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Tornado Warning

  • TV Movie
  • 2002
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
445
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Tornado Warning (2002)
ActionDrama

A scientist (Gerald McRaney) perfects a tornado-warning system and tries to convince residents of a nearby town that a deadly twister is approaching.A scientist (Gerald McRaney) perfects a tornado-warning system and tries to convince residents of a nearby town that a deadly twister is approaching.A scientist (Gerald McRaney) perfects a tornado-warning system and tries to convince residents of a nearby town that a deadly twister is approaching.

  • Director
    • Tibor Takács
  • Writers
    • Lisa Morton
    • Brett Thompson
  • Stars
    • Gerald McRaney
    • Thea Gill
    • David Millbern
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    445
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Tibor Takács
    • Writers
      • Lisa Morton
      • Brett Thompson
    • Stars
      • Gerald McRaney
      • Thea Gill
      • David Millbern
    • 19User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Gerald McRaney
    Gerald McRaney
    • Dr. Jake Arledge
    Thea Gill
    Thea Gill
    • Dee Mazur
    David Millbern
    David Millbern
    • Kirt Reid
    Steve Braun
    Steve Braun
    • Mark Scott
    Joan Van Ark
    Joan Van Ark
    • Mayor McAnders
    Michael Zelniker
    Michael Zelniker
    • Steve
    Blake Taylor
    • Ted
    Rhiannon Benedict
    • Norma
    • (as Valerie Wynne)
    Pauline Broderick
    • Marie
    Raimey Gallant
    • Sarah
    Onalee Ames
    Onalee Ames
    • Mrs. Whiteson
    Robert Huculak
    Robert Huculak
    • Mr. Whiteson
    David Lawrence Brown
    David Lawrence Brown
    • Sheriff Miller
    • (as Dave Brown)
    Mariam Bernstein
    • Nancy Pat
    Gordon Tanner
    • Stormchaser #1
    • (as Gord Tanner)
    Marina Stephenson Kerr
    Marina Stephenson Kerr
    • June
    • (as Marina Stephenson-Kerr)
    Victor Cowie
    • Roy
    John Bluethner
    • Reporter
    • Director
      • Tibor Takács
    • Writers
      • Lisa Morton
      • Brett Thompson
    • All cast & crew
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    3steven_r-11883

    Some terrific actors, but lacks all sense of logic

    Sorry, but if I try to give people info that'll save their lives, and not only do they NOT wanna hear it, they take a dismissive attitude toward me, I'm not gonna risk jail or my own safety to keep trying to save them from themselves! Letting people like that die due to their own stupidity is natural selection at its very finest! In my version of the movie, the folks who do take the warning seriously shelter, and all the rest are pulled limb from limb by the twister. I'd certainly have all sorts of mannequin limbs with ketchup and other goo as part of the special effects *lol*. Gerald McRaney's talents were definitely wasted on this turkey of a film!
    rt101092

    Entertaining, fun, well-written family movie

    I thoroughly enjoyed "Tornado Warning". I watched with my husband and daughter and we were entertained the whole time. I thought it was well cast, funny where it should be, and a different take on other movies like it, such as "Twister", which I thought contrived and silly for a major motion picture. The action in this moavie was fun and engaging, and the writing was terrific. A must-see for any natural disaster fan!
    5fairuza-noire

    Warnings

    This is one of the better made-for-TV tornado movies I have seen. Like most of these movies, they save all the tornado action for the last part of the movie. This movie had a pretty decent plot, and some known actors. Sadly, like all if not most tornado movies, the producers did not get their tornado and weather facts right. The part where they give a tornado warning, no one heads for shelter. When a tornado warning is issued it means that a tornado or funnel cloud has been witnessed by a person, or detected on radar and the people in the path of the storm should seek shelter IMMEDIATELY. The movie takes place in Oklahoma, which is in the heart of tornado alley, and the people of the town did not take any sort of action when the warning was issued.

    Not a bad movie, I would watch it again.
    2jerrywilson

    It was almost a comedy

    The special effects, the acting, and the script were so bad that at times I couldn't figure out if this movie was a drama or just a bad comedy. The mayor was especially awful.

    The special effects were pretty lousy, too. In one scene, the good guys are driving with the mayor following, yelling through her bullhorn that everything's alright. She then gets swept away. But a few moments later, down the same road, the tornado is seen about a mile away off in the field.

    I'm sorry, but I was expecting a thriller and got a lame, unbelievable sci-fi pseudocomedy.
    tunesnc

    Awfully fun

    This movie was so bad, I loved it! It's one of those movies that you know is going to be just awful, yet somehow you can't bring yourself to change the channel. So you resolve yourself to see it to the end just to see if it's going to really get as bad as you think it's going to be. And your prayers are answered by Joan Van Ark in snakeskin pants, fringe suede jacket and cowboy hat with an awful accent playing the crazy mayor of the town that's going to get hit by the F5 tornado, who's in denial about it really happening. (Much like the viewers of this movie are in denial about what they are watching!) Gerald McRaney and Thea Gill are good actors who stand no chance against this really horrible, painful script. But they give it full effort and bless them for trying! My only real disappointment with this was that when the F5 did hit, it was entirely anti-climatic. If you delight in awful, made for TV movies, this movie is a must see!

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    • Trivia
      "Smoke'n Bob's" Hot Dog cart, seen in one of the town scenes, is a dead giveaway for the Winnipeg shooting location. Also recognizable: the Garry Theatre.
    • Goofs
      The notion of opening windows when a tornado approaches went out with the Eighties. There is no way a tornado expert like Dr. Arledge would be advising to do such a thing in 2002.
    • Connections
      References Atomic Twister (2002)

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    • Release date
      • September 13, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alerta tornado
    • Filming locations
      • Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Lester Beach Entertainment
      • Regent Entertainment
      • Shavick Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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