This is one of those movies where you're pretty sure you've seen all the actors in something else, but can't quite place them. Weird green tornados are laying waste to northern Illinois. They trash the farm of local misanthrope Judd (Jeff Fahey), killing all the livestock. The insurance company refuses to pay, wiping out his genius daughter's college fund. A celebrity storm chase blogger (Kari Wuhrer) arrives from Chicago to investigate. While investigating the tornadoes, she and Judd run afoul of MIBs (David Jensen, and others). They turn to the local sheriff (Willard E. Pugh) for help. He sympathizes, but is outranked by the MIBs. The genius daughter finds a pattern in the electrical interference caused by the tornadoes and, with the help of the storm chaser's midget hacker friend, determines that it's an alien signal. The MIBs find out that our heroes have learned the truth and start arresting people. There are various shenanigans with arrests, escapes, and CGI tornado attacks. Eventually everyone is on the run en route to a Chicago TV station to warn the public before it's too late. But the alien storm is already bearing down on the (REALLY, REALLY) Windy City. Can the heroes and villains work together to save the day?
Greg Pearson
Smithee Award Nominations
Most Ludicrous Premise
"You Kids Stay Off My Galaxy!"
Tornadoes are alien energy creatures who are attacking Earth because it's after 10 and we won't turn down the damn music.
"Wanna Run That By Me Again?"
I Don't Trust Earthquakes, Either
Tornadoes are striking near government facilities -- must be an alien invasion!
"Alas, Poor Yorick"
F*ck This Guy in Particular
Bus passenger killed by highly localized tornado.
Worst Acting
Who's the Bigger Jackass?
MIB Armstrong (David Jensen) is the bigger jackass.
Pronounced "Car-ee-WURR," apparently, Kari is a smokin' hot MTV
VJ turned B-Movie actress. She was in Beastmaster
2, Eight Legged Freaks,
Anaconda, Sharknado 2, and played
Maggie on "Sliders." She also lends her voice to sci-fi
animation (like Maria Hill in many Marvel projects).
Character actor who was Elden in
Midnight Special, Sam
Landry in Queen Sugar, and
was the NASA Dirctor in
Battleship. Had many other
small but distinctive-looking parts.
Harpo Johnson in The Color
Purple; Mayor Kuzak in
Robocop 2; White House Comm
Officer in Air Force One;
Foster in The Hills Have Eyes
II. Was Red (the California Raisin) on "The
California Raisins Show!"