Storm Cell (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Steven R. Monroe

Writers:

Michael Konyves (screenplay)
Graham Ludlow (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Run For Your Life

Plot Keywords:

Hurricane | Storm Chaser | Babe Scientist | Tornado | Date Rape

Cast

Mimi Rogers	...	April Saunders
Robert Moloney	...	Sean Saunders
Andrew Airlie	...	Travis
Ryan Kennedy	...	Ryan Laswell
Elyse Levesque	...	Dana Saunders
Michael Ironside	...	James
Kristy Dinsmore	...	Young April
Ryan Grantham	...	Young Sean
Matt Anderson	...	Lew
Tracy Trueman	...	Molly Saunders
Leanne Adachi	...	Drama Teacher
Shawn Reis	...	State Trooper
Roger Haskett	...	Mike
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	...	Ellen Saunders
Alex Zahara	...	Joe

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some disturbing material.

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Cinetel Films

Goofs:

Factual errors: Several times during the movie, the brother is referred to as "Sheriff Saunders". The actor is wearing the uniform of a Washington State Trooper, and although the insignia on his epaulets are upside down (sign of a filmed in Canada movie) they indicate he holds the rank of Sergeant. A Sheriff is usually the chief law enforcement officer of a county and would not wear a Trooper's uniform.

Movie Connections:

References Jerry Maguire (1996)

Wow... just.... wow...

This one hurt. And I'm usually a sucker for really bad Twister ripoffs made for cable. We've seen this plot before, twice. Estranged parent-child relationship, because said parent is too devoted to chasing that big storm. Parent is obsessed with storms because of a tragedy in their childhood. Parent predicts The Big One will hit right where estranged child lives. Child doesn't believe them. Child has has several tense emo moments with parent. Big tornado predictably hits, key characters survive, and everyone is happy. See "Devil Winds" and "Tornado Warning" for this by -the-numbers plot as well. Amusingly, they use global warming for an excuse to "move" Tornado Alley to the pacific northwest so they could shoot cheaply in Vancouver. As expected, the tornado effects are lackluster. The CGI crew just rendered the same tornado for every scene. I think what really got to me was the darkness of the movie. By that I do not mean a grim undertone to the story... but rather how literally dark the image was throughout. I spent a lot of time straining to make out various details like character faces and locales. The environment around a tornado can be very dark, but this was done throughout the movie. I can only recommend this to people who didn't think it could get any worse than Atomic Twister.