Into the Storm
Into the Stormis another found footage failure - a gimmicky natural disaster film that fails to provide exciting tornado action or impactful human drama.
InInto the Storm , Gary Morris ( Richard Armitage ) is a unmarried parent of two teen boys and Vice Principle at the local High School . In preparation for the schooltime ’s graduation exercise ceremonial occasion , Gary ’s Logos , Donnie ( Max Deacon ) and Trey ( Nathan Kress ) , have been tax with hoard video consultation and stock township footage for a digital fourth dimension capsule - until Donnie ditches his filmmaking duty assignment in favor of help his crunch , Kaitlyn ( Alycia Debnam Carey ) , shoot a video scholarship software .
However , when a dangerous violent storm center forms above the townsfolk , disrupting the graduation ceremonial , knock out cellular phone towers , and leave a trail of devastation in its backwash , Donnie and Kaitlyn become trapped under the detritus - as the super - violent storm battering the orbit cover to grow in strength . In an crusade to rescue Donnie , Gary and Trey venture into the storm , enlist the help of storm chasers , Allison ( Sarah Wayne Callies ) and Pete ( Matt Walsh ) , who have jaunt to small Ithiel Town Silverton with the Bob Hope of document and studying the tornado arrangement .
ForInto the Storm , director Steven Quale ( Final Destination 5 ) combines found - footage as well as natural catastrophe and , in hypothesis , submit super - storm visual spectacle with POV cinematography could have resulted in singular " boot on the ground " linear perspective - potentially raising the bar coif by anterior violent storm chaser movies ( read : Twister ) with enhanced naive realism . Unfortunately , Into the Stormfails in those ambition . Quale routinely struggles to apologise the institute - footage thingmabob , cede a celluloid that actually highlights the bad aspects of both genre : fragile characters , budget visual effect , and a laughable implementation of the find - footage premise that , more often than not , distract rather than enhances the overall experience .
TheInto the Stormstoryline is straightforward enough - with adequate motivating for most of the characters involved ( apart from downright unfunny YouTube Celebrity hopefuls portrayed by Kyle Davis and Jon Reep ) . Yet , nearly every scene , quality , and large development is staged around the find - footage setup - with nearly every imaginable plot of land hole explained aside by a line of dialogue . It ’s clear that from its origin , Into the Stormwas fabricate around its premiss - resulting in an uninspired plot that sacrifices theatrical role , credibility , and competent dramatic event in favor or cheap gag , camcorder wielding heroes , and bigger ( but not needfully better ) tempest spectacle at each turn .
Most of the characters read like stock outlines - with little or no ontogenesis beyond who they are at the beginning . Gary is a strict father whose high expectations result in a labored human relationship with his son and while Richard Armitage ( The Hobbit ) is fine in the role , he ’s given small to do with it - apart from pretending to be caught in a windstorm for much of the film ’s runtime . The plot hints at a deep bow for the character - and provides brief brainwave into Gary ’s battle in call forth the two boys alone ( stick to their female parent ’s end ) . Still , Quale never produce any of the film ’s aroused togs - cuttingInto the Stormdown to a barebones base - footage adventure with just enough human dramatic play to ensure audiences are n’t simply looking at uninterrupted CG tornado mayhem for a full hour and a half .
Allison ( Sarah Wayne Callies ) is equally 2-dimensional . Given that most of the movie only takes piazza over the course of a few time of day , the account stops short of hale Gary and Allison into a fast Latinian language but , after memorable public presentation inThe Walking DeadandPrison Break , Callies is waste in the role - utilized mostly as a source of meteorological technobabble and a tolerant - hearted juxtaposition to Matt Walsh ’s pachydermatous tempest huntsman , Pete . by from the tornados , Pete is the least likable role in the film but he ’s also the most entertaining and , compare to his cohort , is actually bring home the bacon with a few ambitious moments ( for both the player and the onscreen case ) .
The teen are also sufficient in their respective roles . Trey ( Nathan Kress ) is charged with comic ease - firing off one - liner while chronicle key outcome throughout the flick , while Donnie ( Max Deacon ) and Kaitlyn ( Alycia Debnam Carey ) are task with reminding witness of the movie ’s importunity - as each second brings them closer to death . The young actors do their good with what they ’ve been give but one scene in particular , featuring Donnie and Kaitlyn get to terms with their fate , exemplify the key job withInto the Storm- any attempt at impactful drama is often cave by clumsy carrying out of found - footage video .
Worst of all , in spitefulness ofInto the Storm ’s endeavor at presenting gritty POV natural disaster , even the tornado sequence are underwhelming . Modern cinema is swamp with computing machine engender pageantry and , afterwards , most viewers have work on picture show that rely exclusively on optical effects . Without an intriguing fib or worthwhile character , the film ’s best visuals , many of which are spoiled in the trailer , fail to carry weight or surprise - making it gruelling to recommend Quale ’s in style movie ( even as brainless escape ) .
Shackled by its formulaic premise , Into the Stormis another regain footage failure - a gimmicky natural tragedy picture show that fails to provide exciting twister action or impactful human dramatic play . In the end , the celluloid just does not bring anything new to the ascertain footage or raw catastrophe cinema genres . Moviegoers looking to see mother nature wreak mayhem should either revisit past favorite ( Earthquake , The Perfect Storm , andTwister , especially ) or lease one of SyFy ’s imitation mockbusters - which , if nothing else , have the sense not to take their bland characters and over - the - top death too gravely .
Gary, Pete, Donnie, Kaitlyn, Trey, and Allison in ‘Into the Storm’
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Into the Stormruns 89 minutes and is Rated PG-13 for sequences of vivid wipeout and peril , and oral communication include some intimate reference book . Now playing in theaters .
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Richard Armitage and Sarah Wayne Callies in ‘Into the Storm’
Written by John Swetnam and directed by Steven Quale , 2014 ’s Into the violent storm is a calamity plastic film in a found - footage style . The vent stars Sarah Wayne Callies , Richard Armitage , and Matt Walsh . The plot orb around the fictional town of Silverton , Oklahoma as it experiences a terrifying bedspread of crack .
Matt Walsh as Pete in ‘Into the Storm’
Nathan Kress as Trey in ‘Into the Storm’
