this one hurt . and i be usually a sucker for really bad twister ripoffs make for cable . we have see this plot before and twice . estranged parent child relationship and because say parent be too devote to chase that big storm . parent be obsess with storm because of a tragedy in their childhood . parent predict the big one will hit right where estrange child life . child doesn not believe them . child have have several tense emo moment with parent . big tornado predictably hit and key character survive and and everyone be happy . see devil wind and tornado warning for this by the number plot a well . amusingly and they use global warming for an excuse to move tornado alley to the pacific northwest so they could shoot cheaply in vancouver . a expect and the tornado effect be lackluster . the cgi crew just render the same tornado for every scene . i think what really get to me be the darkness of the movie . by that i do not mean a grim undertone to the story . but rather how literally dark the image be throughout . i spend a lot of time strain to make out various detail like character face and locale . the environment around a tornado can be very dark and but this be do throughout the movie . i can only recommend this to people who do not think it could get any bad than atomic twister .