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Stock, low-budget disaster flick in which the poor Big Apple gets yet another pasting; this time from schools of electrical tornadoes caused by disturbances in the upper atmosphere (due, surprise, surprise, to global warming) that lead emergency crews and weathermen a merry and deadly dance.

Our heroes are Deputy Mayor James Lawrence and his meteorologist wife Cassie, played with suitable gravitas by Sebastian Spence and the lovely Nicole de Boer - definitely the prettiest Trill on Deep Space Nine - who must battle not only the elements but pinheaded bureaucrats (including Lawrence's boss) in order to test Cassie's theory for a solution to the storm gangs.

Strictly rainy day fare. My vote: 4, + 1 for the chance to see Ms. de Boer again.

The film has brief moments of attention grab like the disaster sequences, other than that you start to lose your interest in the film after those parts are done. The movie suffers from a slow pace and a plot that is dull.

NYC: Tornado Terror is terrible, I recommend you only watch the film if your expectations are low or if you're watching only for the action.

I like disaster movies. I even like the bad ones. But this - this goes beyond bad into utterly dire.

The characters are walking, talking clichés straight out of better disasters movies. Every single plot point is signposted ages before it arrives, and every situation is utterly predictable.

The writing and directing between them manage to suck all tension and excitement out of the story. The writing is obvious - and dull - and there is no build-up of tension at all. This is quite a talent. This writer has made a tornado hitting New York mind-numbingly dull. And the direction is of the 'point, shoot, move on to the next shot' variety.

As for the effects - c'mon guys, you've been doing special effects for nearly 100 years now - you can do better than this! Don't watch this. ever. It's two hours of your life you'll never get back and you'll regret it.

de Boer stars as a meteorologist who witnesses something unbelievable and (no surprise, since she's the lead) is the only one who can provide an answer as to what's going on. She can even provide a solution to the problem, but (big surprise here) the mayor thinks she's a fruitcake and there's no real threat to the city.

Usually someone like de Boer is what attracts me to a film like this, as I liked her when she co-starred in the final years of "Star Trek: DS9." But I'm a weather freak when it comes to tornadoes and I usually watch whatever film comes on and I see it in the guide. I apologize for the sarcasm as far as "no surprise...big surprise," but it seems like film writers and directors can't seem to get your attention unless it happens in a city like New York City. About the only thing that I find real is the attitude of the mayor and I found myself being reminded of the mayor of New York in "Ghostbusters." I guess that's why they need to make this sort of thing happen in NYC, as anyone in the central part of the US, who live with tornadoes every summer, realize the threat, but you need millions and millions of people in a centralized area to not take cover when something like this would happen.

There's no way I could give a movie like this anything above two stars. It ranks right up there with the movie I saw about volcanoes in the Big Apple last year!

Possibly (one of) the worst TV films ever.

A huge atmospheric problem centred over the US, as usual, has a grudge against New York and its inhabitants. Apparently global warming is here to bite Americans in the ass.

Besides the annoying TV newslady commentating throughout the movie, far harder to watch is the very crappy special fx. The acting is cringeworthy, but this isn't to say that the actors can't act. Well, they can't in this one, but I think that has more to do with the ridiculous dialogue and poor directing.

Actually, this movie has really got me bored. I may have finished watching it, but I couldn't bother to carry on writing about it. DON'T BOTHER WITH THIS ONE!!!

I genuinely thought this film was a comedy/parody! I had to look it up on IMDb to find out for sure!

This is one seriously funny film (for all the wrong reasons!) It should be shown to all would-be film makers on the first day of class so they know NOT what to do!

The script is terrible and is only made worse by what I can only describe as the kind of acting I expected when I had to endure my kid's school plays! And just when you think it can't get any worse, on comes the Weather Reporter! Never have you wanted an innocent bystander to die more!

Two 'must see' parts of the film – 1) Cassie approaches a victim and asks what happened. She (shaking and shivering) points up at the sky and 2) the part which I'm going to title 'When the dogs disappear'! I wish I could list all the examples. But I'm afraid they would take longer to read than watching the film itself.

This is the kind of film they should show to homeless people just so they know their life could be so much worse (they could have their name in the credits of this movie!)

It is fortuitous that most Canadians look like Americans , and not like say Mexicans ... and most speak almost the same language ... otherwise it would be very difficult to replicate Vancouver as New York !!

This disaster movie is a disaster in itself , and what still puzzles me is that producers keep providing capital for dumb TV movies like this one ... so there must be money in it otherwise no one would risk their cash on a film with the Statue of Liberty' arm and torch (along with spectators) flying off in a "tornado" and landing in a park !

The "New York" mayor looked concerned at the number of fans used to blow people around ... but all that was surely in the cause of artistic reality ... In the end , 2 or 3 people manage to rescue the "situation" , but no one bothered to inform G W Bush of what was going on !

Please don't watch !

Typical type of disaster movie, with some nicish effects, if a little bit green!

At one point I thought they were going to call Ghostbusters as the green ecto plasam descended on NY.

This file is let down with some poor acting specially Nicole de Boer (Dr. Cassie Lawrence) who acts like she's the most important person in the world!

Worth a watch if you have not much to do (as i did, watched it on CH5 UK) and its on TV would not go out and rent it, guess thats what you get for made for TV movies, not sure if it made the Cinema but doubt it.

So I'm usually up for watching a good action flick. But this one just kills. Literally if the acting wasn't bad enough the burning of my eyes from the crappy special effects should be a good idea how bad this movie was. I know that I am never going to get back that 3 hours of my life. The red spot when you saw it as one person commented really did remind me of something you would see on Star trek the original series. I would not be recommending this movie to anyone. Yet another Canadian movie that for some reason they can't have it happen in a Canadian city always has to be the good old USA that has to save the day give me a break. No offense meant.

Despite it looking the contrary, I don't take pride in criticising the majority of the SyFy channel's movies. Not all of them are bad actually, but even the best ones have flaws to them. While Tornado Terror is nowhere near SyFy's worst, it is down there among their many terrible movies. I have seen worse editing, but that is saying very little as it is very hackneyed here, and the lighting is dull even for a disaster movie. The special effects are also really awful, crude and very fake-looking and further suffer from heavy over-use. The script is unbearably corny, where I could have been biting my nails or admiring an intelligent line I was laughing unintentionally at the cheesiness at some of the one-liners. The story suffers from being very sluggishly paced and predictable in structure. This and how the effects are used throughout are the reasons why Tornado Terror feels so diluted on the suspense factor. The characters are irritating and not much is done to develop them, while the direction is sloppy and the acting leaves an impression that the actors had forgotten their acting lessons, if even that. On the whole, just terrible with no redeeming values. 1/10 Bethany Cox

A very predictable TV movie dealing with a disaster striking a leading US city. This time it's New York and electrically-charged super-tornadoes are to blame, leading to much destruction and chaos, albeit on a super-low B-movie budget.

It's fair to say that NYC: TORNADO TERROR offers nothing that hasn't been done before, and better. The special effects are dodgy, the characters are cardboard and the acting wooden. There isn't even a Michael Ironside or Lance Henriksen hanging around to bring a certain quality of gruff gravitas to the proceedings.

And yet, and yet, this isn't the worst I've seen. It's better than the same director's METEOR STORM, for instance. It helps that there are some unintentionally funny scenes, like when the group of survivors are menaced by a ball of lightning INSIDE a tower block. The silly special effects are easy to laugh at, as are the attempts to build a sense of overwrought menace. NYC: TORNADO TERROR is certainly a wretched production but one that provides a few laughs if you're in the right mood.

Horrible, bottom of the barrel special effects. The acting is acceptable, but the special effects are really, really bad. Actually it's embarrassing. Nice looking actress, but can't save this turd.

I caught this on Sky Movies Premiere today, it's a very wet, dull day and there was nothing else on TV so i thought i'd watch this (it got **/***** so i thought it wouldn't be too bad)

Okay, it's cheesy, the special effects are bad, and the Science in the film might be inaccurate but it tells the story in a way that people may believe. If your into big budgets, amazing special effects and big name actors, this is not for you!

It's about a series of tornado's that are set to destroy, guess where.....New York (that city has been through some rough times) and it's up to Cassie and her husband to save the day! I won't spoil the ending like i do in a lot of my reviews, i thought i'd let you (the reader) find out for yourself!

So overall, it's a decent film, nothing special but it's fun none the less.

7/10

Started watching this and thought it must of been made in the early eighties.. apparently not. These people have not really spent the money on the effects that it obviously needs. Some actors would also need advanced CGI that isn't even available this decade. It does have some elements of possibility, with additional work. Maybe this was a working print that just ran out of budget. Probably cobbled up to put it on the shelf. What shocks me most is that it is in High Definition. If somebody had the time or inclination they could post process this into a comedy!! Acting i'd say 20% of the actors pulled it off, that's not good by any standards. Don't expect too much, certainly don't expect to be amazed. TV Gravy of the granule kind.