This week we review and discuss Tornado, a period action drama movie directed by John Maclean and starring Tim Roth, Kōki and Takehiro Hira, in which Japanese puppeteers travelling the Scottish highlands encounter a gang of thieves.
We discuss how the movie caught our attention with its unique premise of a samurai revenge story set in the Scottish Highlands, why the movie fell flat in story and character, what it would have taken to fix the story, whether this movie is jidaigeki or if that is giving it too much credit, and we discuss how important premise and execution are when evaluating a movie.
Check out the video version here:
https://youtu.be/IgGscMXtHaA
0:00 Intro
0:18 Movie Recommendations
05:15 Summary and Non-Spoiler Impressions
12:41 Spoiler Discussion
50:17 Conclusion and Ratings
