Acensbart
Excellent but underrated film
Stoutor
It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
Ogosmith
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
godzillakingmonster
This film could have been good. Instead we got another SYFY movie. The whole idea of Aliens is always great and having Aliens control our weather (and tornadoes) is a really fun concept to play with. Aliens controlling tornadoes to say destroy big areas to lay foot for a bigger plan. Like the city destroyers in independence day, the tornadoes could level whole cities and towns and then the real aliens could land.
swddll
Wow, what a superb movie! Simply masterful. You would think that this movie would be a cheesy, over-dramatic, and poorly directed film as it comes from Syfy, but gosh darn was I surprised. The actors are quality and I wouldn't be surprised if they land a big role in a major production based on their performances in this movie. The overly dramatic gestures don't bother me at all. The chubby woman, who uses a scooter occasionally, can run too. I can't get enough of her running in the movie. Too bad she gets sucked up by the alien tornado. She was the best actress in the movie. The super sassy girl. who is clearly in her late 20's, who plays a 17 year old girl is not annoying at all. Her running isn't annoying either. And oh my! How could I forget?! The special effects are award worthy! It's amazing how people are getting sucked up by tornadoes and their hair isn't even moving. Must be some good hairspray they have on set. I could go on and on about this movie, but go ahead and watch it yourself. Hope you enjoy as much as I did ;0) ... This movie was so good that I entirely forgot it was about aliens.
carl-monroe
I watched because, Hey I'm a big fan of Kari Wuhrer, no matter what she is playing in. Well, she actually hasn't But, really she had two different outfits on when she got in the car she had white top and blue jeans, get's out the car and has a pink top and black pants...come on who is in charge of wardrobe..CUT!! But, seriously all and all not great, but not exactly horrible.. The special effects were good, the storyline was original.. The acting was OK, it's SYFY what do you expect, those of us that like Sci-Fi watch it because we like the idea of it all, not because of the realism.. So sit back and if you watch the movie, just watch it for what it is.. Entertainment...
Michael_Elliott
Alien Tornado (2012)** (out of 4) Another epic from SyFy has a farmer (Jeff Fahey), his smart daughter (Stacey Asaro), a tornado blogger (Kari Wuhrer) and a small town cop (Willard E. Pugh) noticing that the latest tornadoes aren't being reported by the media and there's just something completely different about them. It turns out that aliens are actually controlling them to take out Earth for a numbers of reasons but the biggest is that they're tired of our Bandwith bothering them. Again, it always shocks me that so many people watch these SyFy films and then complain about their low-budgets, silly plots and all around "C" material. I mean seriously, you're coming to a movie called ALIEN TORNADO so why are you expecting something great or some sort of lost classic? This film is mainly going to appeal to those who enjoy low-budget movies that are cheesy and instead of delivering first-rate material they just offer up mild entertainment. There were a lot of entertaining things in this movie as well as a few interesting cast and crew members. For starters, Jeff Burr is best remembered for LEATHERFACE: THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE III and it was good seeing him back making a movie. He handles the material a lot better than most of these SyFy movies and I thought he at least kept the thing moving without it getting too slow. It was also great seeing Fahey. People complain about these movies but at least they give some good character actors a chance to be a lead. I thought Fahey was very good in his part and he did a very believable bit. He just wasn't picking up a paycheck and that's a lot more than most can say. I also thought Asaro, Wuhrer and Pugh were good in their parts and the four worked extremely well together. While the screenplay doesn't build up their characters much, the actors at least give strong enough performances to where you can care for them. The special effects of the tornadoes are quite cheap but I did like the design with the neon green lights. The story itself was quite silly and never really made too much sense. This was especially true during the final when we're given the explanation of what's going on. Again, if you're looking for a sci-fi masterpiece then it would be best to check out 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. If you're looking for cheap entertainment then that's why movies like ALIEN TORNADO are made.
