Our family of six are maybe some of the few who really enjoyed the 1996 tornado movie of a similar name--we had it on VHS and it frequently made the cut to be included in the bag of movies that came with us on vacations where we traveled by car.
This is an updated version of that, and while it is still strong on melodrama, I enjoyed this one as well. It is populated with likable characters and terrific visual effects, so it resembles the original in all the right ways.
As a meteorology student Kate Carter had great ambitions. Tame tornados and save lives. Her initial ambitious work, on the plains of Oklahoma, with a fellow colleague Javi ended in a catastrophe when a tornado proved to be more powerful and deadly than they could have fathomed. Five years later, traumatized by that tragedy, Kate is in New York working in an office with weather forecasters. Still in the game but far removed from the playing field. Until her old pal Ravi shows up, drafting her into a project that could be a life-saving tracking system.
The second time around she finds herself veering away from the slick state of the art system that Javi has (which is tied to a corporate profit motive as well) and allying herself with someone who at first seems more show than substance, but ends up helping Kate to both make some progress in her theory as well as see which side she wants to be on. This is a visual effect extravaganza that I found fun and a little nostalgic to watch.
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