It’s nearly 30 years since the meteorological mayhem of Jan de Bont’s Twister, and the premise for the belated sequel remains remarkably similar. The thinnest veneer of science is deployed (in this case, filling a tornado with chemical goo in order to tame it) as a justification for two hours of teeth-rattling special effects and SUVs chucked around like a furious toddler’s Tonka toys. Lee Isaac Chung directs this serviceable disaster flick, a change of pace and wind direction after the delicate, cerebral approach of his previous film, Minari.

Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Kate: a midwestern farm girl, she had a sixth sense when it comes to tornadoes, until tragedy drove her away from storm chasing. Lured back to work on a weather mapping project, she encounters Tyler (Glen Powell), the cowboy tornado wrangler and YouTube star who rides storms the way other people tackle rodeo bulls. The chemistry between them is perfectly fine, but the real fun comes from watching buildings getting peeled open like sardine cans.

• In UK and Irish cinemas