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Tornado

Name: Tornado
Director: John Maclean
Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama
Released: 2025
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Cast: Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, Koki, Rory McCann, Takehiro Hira

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2025
John Maclean
90 mins
15

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A Japanese puppeteer's daughter gets caught up with criminals when their show crosses paths with a crime gang. Period action thriller, starring Jack Lowden, Tim Roth and Joanne Whalley

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Sean McGeady

Scottish film-maker John Maclean's debut feature, 2015's Slow West, was an explosively violent revisionist western, and his sophomore outing - a coming-of-age parable set over a single eventful day - boasts a similar tempo and tone. Set in the British Isles in the 1790s, the film follows impetuous 16-year-old Tornado (Koki) and her samurai father Fujin (Takehiro Hira), who are nomads scraping a living performing a puppet show from a wagon that is their home and stage. When Tornado capitalises on an opportunity to secure their future, she sets in motion a devastating chain of events that sees her hunted by a gang of bandits led by the merciless Sugarman (Tim Roth). A western that draws inspiration from Japanese samurai cinema, Tornado depicts a world of outsiders living on the fringes of civilisation. It's light on dialogue, and the circuitous plot takes too many unsatisfying turns that can make for a frustrating watch. However, it's a pleasure to have Maclean behind the camera again, and this unusual and grisly tale represents a brand of cinema we could do with seeing more of.

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