Twister blows onto 4K disc in a wild presentation

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Just in time to cash in on this summer's sequel (or at least soften us up for its arrival), Warner Bros. has unleashed a really nice 4K version of the 1990's disaster film about storm chasers who appear to get chased as much by the storms as they do chase them.

It's a kind of classic disaster film, the type one might expect from Irwin Allen, except that this one comes from such more modern names as Steven Spielberg and Michael Crichton – folks who had already given us Jurassic Park a few years earlier.

As I said in my review of the Blu-ray when it came out: "If you open a dictionary, looking for the definition of "summer popcorn movie", chances are you'll find Twister there right next to Independence Day."

Looking back now, I might add such titles as "The Towering Inferno", "Earthquake" or "The Poseidon Adventure", classic disaster movies that probably kept Orville Redenbacher in business.

As with the others, Twister is another special effects extravaganza, one that eschews such trivialities as a logical screenplay and believable characterizations – despite coming partly from the word processor of the great Michael Crichton – instead embracing eye candy and a fantastic surround sound soundtrack.