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Twisters Needs to Be Either Smarter or Dumber
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It’s the more granular details that stand out, like the now-unfashionable clarity of the lighting, all the better to appreciate the faces of the glorious array of character actors — among them Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Tár director Todd Field, and a 28-year-old Philip Seymour Hoffman — who play storm-chasing grad students. Lured back to her home state from New York City by an entrepreneurial former colleague named Javi (an underutilized Anthony Ramos), whose obvious crush puts him at the acute end of a malformed love triangle once Tyler comes on the scene, she gradually overcomes her survivor’s guilt in less of an emotionally journey than a series of screenwriting bullet points to be endured. The original film was about ragtag academics versus corporate stooges, but in the sequel, everyone’s out for a buck, predatory investors come swooping in to buy up storm-damaged properties, and the closest thing we get to altruism is the revelation that Tyler’s team puts their merch money into food giveaways, like baby Mr. Beasts.
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