Tornado

critic Reviews

, 74% Fresh Tomatometer Score
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    Andy CrumpAV Club
    It’s more that the specific combination of jidaigeki period piece, highland character study, and frontier justice that’s new, making Tornado a harrowing, blustery, violent amalgamation of an idiosyncratic spirit.
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    Simon AbramsRogerEbert.com
    Your enjoyment of “Tornado” depends on how much you want to root for thinly drawn characters who don’t look strong enough to carry an entire movie.
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    Glenn KennyNew York Times
    In the title role, the singer-songwriter Koki is both charming and indomitable.
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    Richard WhittakerAustin Chronicle
    Tornado is at its most bracing when it blows like a chill moorland wind, low and constant.
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    Maxwell RabbChicago Reader
    Visually, Tornado grips hard, and its climactic confrontations deliver adrenaline in spades, a clear homage to Akira Kurosawa’s signature blood geysers again and again. Still, in no way does this climax feel earned.
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    Alexander MooneySlant Magazine
    Tornado’s winking theatricality, thematic fixations with myth and avarice, and pared-down plotting add up to a heady concoction, but it’s more conducive to reflection than engagement.
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    Aaron NeuwirthWe Live Entertainment
    The opportunities to create another great western are here, but they only somewhat arrive where they need to in execution.
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    Kiko MartinezThe Cinesnob Podcast
    Feels like a Quentin Tarantino-genre-mash-up-movie but one where Tarantino forgets to write the script.
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    Chris JoyceMovies and Munchies (YouTube)
    Good visuals can’t offset an uninspired plot and unknown characters… which is what Tornado hopes to do… distract us with pretty imagery in hopes we’ll not pay attention to the lack of anything else of substance within the movie.
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    Rich ClineShadows on the Wall
    While the storytelling is somewhat elusive, it forces us to lean into each scene to understand the sharp-edged feelings and offbeat connections.
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