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as ''Fire Twister - Feuerhölle L.A.'') is a 2015 American Canadian

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film directed by George Erschbamer. The film received poor ratings due to poor production quality.

Plot

As part of an eco-group, Scott, an ex-

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, Carla, a climate specialist, Barbie, and Jason go to hang up an anti-oil banner on a large storage tank on top of a hill inside a Synco compound. They find a

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on the tank, planted by the

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(CIA), and run away as it explodes. The explosion creates a

fire twister ''Fire Twister'' (also known in Germany as ''Fire Twister - Feuerhölle L.A.'') is a 2015 American Canadian low-budget action-adventure-disaster-sci-fi film directed by George Erschbamer. The film received poor ratings due to poor production quali ...

which passes down to the town below causing a vast amount of destruction. Two CIA agents start shooting at Scott and his companions; they run and hide behind some trees. They find Anthony, a chief engineer at Synco, who confesses they have been making a new

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(MT-11), which was stored in the tank that exploded. He says this fuel burns for a long time and that the twister will keep getting bigger. Scott's group and Anthony follow the twister in their car into town. They find it coming at them and jump out of the car as it is swept into the twister. It destroys a house and continues through town. The group is unhurt, but many other people have been injured. Scott rescues a woman from a tree; she then lets them borrow her car. The CIA agents re-appear, shooting at them as they drive off. Anthony surmises the twister is attracted to heat. Scott phones a colleague from the fire service and gives him the information on the twister. Mr. Garber, the Synco CEO, is interviewed by the press and blames the twister on Scott and Carla. A Synco employee speaks out on the news saying the MT-11 fuel was only moved a couple of days ago, and that this tank wasn't rated to safely hold it. Garber speaks to V, one of the CIA agents, on the phone, instructing her to kill Scott. The twister hits

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destroying many buildings and incinerating people. Scott follows the twister into the city. They see a car accident and get out to help, but it turns out to be a trap set by the CIA who take the group as hostages. Jason admits that the CEO of Synco paid him to get Scott to put the anti-oil banner on the tank so they could all be framed for the explosion. Jason grabs a gun off one of the agents and buys time for the others to escape; he is then killed by the agents. Anthony and Scott realize that Garber may have been placed at Synco by a rival company to sabotage the business. Anthony hooks up some fuel canisters to the top of a car, and drives toward the twister, planning to destroy it. He sets off an explosion at the base of the twister, killing himself and making it bigger. Scott realizes that a large explosion would destroy the twister, so he works out a plan to attract it into an open area and set off a large explosion using C4 and a fire engine full of fuel. They turn the

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s into

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s, creating heat to attract the twister. A reporter sneaks into the Synco compound and sees the staff clearing everything out. She learns that Garber is behind the explosion and creation of the fire twister, and that he has been paid a lot of money to do it. Garber finds her in his office and kills her with a golf club. Scott drives the

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toward the twister; Carla and Barbie use the flamethrowers to attract it. They lure the twister to the Synco compound; the CIA agents defend it and shoot at Scott, but he drives straight past them, and the agents are killed by the twister. Garber gets a helicopter to escape, however it's sucked into the twister before it can pick him up. Scott sets up the C4 and jumps out of the fire engine, and it explodes at the base of the twister, destroying it. An

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flies out of the explosion, killing Garber.

Cast

Casper Van Dien Casper Robert Van Dien Jr. (born December 18, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for his lead role as Johnny Rico in the 1997 science-fiction action film ''Starship Troopers''. He has also appeared in a large number of television and ...

as Scott, Ex-Firefighter * Lisa Ciara as Carla, Climate Scientist * Johnny Hawkes as Jason, Member of The Eco Group * Leah Bateman as Barbie, Member of The Eco Group * Jon Mack as CIA Agent "V" * Jeff Clarke as Anthony, Chief Engineer At Synco *

Joe Regalbuto Joe Regalbuto (born August 24, 1949) is an American actor and director. He is known for his role as Frank Fontana on the CBS television sitcom ''Murphy Brown'', which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1989. Early life Regalbuto grad ...

as Mitch Garber, CEO At Synco

Reception

Letterboxd and The Movie Scene both gave the film a rating of 1/5. Radio Times gave the film a rating of 2/5.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3350436 2015 science fiction action films 2010s disaster films American disaster films American science fiction action films Canadian disaster films Canadian science fiction action films CineTel Films films English-language Canadian films Films about fires Films about the Central Intelligence Agency Films about tornadoes Films set in Los Angeles Films set in Los Angeles County, California Films shot in Canada Films shot in Los Angeles 2010s English-language films 2010s American films 2010s Canadian films