Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from Twisters.
Summary
- The characters in Twisters use an overpass to seek shelter during a tornado, despite experts warning it's dangerous.
- The opening scene features a deadly F5 tornado where characters tragically die while attempting to survive.
- The movie accurately depicts the danger of the tornado survival myth of hiding under an overpass.
Daisy Edgar-Jones' Kate, Glen Powell's Tyler, and many other Twisterscharacters use various methods throughout the movie to escape vicious storms, including one of the most popular tornado survival myths. The 2024 disaster film, directed by Lee Isaac Chung and written by Mark L. Smith, serves as a standalone sequel to the 1996 flick Twister. While its plot revolves around passionate storm chasers trying to make a difference like Twister, the second movie doesn't include any direct connections to its predecessor's story or characters (aside from the "Dorothy" Easter egg in Twisters' opening scene).
However, similar to the original film, the Twisters characters are constantly forced to seek shelter while chasing dangerous tornadoes. Bill Paxton's Bill and Helen Hunt's Jo memorably use a leather belt to secure themselves to a pipe that runs underground while in the middle of an F5 tornado. Of course, this Twister scene wasn't accurate because Bill and Jo wouldn't have been able to survive. Meanwhile, Twisters begins with a devasting sequence where Kate and her friends try to take cover in the last place someone wants to be during a storm (as they would likely die, as proven in the sequel).
Kate & Her Team Seek Shelter Under An Overpass In Twisters' Opening Sequence
The Twisters Characters Get Caught Up In An F5 Tornado
Twisters' enthralling opening tornado scene features Kate and her team (including her boyfriend, Jeb, and two friends, Praveen and Addy) working to deploy barrels of sodium polyacrylate formula into a tornado, attempting to reduce its intensity, while Javi stays back and collects data. However, they are unaware of the storm's magnitude when driving into it. It's categorized as an F5 (the highest rating), and the characters' car gets pushed off the road. Kate, Jeb, Praveen, and Addy are then forced to seek shelter, and their only option is under an overpass.
Kate is the sole survivor of the incident in the tornado movie Twisters, but in reality, she probably would also have died.
Sadly, Praveen is sucked into the tornado while running toward the overpass, and Addy gets hit and swept away by a large piece of debris while trying to climb up the overpass ramp. Kate and Jeb make it up, but while Kate holds onto the structure, Jeb is only holding onto her, and the wind blows him away. Kate is the sole survivor of the incident in the tornado movie Twisters, but in reality, she probably would also have died.
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Is It Really Safe To Hide Under An Overpass During A Tornado?
Experts Warn Against Seeking Shelter Under An Overpass
While the Twisters characters utilize an overpass to try to survive a tornado during the movie's beginning, under an overpass is a dangerous spot to be during a storm. For years, many believed that under an overpass was a safe place to hide when caught up in a storm. However, meteorologists have since debunked this tornado survival method as it actually puts someone at a greater risk of getting killed. Winds are channeled under an overpass, making it easier for debris to hit a person (like Addy) or to get swept away by the winds (like Jeb).
The cast and crew of Twisters have stated that they would be open to returning for a sequel.
Kate, Jeb, and Addy acknowledge that hiding under an overpass is a dangerous spot to be in the 2024 disaster film. Unfortunately, that is their only option and they don't have time to hesitate. The tornado is heading straight for them, and the overpass is the closest spot. Even though one isn't supposed to go under an overpass during a storm and that is exactly what the storm chasers do in the movie, Twisters (for the most part) accurately depicts how many would die by using this tornado survival myth.
Twisters
4.0
PG-13
Action
Adventure
Thriller
A follow-up to the 1996 original film Twister, Twisters is a sequel set years after the original, said to be fast-tracked by Steven Spielberg and Mark L. Smith, with Frank Marshal as producer. Little details exist about the film, but Helen Hunt is expected to reprise her role as Jo, with the film likely to pay homage to the late Bill Paxton.
- Director
- Lee Isaac Chung
- Release Date
- July 19, 2024
- Distributor(s)
- Universal Pictures , Warner Bros. Pictures
- Writers
- Mark L. Smith , Joseph Kosinski , Michael Crichton , Anne-Marie Martin
- Cast
- Daisy Edgar-Jones , Glen Powell , Anthony Ramos , Brandon Perea , Daryl McCormack
- Runtime
- 117 Minutes
- prequel(s)
- Twister
