"Into the Storm" review highlights the strongest point of the nature disaster flick: extreme weather upheavals and the intense damage they can do. The film is reminiscent of the success of former natural disaster movies, and the creators further enhanced it by using top-of-the-line special effects, thus emphasizing the perils and chills of braving the wrath of Mother Nature.

The plot opens up in the same fashion as other natural disaster flicks. A small town bustles with the usual daily activity as peaceful unsuspecting people go about their businesses, not knowing that a very terrible disaster is about to turn their world upside down - literally and figuratively.

The Washington Post's "Into the Storm" review noted that in most movies of this type, the plot involves people caught unaware, claiming that they had not received any warning. Thus, pandemonium is expected because they will only be informed in the last minute - which is just about a few minutes before the storm makes landfall.

They also observed that everybody in the movie had his/her own camera, as majority of the action was taken using first-person video.

According to Washington Post "Into the Storm" review, the movie appealed to viewers who are drawn to nature disaster flicks similar to "Twister." It will also be entertaining for weather fanatics who are addicted to watching movies of this type. Lastly, those who want movies with great action and graphics will find this far from being a disappointment.

Variety corroborated this observation, commenting that those who get a kick out of action packed movies focusing on catastrophes will get all the action they want in this movie. However, they found it somewhat monotonous.

They likened the experience to a walk through a sophisticated version of a Science museum wind tunnel. The experience hits you hard and excites you during the first few minutes. But stretch it much longer, in the case of the movie a full 90 minutes, then the excitement wanes.