Into the Storm (2014) on Netflix
A storm-chasing crew drives toward Silverton, Oklahoma, to film a line of storms. Vice-principal Gary Fuller's son Donnie, filming the graduation ceremony, leaves to help Kaitlyn with a project.
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- Rotten Tomatoes21%
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Plot summary
In Silverton, Oklahoma, the high school holds its graduation ceremony, and vice-principal Gary Fuller's sons Donnie and Trey are the ones filming it. Donnie, who has a crush on Kaitlyn, goes with her to an abandoned paper mill to help with a project. Veteran storm chaser Pete has spent the year trying without success to intercept and film a tornado. When a major line of storms develops, he and his crew, including meteorologist Allison Stone, head for Silverton hoping to record one. The storm cell they were following fades, then suddenly builds, and hail and a tornado come down on the town. Students take cover inside the school.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Into the Storm (2014)
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- New Line green-lit the project in April 2012 as an untitled film about an EF6 tornado, gave it the title Black Sky that August while it was filming in Detroit, and only retitled it Into the Storm in September 2013.
- New Line Cinema bought the found footage natural disaster spec script written by John Swetnam in October 2011, with Todd Garner producing through his Broken Road Productions company; Garner came up with the idea for the script.
- The film grossed $161.5 million against a $50 million budget, more than three times its cost, and received mixed reviews: praised for its special effects but criticized for its scriptwriting and casting.
