Why This 2023 Twister Ripoff Is Taking Streaming By Storm

The 1996 disaster film Twister was hugely successful upon its release, and the similarities of a 2023 movie are prompting viewers to call it a ripoff of the ’90s classic. Set in Oklahoma in the early 1970s, Twister follows storm chasers Bill (Bill Paxton) and Jo Harding (Helen Hunt) as they put themselves in the dangerous path of tornadoes with the goal of building an advanced weather system. The film doesn’t hold back when it comes to the devastating effects of natural disasters, opening with the death of Jo’s father and the destruction of her home after a tornado hits her family’s farm.