Tornado Warning (2012)
"Alien Tornado" (original title)

Extraterrestrials utilize "electrical tornadoes" in a plan to invade Earth.

Director:

Jeff Burr

Writer:

Paul A. Birkett

Stars:

Stacey Asaro, Marcus Brown, James Clement

Cast

Cast overview:
Stacey Asaro	...	Kelly Walker
Marcus Brown	...	Con
James Clement	...	Parnell
Claire Conti	...	Denise
Jeff Fahey	...	Judd Walker
David Jensen	...	Armstrong
Terry Kiser	...	Mike Hardy
Willard E. Pugh	...	Norm Mackey
Caleb Tourres	...	Barney
Kari Wuhrer	...	Gail Curtis

Storyline

Aliens invade the Earth using electromagnetic tornadoes as a weapon of mass destruction. Brilliant high school student with her father and blogger involved in the study of tornadoes struggling against time to prevent a huge disaster and defeat the conquest of the planet.

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 April 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tornado Warning

Company Credits

Production Co:

Active Entertainment, Bullet Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Gale arrives in town, she is wearing blue jeans and a white tank top. She then immediately chases after a tornado, with Denise, and is seen standing outside the car in the same clothes. When we next see her,confronting the Government Officials, she is wearing black pants and an orange tank top, despite having no time or opportunity to change clothes.

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Quotes

Armstrong: Because clever isn't always
[dramatic beat]
Armstrong: [sneer] smart.

User Reviews

Extraterrestrial tornadoes? Whatever next!

The usual silliness from the SyFy Channel. Jeff Fahey - who remains a solid, dependable stalwart of an actor, as always - plays a farmer who has to contend with tornadoes on his land. Except, of course, this being a sci-fi movie after all, these weirdly glowing tornadoes are actually electrified extraterrestrials!

Yes, it's as silly and as cheesy as you'd imagine from the title and premise, a film packed full of terrible special effects and worse acting. Aside from the aforementioned Fahey, viewers are treated to Kari Wuhrer (who looks like she's a fan of plastic surgery) as a glamorous stormchaser and David Jensen (complete with whiny voice) as a leader of some nefarious government agents also out hunting the aliens.

The action, when it occurs, is invariably disappointing, because the producers just don't have the budget to do justice to the premise. So viewers are left laughing along at the premise and enjoying the mildly diverting adventures. Yes, this is terrible, but also terribly inoffensive with it - just your average B-movie fun.