Most inexplicable, yet potent, are the shots that look down on the devastation from on high, implicitly reducing the entire cast to extras in a movie directed by God.

Unfortunately, long before the storm has blown itself out, the plot has long since come apart.

What we've got here is somewhere between Twister and one of those storm-chaser reality shows, except Jan de Bont made Twister.

It can't be denied that while laughing at you may be worse than laughing with you, it's still better than not laughing at all.