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| Never Stop Chasing | |
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| Directed by | Ken Cole |
| Produced by | Ken Cole |
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| Edited by | Matthew Willard |
| Music by | |
Production company | Angry Sky Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Abramorama (theatrical) |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $239,621 |
Never Stop Chasing is a 2026 American documentary film directed and produced by Ken Cole. It follows meteorologist and storm chaser Reed Timmer and his team as they track tornadoes across the Great Plains and Midwestern United States.[1][2] The film was released in theaters in the United States by Abramorama on August 21, 2026.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]The documentary begins during the 2013 El Reno tornado, where Reed Timmer and his crew run into downed power lines and have the hood ripped off their armored vehicle, the Dominator. After coming upon Mike Bettes and his damaged Weather Channel vehicle, they learn that tornado researcher Tim Samaras, his son Paul, and chaser Carl Young died in the same storm.
The documentary's structure alternates between modern-day chasing sequences and historic sequences to tell the story of Timmer's life. For the historic sequences, the film uses 25 years of archival footage to look back at Timmer's background in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma under professors Howard Bluestein and Joshua Wurman. It shows his survival of the 1999 Bridge Creek–Moore tornado and his years chasing storms with his college friend Joel Taylor on the Discovery Channel series Storm Chasers. The documentary also covers criticism of Timmer's methods from academic meteorologists and how the deaths of Samaras in 2013 and Taylor in 2018 affected him.
During the modern-day sequences, Timmer and his crew (Connor McCrorey, Mike Scantlin, Edgar O'Neal, and Matt Spatol) chase storms during the 2024 tornado season. The New York Times Magazine photojournalist Natalie Ivis joins them in the Dominator 3 for an intercept near Windthorst, Texas, and the team is later caught inside a wedge tornado in a ditch near Custer City, Oklahoma. After the Dominator 3 breaks down in Kansas, the crew rents a regular SUV to chase the May 2024 Greenfield, Iowa tornado, where they use a drone to film wind turbines collapsing and then go into Greenfield to help with search and rescue.
Production
[edit]Ken Cole met Timmer when both were undergraduate meteorology students at the University of Oklahoma.[4][2] After earning his bachelor's degree in meteorology, Cole studied documentary filmmaking in graduate school and made Tornado Glory (2003) about Timmer as his master's thesis, which aired on PBS.[4] Cole later worked with Timmer on the 2013 series Tornado Chasers.[2][5] Timmer was also an inspiration for Glen Powell's character in the 2024 movie Twisters.[1][2]
Cole produced the film through Angry Sky Entertainment with co-producer Kam Stocks. Brent Meeske and Walter Mather were the directors of photography.[4] The crew filmed with a 22-camera setup, including Sony FX6 and FX3 cameras, mounted car cameras, and drones.[4][2] During the May 21, 2024 chase near Greenfield, Iowa, the crew's drone filmed the tornado from the air and at ground level while Joshua Wurman's Doppler on Wheels radar trucks scanned the storm from a distance. This allowed researchers to compare radar wind measurements from above the ground with the video of winds at the surface.[5]
Matthew Willard edited the film, and post-production was done at NBCUniversal StudioPost in Universal City, California.[4] It was graded in Dolby Vision and mixed in Dolby Atmos by supervising sound editor Brent Findley and re-recording mixers Keith Rogers and Steve Bucino.[4] Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson wrote the orchestral score, which was recorded with the Budapest Scoring Orchestra and released by Sony Music Masterworks and Milan Records on August 21, 2026.[3]
Release
[edit]Never Stop Chasing opened in United States theaters on August 21, 2026, distributed by Abramorama on 126 screens, including AMC Theatres and Dolby Cinema locations.[3][2][6] It made $205,832 in its first week and has grossed $239,621 domestically.[6]
Reception
[edit]In The New York Times, Alissa Wilkinson wrote that the first half works as a profile of Timmer and his crew while the second half puts viewers inside the chases and captures the "strange, terrifying beauty" of the storms.[1] She added that "the most beautiful part of the movie doesn't really have to do with storms at all. It's watching a crew of men who grew up together doing something crazy, obviously enjoying being together and caring for one another, waiting for the next storm to develop."[1]
Richard Roeper of NBC Chicago called the movie "a pulse-pounding, immersive experience." He also praised the 22-camera setup and the score by Birenberg and Robinson, writing, "The music goes all the way to 11—as does Reed Timmer."[3] In Third Coast Review, Steve Prokopy wrote that the Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos presentation was "a wholly immersive experience that will likely shake your seat and hopefully make your ears ring a little." Prokopy also highlighted the contrast between the storm chases and the search-and-rescue aftermath in Greenfield.[5]
Peter Martin of Dallas Film Now called the film "mesmerizing yet terrifying".[7] Laron Chapman of the Oklahoma Gazette called it "action-packed, sobering and moving," and wrote that "the jaw-dropping visuals are wondrous, but the humanity at the eye of the storm is what makes this a force of nature."[8]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Wilkinson, Alissa (August 21, 2026). "'Never Stop Chasing' Review: In Their World, Tornadoes Strengthen the Bonds of Friendship". The New York Times.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 McDonnell, Brandy (August 20, 2026). "Reed Timmer documentary 'Never Stop Chasing' debuts in Oklahoma, puts viewers 'inside' tornadoes". The Oklahoman.
- 1 2 3 4 Roeper, Richard (August 21, 2026). "One of the most memorable movies of 2026: What to watch and stream this week". NBC Chicago.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Schaefer, Stephen (August 18, 2026). "'Never Stop Chasing' gets up close and personal with tornadoes". Boston Herald.
- 1 2 3 Prokopy, Steve (August 21, 2026). "Review: A Veteran Storm Chaser Shares Stories, Challenges and Reflections in Documentary 'Never Stop Chasing'". Third Coast Review.
- 1 2 "Never Stop Chasing (2026)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
- ↑ Martin, Peter A. (August 17, 2026). "'Never Stop Chasing' Review: Mesmerizing Yet Terrifying". Dallas Film Now.
- ↑ Chapman, Laron (September 1, 2026). "Screen Time: Oklahoma-made films and filmmakers storm the multiplex". Oklahoma Gazette.
External links
[edit]Category:2026 films Category:2026 documentary films Category:American documentary films Category:2020s English-language films Category:Films about tornadoes Category:Meteorology in popular culture
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