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A young woman stands in a forest holding a samurai sword.

Ciné Sunday: Tornado

Duration: 1h31m
Dates: Sun 15 Jun 2025 11:00

Directed by John Maclean (Slow West) and starring Tim Roth, Jack Lowden, and Kōki, Tornado is a period survival thrillerwhich follows a young woman who faces off against a gang of ruthless criminals.

1790s: In Britain with her father’s travelling samurai puppet show, determined Tornado (Kōki) steals gold from a local gang in hopes of funding a new life for her family. But she hasn’t banked on the vicious revenge of gang leader Sugarman (Roth) and his son, Little Sugar (Lowden). What follows is a thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled race against time, as Tornado desperately tries to avoid a violent demise, deploying her father’s training to leave a bloody trail of devastation in her wake.

Both reinventing and paying homage to classic samurai films, with Robbie Ryan (Bird) overseeing cinematography of an imagined rugged historic BritainTornadopromises to be an unforgettable and exhilarating tour-de-force.

In a marsh, a man holds a knife to a young woman's throat.
Tornado
A band of men in late 18th century dress march through a forest.
Tornado
A girl and a man, dressed in Japanese period clothes, stand in a forest.
Tornado
A young woman stands in a forest holding a samurai sword.
Tornado

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