As we wait for fall TV to get going, I've got a recommendation on something you can watch to beat the dog days of summer boredom — my favorite summer blockbuster of 2024, Twisters. Starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones, Twisters is now available to watch at home, with it landing on digital on-demand platforms to rent or buy.
However you want to label Twisters (a reboot, a remake, a reimagination), the movie owes its origins to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, but it is a new story with entirely new characters. Specifically, it follows Kate (Edgar-Jones), a former tornado chaser brought back into the field by an old friend in the hopes of gathering data on the natural disasters that can help those caught in its path. Her style runs counter to that of Tyler (Powell), a self-proclaimed "tornado wrangler" and YouTube star. But the two realize that together they can perhaps do something that's never been done before, disrupt a tornado. Twisters was directed by Lee Isaac Chung and also stars Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Sasha Lane, Tunde Adebimpe, David Corenswet and Maura Tierny.
