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The Sci-Fi Channel's made-for-TV movie finds New York City once again the target of a perilous situation. This time a super storm creates miniature whirlwinds that are hints of things to come. A thick headed Mayor Leonardo(Jerry Wasserman)is hard to convince that his city is about to be struck by the biggest tornado in its history. Keeping on the top of the situation is the Deputy Mayor Jim Lawrence(Sebastian Spense)and his meteorologist wife Cassie(Nicole de Boer). It will only be a matter of time before the "baby" tornadoes form into a humongous one. An early victim is Lady Liberty, who loses her torch-bearing arm. The CGI is decent; but the story line is so predictable. Other players include: Colby Johnson, Jill Morrison, Samantha Ferris, and Winston Rekert.

Once again, we get a movie made by Canadian filmmakers that doesn't take place in Canada but instead the United States. Actually, given that distinctly Canadian movies tend to be boring arty stuff, I don't blame these filmmakers for trying to pass this off as an American movie. Anyway, I guess I found a few positive things in this movie. The general production values look decent - plenty of extras in the backgrounds, well-lit scenes, and looking like some decent money was spent at some point. Plus, it's hard to totally knock a movie that has the guts to not only kill kids, but dogs as well. But that's about all I found positive about this movie. Most of the computer generated effects look TERRIBLE, for one thing. The script is filled with familiar stuff like a stubborn mayor who won't listen to those who know the real danger. And calling this movie "Tornado Terror" is odd, seeing that the tornadoes only appear at the beginning and just before the end, leaving a long, dull, middle section. Move along, folks, there's nothing here you haven't seen before (and better.)

Since i'm a big tornado "fan", i tried to watch the movie last night on TV. The good thing: a Tornado movie! Woehoe! But that sums it up.

The movie excelled in BAD acting! And never seen crappy fx! We are in 2008 and the fx look worse then they did in Twister (and those were already very bad). Let me give u an example: the first 'big' twister u see, appears just offshore to Ellis Island (u know, Lady Liberty and stuff). But it appears in ... blue sky. Now even idiots KNOW u need clouds for tornadoes. OK OK, u see SOME clouds, but more like little sheep flocking in the sky. Suddenly, out of nowhere, some black clouds appear and a crappy tornado forms in less then 3 seconds and tears of the arm of lady liberty (which blocks the way of 2 young, hunky but now trapped stars).

There is not 1 Tornado movie on the market that truly creates an actual funnel, and this movie is not worth one minute of your time!

See something else!

Some of these actors are rather well-known, so I was quite surprised that this movie still managed to suck so badly.

Writing: sucked. Acting: meh. Story: meh. Effects: royally sucked. Physics: total b.s. Believability: really sucked (even for science fiction).

Having already gone through this at Intuitor's Bad Movie Physics site with "The Day After Tomorrow", it's already been proved that these weather phenomena cannot occur. Yes, I grant that this is sci-fi, but still... it's crap.

Let me sum this up for you: Oh my God, the weather is going bonkers and threatening to kill us all. The scientists have all the answers but no power or money. The bureaucrats have all the power, connections, and money but don't believe the scientists. Toss in a few lovey-dovey relationships, some untimely deaths, enough scientific facts to fool the kiddos... and you've got yourself another destructo-movie.

It's dull and a waste of time unless you're cooking, cleaning, or doing some other activity that requires mindless background noise (which is sort of the Sci-Fi Original Viewing Rule I think...) I am giving this 4 because it's actually a bit more watchable than most of their drivel.

This was obviously made on the back of the real life 2007 NYC twister that struck Brooklyn.

The acting is as wooden as some of the trees in Central Park! Hardly any tornadoes are featured and some of the plot points are straight out of an episode of Star Trek: The Original Series! I mean a red electrical spark? The title of this TV movie is what appealed to me, and I'm glad I managed to stick it out.

The actors, in their defence did the best they could with the script they got!

As a previous reviewer stated, the scriptwriter does get extra kudos for not only starting the movie by killing of a kid, but also killing several dogs too...even if the dog leads did mysteriously remain in place like one of those joke dog leads!!

But, its safe to say, I have seen worse!

What COULD have been a good movie with a strong message about climate change ? turned out to be a melo drama in disguise.

While I DID watch this movie at no cost ?

I STILL want my money back.

So, the girl hurts her LEFT LEG but he helps her walk by having her walk on her bad leg and he supports her on the side with her good leg.

This movie damaged me in some way.

But wait, if mysterious tornadoes aren't enough, how about some ball lightening.

I kept asking - it that Brad Pitt ?

AVOID this one unless you like dog food mixed with hot wax from crayons inside sausage wrappers dipped in jelly baked at 700 degrees F for 9 hours and then frozen in liquid nitrogen.

I'm studying in college to be a Meteorologist,and while some of the movie was a absolute joke, some of it wasn't. The truth is Global Warming has been happening.

Global Warming is simple it is the earth warming. Right now we are at a standstill,but in 2012,and 2007 there was a significant amount of ice melted at higher latitudes. As for Tornadoes,and there relation to global warming nothing, or very little is connected to that yet.

As for the giant ball of lightning traveling through the building that was hilarious,and stupid.

I would rate this movie a 6/10 for a aspiring Meteorologist

A 3/10 for a regular(3 because you may laugh through most of it)

I don't know which movie has more laughs

this,or batman,and robin with Arnold Schwartzanegger,Uma Thurman,Chris O'Donnell,and George Clooney

*this is kind of a spoiler.

Well... seems this came out during the time that the major networks were having their "green" week... They release a movie that blames global warming for tornadoes that attack NYC...

Global warming is a myth that rich people created to try and make the poorer/dumber people to believe in so they would not use as much natural resources... Pure garbage...

Anyway... this movie is a result of the global warming hysteria crowd that tries to spread their lies...

PS - This movie was terrible and pathetic... Why watch a movie that is the same thing as MSNBC?

I watch Sci-Fi Channel's made for TV films finding them funnier than sitcoms. Sometimes though I get very, very mad. This movie falls in the invoking rage file. I chopped this critiquing way down; this has no redeeming value. I have lots to find fault with this malarkey. Yes, flinging out major spoilers in the effort of saving others considering viewing this sci-fi disaster wind bag:

Opening scene those who potentially could have been this film's best characters--including a moppet who didn't pluck my nerves two seconds exposure. Killed in plane crash.

Biggest rip-off from recently debuted Cloverfiled: Ouch, portion of Statue of Liberty's broken off. It's the film's special effects highlight for which I'm rating NYC: Tornado Terror a 1. Sadly on its heels, the sucky journey in tunnels subplot. Groan inducing, present at film's coolest FX extravaganza, blonde tunnel gal in shorts--last 4 minutes of movie it's made clear to me she's niece of female protagonist. For God's sake, more than rarely, a main character expressing concern for a stranger in place of a friend or relative????

I was shocked learning in another user's comment the actress in the Cassie role had played DS9's Ezri Dax. While I had wished Ezri & Jadzia had regularly shared screen time, I don't care if Mr. & Ms. Lawrence lived or died. Dying by lightning bolt, wind, one or both, get them off my screen. This couple had wan-dumb-full chemistry; a physically attractive a waste of time.

Film collaborators picked up on comprising cast overrun by fashion models, the damaged Lady Liberty concepts, why couldn't they picked up avoiding dabbling too much in scientific explanations from Cloverfield? The screenplay's off the wall in terms of science. There are long scenes involving Cassie explaining what caused the phenomena. I wished to run in the room covering the gal's mouth yelling, "Shut up, just shut up!" Earth's weather turning to that of Jupiter! CGI slapped together: Lightning strikes and falling debris occurred simultaneously but not briefest shadow for falling rubble against walls of buildings lit as if in daylight. Lights Spheres changing only in area of size and floating from wall to wall, hovering in air. Here's the ultimate joke: Cassie encounters frozen dead. Very next, scene fleet of Totos, as in shape as their walkers, whisked off to heavenly dog house--leaving frozen leashes. Where's frozen doggy corpses?

Most fortunate those the script elected to die in this idiocy as fatal as humans & dogs standing in a tornado wind.

This movie scared me out of my mind. I haven't slept since, knowing that wind exists in my area. The thoughts of tiny tornadoes merging into one big tornado... while small children chase it around... god, this movie gives me the creeps! The sky was so green it almost made me think of London. The special effects just... blew me away.

So the special effects weren't special -- well, the lightening and St. Elmo's fire were pretty good. And why send up an F-117 Nighthawk as a cloud seeder? Why not, it's a movie. Hey, they coulda used an SR-71 Blackbird. That is the best looking aircraft ever. Could something that looks like a mini-MLRS reach 65K ft? Well, maybe. Is the science legit? Just as legit as global warming. If you think this was bad science, be sure you miss "Meteor Storm."

The acting, particularly from the principles was unexceptional, but quite reasonable for the genre. I recognized Sebastian Spence, but I absolutely missed Nicole de Boer as Dax from "Deep Space Nine." She was, once, a hottie.

Plot, well there has been a lot worse. I was a little surprised that the eminent meteorologist didn't recognize a dust devil when she saw one. Girl's gotta get out of the city more. Actually, for this kind of flick it was amazingly cliché free. I mean, nobody got stuck in the elevator (again, don't see "Meteor Storm" if you don't like disaster flick clichés -- it is rife with them). I got a little bored with the kids wandering around in the tunnel -- do they really have those on Liberty Island? But the potential boyfriend got fried. I mean, those two did not have a happy ending. How outré is that?