In a word, wow. Paxton plays Bill Harding, a daredevil storm chaser who's hung up his foul-weather gear in favor of a more stable job as a television weatherman. Along with his new fiancée Melissa (Gertz), he arrives in the company of his former comrades-in-rain one day to finalize his divorce papers with ex-wife Jo Harding (Hunt). Before he can get her all-important signature on the proper forms, however, he finds himself sucked back into his former life as the largest storm system in the last 12 years mounts on the horizon. I'm not even going to get into all the amazing stunts that litter the film – suffice to say, anything that could conceivably be sucked upwards by a tornado, is. Twister is one of those films that leaves you gasping for breath, incredulous and exhilarated all at once. Sort of like Winnie the Pooh's Blustery Day meets Mr. Toad's Wild Ride with Dorothy's house spiraling just above. Only louder.
D: Jan De Bont; with Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt.