Tornado: this samurai-western immigrant revenge tale tries to be many things – but runs out of ammo
Tornado is many things: a British period drama, a western, a samurai film, a coming-of-age story and an origin story. Set in the windswept moorland of Britain in 1790, the film offers a lawless backdrop fit for a western, with no visible sign of the industrial revolution that began some…
The Conversation ·