Devil Winds

Although CGI was needed for a film like this, "Devil Winds" manages to weave it in seamlessly with considerable real film footage of forming storms. The result is some action with nature on the rampage that comes very close to reality. The reality of CGI is still in the back of one's mind, but it doesn't overpower the video action taking place. So, one has a sense of watching the real terror of nature on the rampage in a tornado.

And, that is the best thing about and reason for watching this film. The cast are all okay, but nothing special, and the plot is so-so. It's too bad that the producers couldn't use some real funnel footage - it's out there, and I've seen it on news casts and on videos. I've also watched real tornadoes myself from a distance. Still, the storm action and tracking scenes are the reason for watching this movie that was made for TV.

Just Got Watching This and it sucked one of the worst movies ever made on top of that They Stole Clips From Twister

The casting in this movie is really bad why are all the younger women so arrogant and such smart mouthed.

Put the men down any chance they get not good for film making .

Realize streaming is cheaper but audience deserve good quality for their money This male/female badgering is not accomplishing anything but losing viewers.

I love the graphics of disaster movies really good but please cast better actors and actresses.

This film begins with a storm chaser in Oklahoma by the name of "Peter Jensen" (Joe Lando) and his colleague "Robert Booker" (Pete Graham) actively monitoring a weather system which has the potential of developing into a tornado. The conditions eventually get to the point where Peter advises the local weather bureau to announce a tornado warning. Unfortunately, he miscalculates the exact location and even though a twister does indeed touch ground it's in the wrong vicinity-and his wife "Mary Jensen" (Kirsten Robek) is killed in the process. To that effect, even though he is not a fault, he takes it quite badly and moves out west to Oregon to start a new life. The scene essentially shifts to ten years later where he has come back to Oklahoma to see his daughter "Kara Jensen" (Erica Durance) when another weather system develops and he volunteers to help track it as well. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a rather tepid picture which didn't really impress me all that much. In particular, a couple of the subplots were totally irrelevant and to make matters even worse the CGI wasn't all that impressive either. In short, those looking for a film of this sort might want to check out "Twister" or possibly its low budget clone "Tornado!" as this one lacked the necessary intensity.

DEVIL WINDS is the latest in a string of TV disaster movies I've seen. This one's quite obviously a spin on TWISTER, except of course it's nowhere near as good as that (average in itself) production. It's a film packed with grotty soap opera and boring dialogue and not nearly enough disaster.

I knew this was going to be poor when I saw the attempted acting of the mother in the opening scene, which is laughable to say the least. It gets worse from there. The male lead is invariably wooden, the female lead an ageing has-been who was once on BAYWATCH, and the family drama type stuff is intensely grating.

Scenes involving actual tornadoes are limited to the beginning, middle and end. There's a funny scene of a twister chasing a jeep, and later on a bit where a twister destroys a building. With nobody inside it, who cares? The CGI effects are pitiful, and looked like something out of THE SIMS at one point.

No real reason to bother with this one, even genre aficionados will be sorely pressed to find something of merit.