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New Scientist recommends Twisters – action sequel with added tornadoes

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By Chelsea Whyte

7 August 2024

Warner Bros handout film still: Twisters. (from_left)_Lily_(Sasha_Lane)_and_Tyler_(Glen_Powell),_in_Twisters

Twisters. (from left) Lily (Sasha Lane) and Tyler (Glen Powell) in Twisters

Universal Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures & Amblin Entertainment

If you enjoyed the 1996 action rom-com Twister, you’ll like the sequel. At least, I did. The pluralised Twisters picks up 30 years later, and the plot is broadly the same, but with more tornadoes, reflecting the reality of today’s extreme weather.

We follow two rival groups of storm chasers, although this time the merry band of weirdos is billed as “the other guys”, while the government-funded, high-tech troupe is where we find our hero, Kate Cooper (Daisy Edgar-Jones, pictured above).…

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