Tom Cruise’s Top Gun: Maverick is one of the best movies to have been released recently and watching it in theatres was one hell of an experience. Both adrenaline and emotions were at an all-time high and we were on the edge of our seats for half the film. Remember when Maverick and Goose died but Glen Powell’s Hangman swooped in to save the day? We all collectively released a breath we didn’t know we were holding in. Basically, the film was a 10/10 experience.
After Maverick, Glen Powell seems to have become Hollywood’s favorite as his career is soaring through the skies. He will soon be seen in Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters which is releasing in just a few days. While the trailer was quite good, fans initially believed the disaster film would be nothing extraordinary. However, they may need to reconsider their stance, as Twisters has now been compared to Maverick.
Glen Powell’s ‘Twisters’ is on a Roll
Twisters currently has a rating of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes out of 21 reviews, which is significantly higher than the OG Twister’s 63%, at least for now. While fans initially did not have much hope for the film and thought that it would just be another disaster film added to the many already out there, critics’ reviews have left them stunned.
Just a few days before the film’s release, praise has been pouring in left and right for the Daisy Edgar-Jones and Glen Powell-starrer. From the action to the storyline to the actors’ performances, critics cannot stop raving about it all.
The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey gave Twisters four out of five stars and wrote that the film would’ve had 2024’s “sequence if Furiosa hadn’t decided to crawl under an oil tanker two months ago.” Second-best is pretty great too, right? She stated that the film has “compassionate, rational heroes,” before adding that the “force rattles right through your bones.”
Empire Magazine and Total Film both gave it four out of five stars as well. While the former stated that the film “more than delivers on action,” the latter wrote that Twisters is an improvement from its predecessor. In the words of Total Film’s Jamie Graham,
Twisters outstrips Jan de Bont’s original blustery blockbuster for scale, while keeping things shudderingly immersive. You’ll emerge bruised and buffeted, and likely hoping it’s not another 28 years until we twist again.
Collider gave it a score of 8/10 calling it a “satisfying follow-up to the original” and praising the actors for their “charismatic performances.”
However, the best review seems to have come from The Telegraph who gave the film 5/5 stars and compared it to Tom Cruise’s 2022 blockbuster, Top Gun: Maverick, a film that made $1.46 billion at the box office. Film critic Robbie Collin wrote that Twisters is “the best cinematic experience since Top Gun: Maverick” and has “one of the most inspired action scenes you’ve seen in years.”
Well, since Maverick’s director Joseph Kosinski was the one responsible for the story of Twisters, we aren’t too surprised here.
Fans Are Pleasantly Surprised with the Outcome
After learning that the upcoming film was voted so highly by critics everywhere, fans were taken aback as many of them initially believed that the reviews would be mediocre at best. Fans also praised Powell for being on fire lately with one great performance after the next.
Take a look at what fans had to say about the film’s early reviews:
Who the fuck saw this coming? It’s actually GOOD??? 😭 I’m shocked. I thought the reviews would be mid.
— RJ (@ResonantJustice) July 10, 2024
"Described as “the best cinematic experience since 'Top Gun Maverick'"
Hmm, what do that movie and Twisters have in common? pic.twitter.com/u2Eh33kXFJ
— AdamInHTownTX (Not a Neurologist) (@AdamInHTownTX) July 10, 2024
Nice, should be a good night out at the movies 🍿 🌪️
— DB ⓣ ⓔⓛⓒⓞⓘⓝ (@DWB124) July 10, 2024
Twisters definitely gonna overperform at the Box Office next week like Top Gun: Maverick! This is great for Glen Powell after Anyone But You! This is great for Daisy Edgar-Jones after Where The Crawdads Sing! This is great for Anthony Ramos after Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts! pic.twitter.com/qllILxDrMM
— Josh❤️ The Acolyte & Superman #BlackLivesMatter (@supermangeek101) July 10, 2024
Cannot be overstated how thrilled I am to read the words "best cinematic experience since Top Gun Maverick"
— MegsandBacon (@MegsterGster) July 10, 2024
I had a feeling this was a good movie. Glen Powell has been on fire
— Salvador Estrada (@STrada0014) July 10, 2024
Well, in just a few days, fans will get to see for themselves if the film was actually worth such incredible reviews or not. Also, now that such hype has been created, especially by comparing it to Maverick, we cannot help but wonder what it means for Twisters’ box-office collection.
Twisters will be out in theatres on July 19, 2024. Meanwhile, stream Top Gun: Maverick on Paramount+.
