the Twisters. Released back on 2/11/1996. Night of the Twisters was my very first tornado movie back in 1999. As a younger kid, the destruction and force of what the tornadoes did, was still pretty shocking. However, the biggest disappointment was the tornadoes, and the way they did look and were portrayed. Overall, Into the Storm Vs. Night of the Twisters was an easy battle won. Honestly though, it was 1996 when Night of Twisters released. So old technology will definitely show all the flaws against the CGI and Green screen. The other movie was released on 5/10/1996 featuring Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt, the title: Twister. Now both directors were different for Night of the Twisters and Twister. Twister was directed by Jan De Bont (Also directed the movie Speed with Actor Keanu Reeves) Twister was a thrill of a movie, and for 1996 for Mr. De Bont, the tornadoes were very realistic in every seen, including towards the end with the EF- 5 tornado. The movie soared me even higher to love weather and it's properties. The destruction, things flying around, debris all looked as real as they could get with the film. So who wins battle for the better movie? into the Storm or Twister? Oddly enough, both movies come quite close together on realism, and tornado properties. All the actors and Actresses to both movies were stellar with performance. On top still comes Twister over Into the Storm, due to the dislike of the random, wild, way the tornadoes were randomly appearing and spawning in Into the Storm:Final Summary of Into the Storm - Overall RATING: 8/10 stars Storyline/Synopsis RATING: 10/10 Realism and Graphics RATING: 6.5/10 Actors/Actresses performance RATING: 9/10
Floated2
As it has been pointed out, Into the Storm (a surprise box office success- due to the foreign market) is a much lesser version of the 1996 film Twister, with a lesser known and lesser talented cast. The main cast is mainly made of of TV actors, though they do well with what they have in this film. For a film about tornadoes it does not feel as if it as all one great ride. It is utterly predictable and filled with many clichés which have been done many times before. What would have made Into The Storm a much better film, is had director Steven Quale and its writing team had filled several twists and turns along the way. But what we watch is something predictable with one note characters and a typical happy ending. Though the effect are neatly done, however the film feels as if it could have been for the SyFy channel.
