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Tornado
2025 91 min United Kingdom, United States of America R 18+
★6.0
Drama, Action, Western
Director: John Maclean
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Description
When her father's puppet samurai show gets ambushed by a notorious gang, Tornado vows to seek vengeance and forge her own destiny by stealing their ill-gotten gold.
US Gross:
$213,795
Worldwide:
$213,499
Starring
Kôki
Actor
Nathan Malone
Actor
Tim Roth
Actor
Awards
2 nominations total
Key opinion
Tornado (2025) is a polarizing genre-bender that attempts to fuse samurai tropes with a Western setting in 18th-century Britain. While the film is lauded for its visual atmosphere and ambitious stylistic flourishes, critics are divided over whether its thin character work and episodic structure undermine its promising premise.
| Production | The production design and costume work create a convincing, atmospheric world that effectively grounds the film's unique aesthetic. | |
| Acting | Tim Roth delivers a ferocious and commanding performance that serves as a highlight among the cast. | |
| Direction | The film's ambition and unique stylistic choices regarding direction are praised by some as sharp and compelling, while others view them as meandering and thin. | |
| Pacing | The pacing is viewed as both sharp and rhythmic by fans of the tone, while detractors find it exhausting and overly episodic. | |
| Screenplay | The screenplay is criticized for being flimsy and lacking in emotional depth, failing to provide enough stakes for the central characters. |