Just like how the samurai and western genres created a perpetual cycle of influence, John Maclean's research into samurai movies inevitably led him to westerns, which led him back to samurai films ...

Tornado is many things: a British period drama, a western, a samurai film, a coming-of-age story and an origin story. Set in the windswept moorland o. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

The western and the samurai film are not as popular as they once were, especially in the 1960s and 70s. But their characteristics are still hugely influential, as Tornado demonstrates.

John Maclean’s revenge thriller Tornado showcases for Scotland’s beautiful landscape, but the film has little to say.

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And having proved he could make a western, he wanted to see if he could transplant the genre to 18th Century Britain. "1790s Britain felt like 1860s America," he says. "It was wild and lawless ...

Tornado is many things: a British period drama, a western, a samurai film, a coming-of-age story and an origin story. Set in the windswept moorland of Britain in 1790, the film offers a lawless ...