4 Film Favorites: Survival Collection

Brace yourself for this 2-disc "Survival Collection" that offers up hours of roller-coaster thrills. Director Jan de Bont's special effects extravaganza "Twister" (1996) stars Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt as go-for-broke tornado chasers. George Clooney leads an all-star cast including Mark Wahlberg and Diane Lane in "The Perfect Storm" (2000), based on the true story of a fishing boat in peril, one of three films in this set directed by Wolfgang Petersen. He also helms "Poseidon" (2006), a remake of "The Poseidon Adventure" (1972), which stars Kurt Russell, Josh Lucas and Richard Dreyfuss as passengers on a capsized cruise ship. Petersen directs the virus thriller "Outbreak" (1995), which follows Dustin Hoffman as he tries to contain a deadly epidemic withthe help of Rene Russo and Kevin Spacey.