TWISTERS (Released to Theaters USA 2024)

 

Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì  Twisters completely improves over the 1996 Twister movie. It does not work on the cult classic level like that film. It is realistic and keeps interest.  Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images Storyline  A college student and her friends want to figure out how to stop tornados and work on that as a college assignment. They fail and she goes to work behind a weather center desk for several years.  An old friend contacts her and believes new technology can be used to minimize tornado activity. He recruits her and the thrills begin.   Additional Thanks  Thank you to Director Lee Isaac Chung for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley for making the film possible. Cast includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane.   Buy that ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? Yes. Do not pass it over due to the challenges of the first Twister movie. This movie much improves over that movie and works from a realistic formatting that works very well. The movie could almost be re-watchable.  Video Critique Available Here: Ben Meyers

HELLBOY (Theatrical Release USA 2019)

 Ben Meyers’ Rating: 4.0|5.0 Starsìììì 

Hellboy is a better watch than the last two Hellboy films. The writing is stronger and David Harbour is the perfect casting choice for this movie. This film presents a grittier-looking Hellboy, but it also moves deeply into occult themes that can be slightly disturbing. The movie acts more like a sequel than a reboot and seems to ask for its sequel. The next film in production, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, looks like it changed the casting of the main character to Jack Kersey. 

Film Poster Courtesy of Google Images 

Storyline 

An evil blood queen is destined to be active again and Hellboy becomes involved with a host of supernatural beings that surround this event. 

Additional Thanks 

Thank you to Director Neil Marshall for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson, Philip Westgren, Carl Hampe, Matt O’Toole, Les Weldon, and Yariv Lerner. Cast includes: David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, and Thomas Haden Church. 

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe? 

Yes. The occult theme is noticeably on a different level and seems almost realistic. David Harbour plays a great Hellboy. The story itself is well written. 

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Ben Meyers