Only Independence Day took more at the box office than the original Twister in 1996, and yet it’s taken 28 years to work up a second wind. In that time, Mission: Impossible, which came third in ‘96, has sprinted its way to six more instalments, with a seventh on its way.
But thankfully Twisters was worth the wait, its swirl of large-scale spectacle, likeable characters, and heartfelt sentiment excusing a plot that’s really just a washing line on which to peg set-pieces… if such a metaphor is wise, given that an EF5 tornado would likely take the line, your clothes, the shed, the whole back garden, and your house too.
