Movie Review: Twister blows away reality A storm chaser's dream come true is to get close enough to a mile-wide tornado to shoot unique video of nature's extreme fury. Maybe even take some close-up measurements of the storm's surroundings, if the situation warrants. But never will a chase team be caught racing into the middle of a cornfield toward the heart of a whirling funnel, no matter what the prize. Yet that's exactly what Twister …showed first 75 words of 1204 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1204 total…Jamie Gertz). Even allowing for the story's conscious employment of action-genre types, the characterizations come off as blatantly underfed. The movie further reduces sourcesof human misery to a carny-ride attraction, as great as it is to see a flying 18-wheeler and hear whooshing Dolby Surround. But give De Bont credit. He made his Hollywood directorial debut with 1994's Speed, and did he ever give us speed. Twister, in turn, earns him this year's truth-in-advertising citation.