Director: Lee Isaac Chung
Nearly three decades after the original storm-chaser saga, this 2024 update sends a new generation of researchers back into Tornado Alley, trading the 1996 film's grainy visual style for modern effects and a sharper focus on the science of severe weather.
What is Twisters about?
Kate Carter, once a promising meteorology researcher, left fieldwork behind after a devastating loss. When a former colleague lures her to Oklahoma with a bold new tracking system meant to predict and even weaken tornadoes before they strike, she reluctantly returns to the plains. There she crosses paths with Tyler Owens, a reckless online storm-chasing personality whose crew treats twisters like a spectacle. As an unusually violent storm season intensifies, the two rival approaches to chasing collide, forcing Kate to reconcile caution with instinct while a string of increasingly dangerous funnel clouds bears down on nearby towns.
Cast & crew
Daisy Edgar-Jones anchors the film as Kate, playing the character's guardedness against Glen Powell's showman energy as Tyler Owens. Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, and Maura Tierney round out the research team around her, while Harry Hadden-Paton, Sasha Lane, and Daryl McCormack fill out the wider ensemble of scientists and storm-chasing rivals scattered across the Oklahoma sequences.
Context & significance
Directed by Lee Isaac Chung, best known for the quieter family drama Minari, the film marks a shift into large-scale action filmmaking while keeping an interest in character under pressure. Framed as a continuation rather than a direct remake of the 1996 original, it leans on practical stunt work alongside digital effects to stage its tornado sequences, much of it shot across real stretches of Oklahoma.
Where & how to watch
The film can be watched on K-Time with a free account login, presented with a Farsi-dubbed track alongside Persian subtitles for viewers who prefer the original English performances. The platform's Persian-first interface makes it easy for diaspora audiences to browse and queue titles like this one.