bearsfan-40806 It is a good family movie. I've seen a lot of reviews of people trying to compare it to Twister or saying it's a cheap rip or knockoff of the big motion picture movie Twister, but once again it's not. For those who don't or haven't done much reading in their lives of course would automatically assume this is just a straight to TV movie rip on Twister because they don't realize this movie, Night of The Twisters, is actually based on the book of the same name. So yes the tornado scenes aren't the greatest. But that is expected as those are actually not the dominant force in the movie and book. So if you're looking for a good family movie then this is a movie you should check out! But if you're expecting anything like Twister or high quality CGI and every little nuance of tornados down to sounds or how they act, then skip this movie as you'll dislike the movie.

stevenmoritz Night of the Twisters was my first movie ever watched based on a natural weather event that could occur realistically. At the time I first watched this at 7-10 years old, it was an incredible movie. I would literally not stop watching the movie every school night before bed. Now that I am older (25 years old now), I went back through and watched the movie over again a couple of times one night, back almost a month and a half ago. Through watching the film again, I was better able to identify issues. Like how the story line went, it was one that was not set in stone to follow storm chasers and their quest to breakthrough on research. It did contain one storm chaser, and one meteorologists communicating back and forth on the storm patterns. The movie starts off with said storm chaser opening on a country road, when he identifies a spinning funnel cloud in an unusual area that was not susceptible to tornadoes at this time of year. The most intriguing part is watching how they fax things in the SUV of the chaser. Due to the fact today, you get caught faxing in a situation, not just in a car, but something similar to it, people would think you didn't know how to live in today's world of printers, computers, and technology.The cast was very well played, and we get a glimpse of the older clothes worn back in the day of the 1990s, at least they had some sense not to sag their pants all the time, and dressed without all these holes, and other riff-raff. Moving along with the review, the biggest flaw this film had really no sense of the way a tornado looks or moves, however detailing the damage of a tornado 90% on. Yes, this is February 1996 when this film released and not all the best animation or graphics had been invented yet. However, not even about 3 more months down the road in May of 1996, a movie titled, Twister, portrayed the violent spinning funnels of tornadoes, in an almost eye-for-eye shape, sound, and color to properly give the perception of how a tornado may look realistically. Overall, as I have gotten older, Night of the Twisters does not appeal too much to me as it used too, however it is still an awesome classic movie, that I will watch even as I continue to age.FINAL SUMMARY OF NIGHT OF THE TWISTERS 1996 - Overall RATING: 6/10 Storyline/Synopsis: 7.5/10 Graphics and Animations: 4/10 Actors and Actresses: 9/10

pck69 OK, so the FX are not high budget. But this story is based on actual events. Not something thrown together to make a couple of rich actors, even richer!! As most movies that are based on books, there are somethings that just don't fit. Only a couple of people have stated that this movie was based on real events, not a knock-off as most people believe it is!! This movie is in no way related too TWISTER! Other than both movies are about tornadoes.For those of you who have problems with the science of the tornadoes and storms in the movie, there are a couple of things you need to remember... The actual "night of the twisters" was June 3, 1980. So this movie was released 16 years after the actual events. Try think how far storm research has advanced in that time. It happened in a larger town; Grand Island, Nebraska is the third largest city in the state. Even though the movie calls the town something else, and says it's a small town. For the real story check out: http://www.gitwisters.com/

disdressed12 as TV movies go,this one is pretty good.the special effects are,for the most part,well done.however,the film dwells not so much on the Twisters which descend on as small town,but more on the dramatic area,such as how the relationship between father(John Schneider)and son(Dewon Sawa)changes throughout the course of events.it also deals with the aftermath of the destruction.We do see some twisters,but not as many as you might hope.a lot of the movie shows destruction taking place without actually showing the tornadoes.the acting is a bit suspect,not so much with main characters,but with minor characters such as the newsman reporting on the weather.not very believable,at all.there are also some dialogue issues,such as being corny,and clichéd,or downright ridiculous.the way some of the characters(again,thankfully minor characters)behave during the crisis and what they say is not realistic for the situation.However,the film is still quite watchable and not at all boring,so i give "Night of the Twisters" a strong 6/10