Devil Winds (2003)

A brilliant meteorologist returns to his hometown in Oklahoma to try to stop the biggest tornado ever.

Director:

Gilbert M. Shilton (as Gilbert Shilton)

Writers:

Ira Schwartz, Anthony L. Greene

Stars:

Joe Lando, Nicole Eggert, Erica Durance

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Lando	...	Peter Jensen
Nicole Eggert	...	Julia Merrow
Erica Durance	...	Kara Jensen (as Erica Parker)
Peter Graham-Gaudreau	...	Robert Booker
Garwin Sanford	...	Stan Chasen
Gerard Plunkett	...	Dr. Raymond Ardmore
Brad Turner	...	Dr. John Tedesco
Adam Murphy	...	Jerry
Peter Bryant	...	David Lincoln
Jan D'Arcy	...	Margaret Harrington (as Jan Darcy)
Kirsten Robek	...	Mary Jensen
Genevieve Buechner	...	Young Kara
James Purcell	...	Lou (as Jim Purcell)
Reginald Hampton	...	News Anchor (as Reg Hampton)
Rachel Hayward	...	Karen Sowells

Storyline

Brilliant Oklahoma storm chaser Peter Jensen looses his wife Mary in an unpredictable tornado. Emotionally wrecked, he moves to Portland, in the safe north. Ten years later, he visits his mother in law Margaret Harrington to attend his daughter Kara's graduation. She accepted a job with her lover, Dr. John Tedesco, in Dr. Raymond Ardmore's new epidemiological institute, EDAC. John worries it be unsafely built by a dodgy contractor. Peter's former assistant Robert Booker shows him new research, which indicates monster storms ahead. TV reporters Jerry and Julia taken an interest in both. But the risks collide.

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Plot Keywords:

oklahoma | tornado | storm chaser | meteorologist | child in peril | 

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Taglines:

Hell Has Been Unleashed and It's Coming Your Way.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for action/peril and a scene of sensuality

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 November 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

A szélvihar pokla

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Avrio Filmworks,Cinetel Films,Lions Gate Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Unused footage from Twister (1996) was used in the opening credits after the first tornado sequence.

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Goofs

A smart meteorologist would have not taken cover under an overpass, the reason being is that when a tornado gets close to the overpass the winds passing through it would greatly increase due to the wind-tunnel effect. In reality the tornado should have sucked out the people seeking shelter under the overpass and the van for obvious reasons.

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Soundtracks

Grand Canyon
Words by Ron Friesen
Music by Peter Allen

User Reviews

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DEVIL WINDS is the latest in a string of TV disaster movies I've seen. This one's quite obviously a spin on TWISTER, except of course it's nowhere near as good as that (average in itself) production. It's a film packed with grotty soap opera and boring dialogue and not nearly enough disaster.

I knew this was going to be poor when I saw the attempted acting of the mother in the opening scene, which is laughable to say the least. It gets worse from there. The male lead is invariably wooden, the female lead an ageing has-been who was once on BAYWATCH, and the family drama type stuff is intensely grating.

Scenes involving actual tornadoes are limited to the beginning, middle and end. There's a funny scene of a twister chasing a jeep, and later on a bit where a twister destroys a building. With nobody inside it, who cares? The CGI effects are pitiful, and looked like something out of THE SIMS at one point.

No real reason to bother with this one, even genre aficionados will be sorely pressed to find something of merit.