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Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004 · 175 min

A sprawling, earnest disaster spectacle that juggles many lives while the weather closes in, more comforting than terrifying.

Directed by: Dick Lowry
Genres: Action, Thriller, Tv movie
Starring: Nancy McKeon, Thomas Gibson, Chandra West

Overview: Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.

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Directed by: Dick Lowry
Genres: Action, Thriller, Tv movie
Starring: Nancy McKeon, Thomas Gibson, Chandra West

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
power
fate
work
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: action, thriller, tv movie
Directed by: Dick Lowry
Written by: Matt Dorff
Starring: Nancy McKeon, Thomas Gibson, Chandra West, Randy Quaid, Dianne Wiest, Brian Dennehy, Brian Markinson, Nancy Anne Sakovich
Cinematography: Neil Roach
Runtime: 175 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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