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After sweeping through theaters and earning big box office numbers and high ratings in summer 2024, Twisters tore into Peacock’s streaming library on January 15th. Isaac Chung’s sequel to the classic 1996 movie Twister stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kate Carter, a retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist who, five years after a devastating encounter with a tornado, is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and a groundbreaking new tracking system. She and the other storm chasers soon find themselves in a fight for their lives as multiple systems converge over central Oklahoma.
Twisters Is a Thrilling, Effects-Driven Spectacle That Lives up to the Hype
The 1996 classic was one of the biggest blockbuster hits of the ‘90s and is still remembered as a defining disaster film, so Twisters had a lot to live up to, and for the most part it did. The movie grossed $372 million worldwide to become the 19th-highest-grossing film of the year, and while that haul didn’t quite match Twister’s $499 million box office gross, the sequel outperformed the original when it came to reception. Twisters holds “Certified Fresh” and “Verified Hot” distinctions on Rotten Tomatoes with a 75% critic score and 90% audience rating, both of which beat the original’s 68% and 59% scores.
