During this long, hot, languishing summer, I have come to believe in one thing and one thing only: seeing Twisters in 4DX. The Oklahoma-set film, directed by Lee Isaac Chung, is about a 7/10 movie in 2D... But in the immersive theatrical format known as 4DX, in which viewers are buffeted with literal wind and rain, Twisters becomes an unmissable 10/10 experience.
In 4DX, you feel every bump and jolt of a truck in an F5 gale, thanks to moving seats that, among other things, punch you in the back and tickle your ankles. When the characters clung to bolted theater seats during a final climactic storm, I too clung to my armrest, lest I get rattled off my wind-ripped chair.
Though 4DX has existed in the US for a decade, Twisters marked a high point for the format, which is enjoying a breakout summer. The film broke a domestic box office record for 4DX with $2.3m from 62 US auditoriums during opening weekend.
A week later, Deadpool & Wolverine surpassed Twisters' record with $2.8m, giving 4DX its two most successful weekends to date back to back. 4DX, the second most popular of so-called premium large format viewing options to Imax, accounts...
In 4DX, you do not just, in the words of Powell's Tyler Owens, ride the storm. You are the storm.
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