The Scene ‘Twisters’ Needed to Really Be a Great Blockbuster

SWEPT AWAY

Revisiting the original “Twister” movie reveals what that project understood about great blockbusters—and what “Twisters” sorely needed.

Daisy Edgar-Jones, Anthony Ramos, and Glen Powell in Twisters
Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures

Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung’s sorta-sequel, sorta-standalone follow-up to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, is all set to be the hit of the summer (until Deadpool & Wolverine comes out, anyway).

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