A mediocre film, with only the impressive CGI tornados making it worth watching. As expected, the stars of the movie are the tornados, which generally show up for five minutes or so, destroy a few things in dramatic fashion, and then leave us with the boring characters. They try to inject some life into the cast of stereotypes, but it just isn’t enough to get the audience invested. What really hurts the film is that it can’t decide if it’s a found-footage narrative or not. One minute, it’s implied that everything we see is from the cameras held by various characters, but other times we’re just watching a normally filmed action movie. The plot exist just enough to provide danger and put the characters in harm’s way. Even given moments to shine, the cast is mostly unconvincing; with the only notable exception is Sarah Wayne Callies, who just puts enough meat on her performance to get you somewhat interested. The effects are impressive. While some of the tornados could’ve been rendered better, the destruction they cause it sight to behold.
** out of *****