Storm Tracker (film)
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Storm Tracker a.k.a "Storm" is a 1999 American disaster/crime Thriller film directed by Andrew Hofman. It features Luke Perry
, and Robert Knott Alexandra Powers.
over the Atlantic Ocean
. While flying a plane through the hurricane, their generator
malfunctions, and they lose contact with it. While trying to fix this problem, a lightning bolt hits the plane causing all systems to fail, and the plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. Shortly after this, a group of storm trackers realize that the category 5 hurricane is heading straight for their weather station in Miami, and are forced to evacuate.
The film skips forward to present day, where meteorologist Dr. Ron Young is teaching a class of college students at the University of Miami
about hurricanes. After the class is over, he and his older brother are working on a device called "Maytag", that will enable them to control a storms direction. While Young is at his lab, Tom Holt who works for Zepher Weather Dynamics, explains to him that his company is fascinated with his "storm-moving" abilities. He gives Young a job as a storm tracker at Zepher Weather Dynamics in Hollywood, California. At the weather center, Young meets General Roberts, and scientist Dr. Platt, who explain to Young that they have created a device similar to the "Maytag", known as "the Ion Generator". Roberts explains that they plan to use the device to move storms into Mexico where it will bring much needed rainfall.
Meanwhile, Roberts is tracking Hurricane Elizabeth in the Pacific Ocean, which is heading toward Los Angeles
. A group of the storm chasers including the pilot, "Dr. Platt", fail their mission when Platt is shot and killed on the airplane by one of the other storm trackers onboard. Seeking revenge on the man who killed Platt, another storm tracker onboard the airplane ignites the trail of blood from Platt using a cigarette lighter
, which causes the plane to explode. Following the failed mission, Roberts requests that Holt, Young, and pilot major Tanya Goodman, to fly into the hurricane and redirect it toward Mexico. During this, Los Angeles is being evacuated due to the predicted landfall of Hurricane Elizabeth. After hearing about this, Andrea Mackintire, a reporter from KLAZ
, as well as several other reporters decide to go out in the storm to cover the hurricane, which is now a massive category 5 hurricane with winds over 400 mph, and they barely make it back to headquarters alive.
Back on the plane, Young attempts to send the hurricane out to sea. Holt refuses to allow this, and threatens to shoot Young, before Young throws Holt off the plane causing him to fall to his death. After this, Goodman reveals that she was on Holt's side, planning to send the hurricane back to Mexico. She threatens to shoot Young, and forces him to send the hurricane back to Mexico, however this attempt fails as the plane collides with the generator, causing the plane to explode, and killing Tanya. However Young is able to escape by parachuting back to Earth
. Young then meets up with Mackintire, where they decide to do meteorology together on KLAZ.
Luke Perry
Luke Perry is an American actor. Perry starred as Dylan McKay on the TV series Beverly Hills, 90210, a role he played from 1990–95, and then from 1998–2000. Much publicity was garnered over the fact that even though he was playing a sixteen-year-old when 90210 began, Perry was actually in his...
, and Robert Knott Alexandra Powers.
Synopsis
The film begins on August 23, 1992 with a team of storm trackers tracking Hurricane AndrewHurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season...
over the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
. While flying a plane through the hurricane, their generator
Generator
Generator may refer to:* Electrical generator* Engine-generator, an electrical generator, but with its own engine.* Generator , any of several closely related usages in mathematics.Computing:...
malfunctions, and they lose contact with it. While trying to fix this problem, a lightning bolt hits the plane causing all systems to fail, and the plane crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. Shortly after this, a group of storm trackers realize that the category 5 hurricane is heading straight for their weather station in Miami, and are forced to evacuate.
The film skips forward to present day, where meteorologist Dr. Ron Young is teaching a class of college students at the University of Miami
University of Miami
The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
about hurricanes. After the class is over, he and his older brother are working on a device called "Maytag", that will enable them to control a storms direction. While Young is at his lab, Tom Holt who works for Zepher Weather Dynamics, explains to him that his company is fascinated with his "storm-moving" abilities. He gives Young a job as a storm tracker at Zepher Weather Dynamics in Hollywood, California. At the weather center, Young meets General Roberts, and scientist Dr. Platt, who explain to Young that they have created a device similar to the "Maytag", known as "the Ion Generator". Roberts explains that they plan to use the device to move storms into Mexico where it will bring much needed rainfall.
Meanwhile, Roberts is tracking Hurricane Elizabeth in the Pacific Ocean, which is heading toward Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. A group of the storm chasers including the pilot, "Dr. Platt", fail their mission when Platt is shot and killed on the airplane by one of the other storm trackers onboard. Seeking revenge on the man who killed Platt, another storm tracker onboard the airplane ignites the trail of blood from Platt using a cigarette lighter
Lighter
A lighter is a portable device used to generate a flame. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with a flammable fluid or pressurized liquid gas, a means of ignition, and some provision for extinguishing the flame.- History :...
, which causes the plane to explode. Following the failed mission, Roberts requests that Holt, Young, and pilot major Tanya Goodman, to fly into the hurricane and redirect it toward Mexico. During this, Los Angeles is being evacuated due to the predicted landfall of Hurricane Elizabeth. After hearing about this, Andrea Mackintire, a reporter from KLAZ
KLAZ
KLAZ is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Hit Radio format. The station serves the Hot Springs, Arkansas area. The station is currently owned by Noalmark Broadcasting Corporation....
, as well as several other reporters decide to go out in the storm to cover the hurricane, which is now a massive category 5 hurricane with winds over 400 mph, and they barely make it back to headquarters alive.
Back on the plane, Young attempts to send the hurricane out to sea. Holt refuses to allow this, and threatens to shoot Young, before Young throws Holt off the plane causing him to fall to his death. After this, Goodman reveals that she was on Holt's side, planning to send the hurricane back to Mexico. She threatens to shoot Young, and forces him to send the hurricane back to Mexico, however this attempt fails as the plane collides with the generator, causing the plane to explode, and killing Tanya. However Young is able to escape by parachuting back to Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
. Young then meets up with Mackintire, where they decide to do meteorology together on KLAZ.