Rent Tornado (2025)
2.9 of 5 from 118 ratings
1h 28min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Set in the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain, Tornado (Kôki), finds herself caught in a perilous situation when she and her father's (Takehiro Hira)'s traveling puppet samurai show crosses paths with a gang of ruthless criminals led by Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Jack Lowden). Sugarman (Tim Roth) and his ambitious son Little Sugar (Hack Lowden). What follows is a tense, high-stakes pursuit as Tornado battles to outwit her enemies and escape with her life.
- Actors:
- Kôki, Nathan Malone, Tim Roth, Rory McCann, Dennis Okwera, Jamie Michie, Douglas Russell, Ian Hanmore, Sam Hayman, Jack Morris, Bryan Michael Mills, Jack Lowden, Kerry Lynn Hamilton, Alex MacQueen, Nina Barnett, Raphaël Thiéry, Takehiro Hira, Joanne Whalley, Clive Kneller
- Directors:
- John Maclean
- Producers:
- Leonora Darby, James Harris, Mark Lane
- Writers:
- John Maclean, Kate Leys
- Studio:
- Lionsgate Films
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Thrillers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/08/2025
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Making of 'Tornado' Super 8 Film
- The Beta Band
- Trouble (Official Music Video)
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/08/2025
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Making of 'Tornado' Super 8 Film
- The Beta Band
- Trouble (Official Music Video)
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Reviews (4) of Tornado
Highland Haikus - Tornado review by griggs
Tornado is a strange, striking film—its blend of Western and samurai visual language playing out against the bleak beauty of the Scottish Highlands. The story of a Japanese father and daughter crossing paths with Tim Roth’s gang carries real weight, even if the film keeps its backstory deliberately cryptic. The moody cinematography and evocative score do most of the heavy lifting, creating a rich, brooding atmosphere. Roth, near-mute, stalks the film like a man long resigned to his fate. It’s slow, yes—but intentionally so. An unusual film that lingers in the mind, even if it doesn’t quite satisfy.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Strange, Entertaining Revenge Story - Tornado review by GI
This is a weird revenge drama set in 1790 Scotland although it might as well be a post apocalyptic future world as we only ever see a wilderness and odds and sods of humanity who seem to emerge out of the windswept landscape from nowhere. It's also the Scottish Samurai film we've all been waiting for! It's downbeat, pessimistic and rather strange but quite compelling too. Tornado (Kôki) is a young Japanese girl and part of a traveling circus with her father (Takehiro Hira). They perform a puppet show and put on displays of samurai swordsmanship. But they cross paths with a motley gang of murderous thieves led by Sugarman (Tim Roth). When the gang's stolen loot is taken by a young boy they go after him and Tornado gets involved and is relentlessly pursued by them too until she decides it's time to turn and fight. Jack Lowden plays Sugarman's son (or perhaps he's not!), who is on his own agenda regarding the loot and Joanne Whalley has a cameo as the leader of the circus. There's a timeline shuffle that is unsettling when it happens and the gang don't have horses but just keep walking after their prey in a very menacing way. A perplexing drama almost like a western that rivals the director and writer, John Maclean, has a unique cinematic vision.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
A real drag - Tornado review by Alphaville
Such a disappointment from the director of Slow West. It fails on all fronts, even the pointless title. The plot is minimal, the acting woefully wooden, the Scottish landscape drab, the meagre action boring. The introduction of a samurai puppet show feels like desperation. The pace is slowed even further by the static camera. Even with a run time of under 90 minutes it still seems far too long.
0 out of 2 members found this review helpful.