Storm in the Heartland

2009

Drama / Thriller

3
IMDb Rating 4.4/10 10 640 640

farm tornado widower disaster movie

Director

Andrew C. Erin Photo
Andrew C. Erin

Top cast

Meredith Monroe Photo
Meredith Monroe as Liz McAdams
Christine Chatelain Photo
Christine Chatelain as Helen
Pascale Hutton Photo
Pascale Hutton as Ellie Wilson
Eileen Pedde Photo
Eileen Pedde as Colleen
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809.23 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 1
1.47 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Uriah43 5 / 10

Relies Upon Inter-Personal Drama

As children "Liz McAdams" (Meredith Monroe) and "Ellie Wilson" (Pascale Hutton) are playing outside when a tornado appears. Racing back to their house Ellie watches as her mother is swept up into the cyclone and suffers from guilt and trauma from then on. Many years later Liz has become a meteorologist who has recently separated from her husband "Matt McAdams" (Cameron Bancroft) partly because of the traumatic experience she also lives with since that day. Anyway, as luck would have it, Matt has been working on a project to help predict bad weather systems and because of this he just happens to be in the same area as Liz when another extremely bad storm system appears with the capability of reproducing the same deadly results. Now rather than reveal any more of this film and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I would just like to say that this made-for-television picture uses the same standard recipe as several other movies of this particular genre. That said if anyone is expecting something different or more exciting than previous films of this type then they will probably end up being a bit disappointed. Additionally, there isn't much action and the graphics could have used some improvement as well. To make up for these weaknesses the plot relies upon inter-personal drama and in that regard it managed to maintain my interest for the most part. Of course, others may or may not agree with my assessment and that is perfectly okay. In any case, while it certainly wasn't a great film by any means, I didn't think it was necessarily that bad either and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Reviewed by dbborroughs 4 / 10

Weak effects sink the film

Reviewed by innocuous 3 / 10

Wow! This is pretty sad.

I can't say that this film is actually "awful." It's just not very good. There's not as much action as you might expect and the CGI tornadoes are pretty weak. (Everybody stands around in bright sunlight and a little wind comes up. The next thing you know, a tornado funnel that appears to be about 20' across just drops down into the meadow and pulls somebody away...very slowly. There's no sense of collateral damage, ferocious winds, or even darkened skies. No rain, hail, or flying debris. It's sort of a four-year-old's conception of a tornado.)This would be bad enough, but the "family story" side of it is also pretty maudlin. I don't know who originally broadcast this, but I'm guessing it was the Hallmark Channel. Absolutely no bite to it.Definitely not worth your time.
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