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Tornado Warning

Original title: Alien Tornado
  • TV Movie
  • 2012
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
3.2/10
1.3K
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Jeff Fahey in Tornado Warning (2012)
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Extraterrestrials appear as destructive "electrical tornadoes" on Earth.Extraterrestrials appear as destructive "electrical tornadoes" on Earth.Extraterrestrials appear as destructive "electrical tornadoes" on Earth.

  • Director
    • Jeff Burr
  • Writer
    • Paul A. Birkett
  • Stars
    • Stacey Asaro
    • Marcus Lyle Brown
    • Claire Conti
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    • Director
      • Jeff Burr
    • Writer
      • Paul A. Birkett
    • Stars
      • Stacey Asaro
      • Marcus Lyle Brown
      • Claire Conti
    • 23User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Stacey Asaro
    • Kelly Walker
    Marcus Lyle Brown
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    Claire Conti
    • Denise Gordan
    Jeff Fahey
    Jeff Fahey
    • Judd Walker
    David Jensen
    David Jensen
    • Armstrong
    Terry Kiser
    Terry Kiser
    • Mike Hardy
    Willard E. Pugh
    Willard E. Pugh
    • Norm Mackey
    Caleb Tourres
    • Barney
    Kari Wuhrer
    Kari Wuhrer
    • Gail Curtis
    James Clement
    • Parnell
    Emily D. Haley
    • Bus Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Chip Haw
    • Street Fighter
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    Mike Kimmel
    Mike Kimmel
    • DJ
    • (uncredited)
    Daniel Ponsky
    • Billy Jones
    • (uncredited)
    Glen Warner
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    • Director
      • Jeff Burr
    • Writer
      • Paul A. Birkett
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    3Calaboss

    SyFy Does It Again

    We all know the drill on SyFy channel movies. You can't compare them to anything other than previous SyFy channel movies. With shoestring budgets and B & C grade actors (mostly C), they crank out their "original" movies with regularity and zero surprises.

    Alien Tornado did not break this tradition. This one was just slightly on the low side of the scale. The script was ridiculous, the characters thoroughly unappealing (I'm used to that), and the CGI SFX were only average. Now that home PC's with the latest processors can do the third level CGI that SyFy utilizes, you'd think they'd use the savings to ramp up the writing or actor expenditures. They don't. This one didn't even have any former stars in a cameo role.

    The only reason to watch these things is because you're stuck at home and nothing else is on. And, of course, because you can figure out the plot by the first commercial break, and after that you can leave the room for a few minutes at any time and not worry about missing anything vital to the story.

    This one was so completely silly and contrived that even hard core fans of SyFy movies will be disappointed. Not to worry. They'll be punching out another one in a few weeks. Ice Twisters vs. Alien Tornado perhaps? Paul Birkett wrote both. You know he's thinking about it.
    2wes-connors

    Syfy Breaks Wind

    On a windy day in the country, pretty in her pony-tail Stacey Asaro (as Kelly Walker) gets off the school bus and checks her mailbox. Thrilled at receiving great SAT scores, Ms. Asaro shares the news with scruffy-looking, bearded daddy Jeff Fahey (as Judd Walker). He doesn't seem as excited. Although she claims to be 17-years-old, daughter Asaro probably lies to cover being in high school for several extra years. She should be both unashamed and happy, and Mr. Fahey should be jumping for joy. Their celebration is interrupted when the wind builds to a dangerous tornado. Meanwhile, in Chicago, storm-chaser and climate expert Kari Wuhrer (as Gail Curtis) detects a tornado on her laptop. These tornadoes are not normal. They glisten with green light, shoot out lightning bolts and move around like they're a form of intelligent life...

    Syfy should probably stop trying to make serious science-fiction and just concentrate on comedies. That doesn't mean sci-fi movies can't be made on a low budget. The Syfy channel simply doesn't know how to do them. In fact, good science-fiction films can be made on even lower budgets. The aforementioned players take their assignment much too seriously, although the two leading women wear tight tank tops. The name appearing most often in the credits is Ken Badish, with Jeff Burr directing. They succeed mostly with cartoon-like villain David Jensen (as Armstrong) and likewise toned Sheriff Willard E. Pugh (as Norman "Norm" Mackey). The one who really captures the true worth of her surroundings is corpulent Claire Conti (as Denise Gordon). Her performance as the bubbly, obese climate assistant is a tornado of fun.

    ** Alien Tornado(2012-04-21) Jeff Burr ~ Jeff Fahey, Kari Wuhrer, Stacey Asaro, Willard E. Pugh
    4Leofwine_draca

    Extraterrestrial tornadoes? Whatever next!

    The usual silliness from the SyFy Channel. Jeff Fahey - who remains a solid, dependable stalwart of an actor, as always - plays a farmer who has to contend with tornadoes on his land. Except, of course, this being a sci-fi movie after all, these weirdly glowing tornadoes are actually electrified extraterrestrials!

    Yes, it's as silly and as cheesy as you'd imagine from the title and premise, a film packed full of terrible special effects and worse acting. Aside from the aforementioned Fahey, viewers are treated to Kari Wuhrer (who looks like she's a fan of plastic surgery) as a glamorous stormchaser and David Jensen (complete with whiny voice) as a leader of some nefarious government agents also out hunting the aliens.

    The action, when it occurs, is invariably disappointing, because the producers just don't have the budget to do justice to the premise. So viewers are left laughing along at the premise and enjoying the mildly diverting adventures. Yes, this is terrible, but also terribly inoffensive with it - just your average B-movie fun.
    2kevrevace

    I can't believe this

    I can't believe this got funded to produce. Bad acting, predictable dialog, poor script, and terrible cgi. I'm used to pure dribble from the SciFi network but this is so bad I couldn't watch it at all. It tries to be the X-files but is as trite, cliché ridden as I have ever seen. Avoid this as at all costs, pure waste of time. Everyone involved with this project should be deeply embarrassed. I plead the 5th--the 5th of bourbon it would it take me to get numb enough to sit through this crap. It has no redeeming values whatsoever. Who would even want to promote this? A Smurfs marathon could only rot your brain worse. I never write reviews but I couldn't be silent on this one.
    3carl-monroe

    Wow This was bad!!

    I watched because, Hey I'm a big fan of Kari Wuhrer, no matter what she is playing in. Well, she actually hasn't But, really she had two different outfits on when she got in the car she had white top and blue jeans, get's out the car and has a pink top and black pants...come on who is in charge of wardrobe..CUT!! But, seriously all and all not great, but not exactly horrible.. The special effects were good, the storyline was original.. The acting was OK, it's SYFY what do you expect, those of us that like Sci-Fi watch it because we like the idea of it all, not because of the realism.. So sit back and if you watch the movie, just watch it for what it is.. Entertainment...

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    • Trivia
      Also titled as Alien Tornado on SyFy channel
    • Goofs
      When Gale arrives in town, she is wearing blue jeans and a white tank top. She then immediately chases after a tornado, with Denise, and is seen standing outside the car in the same clothes. When we next see her,confronting the Government Officials, she is wearing black pants and an orange tank top, despite having no time or opportunity to change clothes.
    • Quotes

      Armstrong: Because clever isn't always

      [dramatic beat]

      Armstrong: [sneer] smart.

    • Connections
      References E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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    • Release date
      • April 21, 2012 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alien Tornado
    • Production companies
      • Active Entertainment
      • Bullet Films
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      • $2,758,137 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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