Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Naomi Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Breanne Hill, Joe Manganiello, Will Yun Lee | Written by Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal, Adam Sztykiel | Directed by Brad Peyton
Dwayne Johnson re-teams with San Andreas director Brad Peyton for this hugely entertaining creature feature, based on the fondly remembered 1986 video game. It’s big dumb fun of the highest order and you know what? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Rampage begins in space, where a secret lab has exploded, following an incident with a giant rat. When three cannisters of a genetic editing serum called Crispr fall to Earth, they end up infecting George, a friendly albino gorilla who just happens to be best friends with Davis Okoye (Johnson), a primatologist with a special forces background. Overnight, George triples in size and begins behaving aggressively, which leads to his capture by a government...
Dwayne Johnson re-teams with San Andreas director Brad Peyton for this hugely entertaining creature feature, based on the fondly remembered 1986 video game. It’s big dumb fun of the highest order and you know what? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Rampage begins in space, where a secret lab has exploded, following an incident with a giant rat. When three cannisters of a genetic editing serum called Crispr fall to Earth, they end up infecting George, a friendly albino gorilla who just happens to be best friends with Davis Okoye (Johnson), a primatologist with a special forces background. Overnight, George triples in size and begins behaving aggressively, which leads to his capture by a government...
- 8/21/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
To celebrate the home entertainment release of Rampage, we have 3 DVD copies of the film to giveaway!
Dwayne Johnson stars as primatologist Davis Okoye, a man who keeps people at a distance but shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, incredibly rare albino silverback gorilla who has been in his care since he rescued the young orphan from poachers. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size.
To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created super creatures tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with discredited geneticist Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Please note: This competition...
Dwayne Johnson stars as primatologist Davis Okoye, a man who keeps people at a distance but shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, incredibly rare albino silverback gorilla who has been in his care since he rescued the young orphan from poachers. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size.
To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created super creatures tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with discredited geneticist Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.
Please note: This competition...
- 8/15/2018
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
I had no idea that Rampage was based on a 1986 video game, I just knew it was a variation on the Dwayne Johnson and/or monster film to fill a spring slot until the good movies arrived. That it starred the always-appealing Johnson along with Naomie Harris, Malin Åkerman, Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan made it a cut above somewhat interesting. Still, I passed on it at the theater once the reviews talked about it being predictable and average at best.
With the film on disc this week from Warner Home Entertainment, in the wake of Johnson’s Skyscraper hitting theaters, it’s a good time to finally give it a whirl.
Produced and directed by Brad Peyton, it reteams him with co-screenwriter Carlton Cuse and Johnson, the three previously having worked on the more-of-the-same Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and San Andreas. The question is: do...
With the film on disc this week from Warner Home Entertainment, in the wake of Johnson’s Skyscraper hitting theaters, it’s a good time to finally give it a whirl.
Produced and directed by Brad Peyton, it reteams him with co-screenwriter Carlton Cuse and Johnson, the three previously having worked on the more-of-the-same Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and San Andreas. The question is: do...
- 7/16/2018
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Fans and first-time viewers alike can own Brad Peyton's Rampage starring Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris (28 Days Later), Malin Akerman (The Watchmen), Jake Lacy, Joe Manganiello (True Blood), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray /3D Combo Pack, and DVD on July 17th. If you can't wait until then, no worries, the movie will be released for digital platforms on June 26th.
Press Release (via Home Theater Forum): Watch an unshakeable bond form between an extraordinarily intelligent gorilla and noteworthy primatologist when “Rampage” arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital.
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.
“Rampage” also stars Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”), Malin Akerman (TV’s “Billions”), Jake Lacy (TV’s “Girls”), Joe Manganiello (TV’s “True Blood”), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (TV’s “The Walking Dead...
Press Release (via Home Theater Forum): Watch an unshakeable bond form between an extraordinarily intelligent gorilla and noteworthy primatologist when “Rampage” arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital.
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.
“Rampage” also stars Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”), Malin Akerman (TV’s “Billions”), Jake Lacy (TV’s “Girls”), Joe Manganiello (TV’s “True Blood”), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (TV’s “The Walking Dead...
- 6/6/2018
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Burbank, CA, May 29 – Watch an unshakeable bond form between an extraordinarily intelligent gorilla and noteworthy primatologist when Rampage arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray 3D Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital.
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.
Rampage also stars Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Malin Akerman (Billions), Jake Lacy (Girls), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead), P.J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street), Marley Shelton (Rise), Breanne Hill (Frontier), Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Matt Gerald (Daredevil), Jason Liles (Death Note), Demetrius Grosse (The Brave) and Will Yun Lee (Hawaii Five-o)
Peyton directed from a screenplay by Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel. The film’s story was written by Ryan Engle.
Rampage was produced by Beau Flynn, John Rickard, Brad Peyton and Hiram Garcia. It marks the third collaboration between Johnson,...
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.
Rampage also stars Oscar nominee Naomie Harris (Moonlight), Malin Akerman (Billions), Jake Lacy (Girls), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead), P.J. Byrne (The Wolf of Wall Street), Marley Shelton (Rise), Breanne Hill (Frontier), Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Matt Gerald (Daredevil), Jason Liles (Death Note), Demetrius Grosse (The Brave) and Will Yun Lee (Hawaii Five-o)
Peyton directed from a screenplay by Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel. The film’s story was written by Ryan Engle.
Rampage was produced by Beau Flynn, John Rickard, Brad Peyton and Hiram Garcia. It marks the third collaboration between Johnson,...
- 5/31/2018
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Rampage star Jason Liles really went ape for his latest role.
For his emotional performance-capture role as George, an albino gorilla who's best friends with The Rock, Liles studied gorillas for months and even stayed in character on set between takes.
Liles worked with stars he admires like Dwayne Johnson (primatologist Davis Okoye) and Oscar-nominee Naomie Harris (Dr. Kate Caldwell), but he didn't have time to pal around with his co-stars on set. He had to tackle demanding scenes in which director Brad Peyton asked him to play a gorilla who's not only having a panic attack while inside a cage, but also is freaked...
For his emotional performance-capture role as George, an albino gorilla who's best friends with The Rock, Liles studied gorillas for months and even stayed in character on set between takes.
Liles worked with stars he admires like Dwayne Johnson (primatologist Davis Okoye) and Oscar-nominee Naomie Harris (Dr. Kate Caldwell), but he didn't have time to pal around with his co-stars on set. He had to tackle demanding scenes in which director Brad Peyton asked him to play a gorilla who's not only having a panic attack while inside a cage, but also is freaked...
- 4/17/2018
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dwayne Johnson goes up against genetically edited gorillas on the streets of Chicago
I’d trust Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with my life. His face? Trustworthy. His voice? Reassuring. His ability to fly a helicopter, to calmly parachute from a burning plane, to concuss (but not kill) enemies, and to communicate with primates? All are more than competently demonstrated in Rampage, a big-budget action movie about the Rock’s race to stop three giant, mutant animals running riot on the streets of Chicago.
Davis Okoye is a primatologist who buddies up with rebel scientist Dr Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) when his beloved albino gorilla, George, becomes infected with a banned genetic editing agent.
I’d trust Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson with my life. His face? Trustworthy. His voice? Reassuring. His ability to fly a helicopter, to calmly parachute from a burning plane, to concuss (but not kill) enemies, and to communicate with primates? All are more than competently demonstrated in Rampage, a big-budget action movie about the Rock’s race to stop three giant, mutant animals running riot on the streets of Chicago.
Davis Okoye is a primatologist who buddies up with rebel scientist Dr Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) when his beloved albino gorilla, George, becomes infected with a banned genetic editing agent.
- 4/15/2018
- by Simran Hans
- The Guardian - Film News
MaryAnn’s quick take… Raises the bar on big dumb fun, with The Rock’s social-justice-warrior badass and his genuinely charming relationship with a gorilla, plus a ton of goofball sci-fi monster action turned up to 11. I’m “biast” (pro): love The Rock and Naomie Harris
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
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Rampage raises the bar on big dumb fun. I’m not sure I ever thought that could be a thing, but it’s obvious: Just because a movie is dumb doesn’t mean it has to be stupid. It doesn’t mean it has to be insulting. Just because all those things usually go together doesn’t mean they have to.
So we have The Rock, who is a certifiable Movie Star, just always a pleasure to spend...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Rampage raises the bar on big dumb fun. I’m not sure I ever thought that could be a thing, but it’s obvious: Just because a movie is dumb doesn’t mean it has to be stupid. It doesn’t mean it has to be insulting. Just because all those things usually go together doesn’t mean they have to.
So we have The Rock, who is a certifiable Movie Star, just always a pleasure to spend...
- 4/13/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
When it was announced that a sequel to Jumanji would be made, I, still licking the wound of Robin Williams’ untimely death, thought to myself that this here was a movie I did not ask for. I kept asking “what’s the point?”Actually, I think a lot of people wondered the same thing. But what a surprise Welcome to the Jungle turned out to be.
The original Rampage arcade game came out in 1986, almost ten years before the first Jumanji movie. All I remember about it is that there were a lot of big buildings left at the mercy of overly big, and destructive animals. It turns out that was all there was to remember, and now, thirty years later, we have Rampage, another movie nobody asked for. This time, though it did have The Rock, there was no surprise.
The immediate blockade facing the pic was finding a...
The original Rampage arcade game came out in 1986, almost ten years before the first Jumanji movie. All I remember about it is that there were a lot of big buildings left at the mercy of overly big, and destructive animals. It turns out that was all there was to remember, and now, thirty years later, we have Rampage, another movie nobody asked for. This time, though it did have The Rock, there was no surprise.
The immediate blockade facing the pic was finding a...
- 4/13/2018
- by Luke Parker
- We Got This Covered
Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Naomi Harris, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy, Breanne Hill, Joe Manganiello, Will Yun Lee | Written by Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal, Adam Sztykiel | Directed by Brad Peyton
Dwayne Johnson re-teams with San Andreas director Brad Peyton for this hugely entertaining creature feature, based on the fondly remembered 1986 video game. It’s big dumb fun of the highest order and you know what? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Rampage begins in space, where a secret lab has exploded, following an incident with a giant rat. When three cannisters of a genetic editing serum called Crispr fall to Earth, they end up infecting George, a friendly albino gorilla who just happens to be best friends with Davis Okoye (Johnson), a primatologist with a special forces background. Overnight, George triples in size and begins behaving aggressively, which leads to his capture by a government...
Dwayne Johnson re-teams with San Andreas director Brad Peyton for this hugely entertaining creature feature, based on the fondly remembered 1986 video game. It’s big dumb fun of the highest order and you know what? There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
Rampage begins in space, where a secret lab has exploded, following an incident with a giant rat. When three cannisters of a genetic editing serum called Crispr fall to Earth, they end up infecting George, a friendly albino gorilla who just happens to be best friends with Davis Okoye (Johnson), a primatologist with a special forces background. Overnight, George triples in size and begins behaving aggressively, which leads to his capture by a government...
- 4/13/2018
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
With an inclination for destruction, San Andreas director Brad Peyton now turns his attentions to gigantic animals, in blockbuster Rampage. To mark the film’s release we sat down with the talented filmmaker.
Firstly we spoke about the difficulty in achieving a tone whereby the film has various moments of light relief and never doesn’t compromise on the severity of the stakes. Meanwhile, we asked about working with Dwayne Johnson, in what is a successive collaboration between the filmmaker and the world’s leading action hero.
We then discuss the bond we share with animals and how the film gets its heart from this very theme, while we ask briefly about San Andreas 2 and whether fans of the original can expect to see a sequel any time soon.
Watch the full interview below:
Synopsis
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton. Johnson stars as primatologist Davis Okoye,...
Firstly we spoke about the difficulty in achieving a tone whereby the film has various moments of light relief and never doesn’t compromise on the severity of the stakes. Meanwhile, we asked about working with Dwayne Johnson, in what is a successive collaboration between the filmmaker and the world’s leading action hero.
We then discuss the bond we share with animals and how the film gets its heart from this very theme, while we ask briefly about San Andreas 2 and whether fans of the original can expect to see a sequel any time soon.
Watch the full interview below:
Synopsis
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton. Johnson stars as primatologist Davis Okoye,...
- 4/13/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
A boneheaded orgy of computer-generated destruction, Rampage delivers big fun movie monsters, but it’s about as underdeveloped as assembly-line filmmaking can get. Dwayne Johnson stars as Davis Okoye, a primatologist at the San Diego Animal Sanctuary. His best friend there is George, an albino gorilla who he saved as a pup after poachers slaughtered his family. A space station has fallen from the sky that contained vials of an experimental substance that rapidly evolves the DNA of whoever comes in contact with it, causing the host to increase in size and aggression. George, a wolf, and an alligator have inhaled the chemical and set out to destroy Chicago unless Davis and Dr. Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris), a disgraced genetic scientist, can get there with an antidote in time.
Rampage is not a movie so much as an amusement-park ride without the park, though there may be just enough amusement...
Rampage is not a movie so much as an amusement-park ride without the park, though there may be just enough amusement...
- 4/12/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
After the smash success of Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle there can be no question that Dwayne Johnson is the superstar action hero of the moment, and while we wait for his upcoming heroics in saving the world’s tallest building in Skyscraper, we have his attempts to save Chicago from three rampaging genetically mutated monsters in Rampage. As I say in my video review above, it is King Kong on steroids — and then some.
Teaming again with director Brad Peyton for whom he made San Andreas — where he singlehandedly fought off the effects of a humongous earthquake natural disaster — Johnson is in his wheelhouse playing a former Special Forces officer and park ranger battling poachers. He saves a baby gorilla he names George who is orphaned while watching his mother sliced to death. He relocates the charismatic creature to San Diego’s Wildlife Park, where the Albino ape is...
Teaming again with director Brad Peyton for whom he made San Andreas — where he singlehandedly fought off the effects of a humongous earthquake natural disaster — Johnson is in his wheelhouse playing a former Special Forces officer and park ranger battling poachers. He saves a baby gorilla he names George who is orphaned while watching his mother sliced to death. He relocates the charismatic creature to San Diego’s Wildlife Park, where the Albino ape is...
- 4/12/2018
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
In what is something of a departure for the actress, Malin Akerman takes on the role as the chief antagonist in Brad Peyton’s blockbuster Rampage, and we discussed with the Swedish-Canadian actress what it was about this type of role that appealed to her so greatly.
She also discusses her experiences working with Dwayne Johnson, who plays the lead role in this production, as well as how impressed she has been with director Peyton, and the ability it requires to put something of this nature together. On the same topic, she speaks about how acting in blockbusters like this are so far removed from the work she completed earlier on in her career, and tells us what animal she would most like to see gigantified.
This leads into a brief love-in for animals, as she tells us why she’s never had any pets, and why dogs are such a special creature.
She also discusses her experiences working with Dwayne Johnson, who plays the lead role in this production, as well as how impressed she has been with director Peyton, and the ability it requires to put something of this nature together. On the same topic, she speaks about how acting in blockbusters like this are so far removed from the work she completed earlier on in her career, and tells us what animal she would most like to see gigantified.
This leads into a brief love-in for animals, as she tells us why she’s never had any pets, and why dogs are such a special creature.
- 4/12/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Renowned primarily for his work in The Walking Dead, we can now see Jeffrey Dean Morgan on the big screen in Brad Peyton’s Rampage – and we had the pleasure of sitting down with the man himself.
Morgan explained to us all of the factors that enticed him into signing up to this project, though admits it was the most challenging experience in his career yet, having to work with green screen technology. He goes on to praise director Peyton, saying he feels putting a film together of this magnitude is an undervalued craft.
He then goes on to discuss his own affinity with animals, and in particular his donkey who thinks he’s a dog, while talks about the films heart, which derives from this sacred bond humanity shares with our furry friends.
Watch the full interview below…
Synopsis
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.
Morgan explained to us all of the factors that enticed him into signing up to this project, though admits it was the most challenging experience in his career yet, having to work with green screen technology. He goes on to praise director Peyton, saying he feels putting a film together of this magnitude is an undervalued craft.
He then goes on to discuss his own affinity with animals, and in particular his donkey who thinks he’s a dog, while talks about the films heart, which derives from this sacred bond humanity shares with our furry friends.
Watch the full interview below…
Synopsis
Global icon Dwayne Johnson headlines the action adventure “Rampage,” directed by Brad Peyton.
- 4/12/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Based on the same mid-’80s Bally Midway arcade game that unofficially inspired Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” Brad Peyton’s “Rampage” doesn’t seem to understand its own appeal. Reuniting disaster-resistant star Dwayne Johnson with his “San Andreas” director, this brainless big-screen monster-smash movie assumes that audiences want to see the Rock stop three enormous mutant creatures from destroying American metropolises, when in fact, it’s the gleeful prospect of witnessing just that kind of spectacular CG devastation that gave the game its name — and presumably got the movie made.
Flipping the script on decades of nuclear-monster movies, the original “Rampage” invites you to play as one of the three havoc-wreaking monstrosities — a giant ape, a Godzilla-like lizard, or an overgrown werewolf. In the game, the goal is to reduce as many buildings to rubble as possible, whereas this impressive-looking but relatively less amusing big-screen adaptation gets it backward,...
Flipping the script on decades of nuclear-monster movies, the original “Rampage” invites you to play as one of the three havoc-wreaking monstrosities — a giant ape, a Godzilla-like lizard, or an overgrown werewolf. In the game, the goal is to reduce as many buildings to rubble as possible, whereas this impressive-looking but relatively less amusing big-screen adaptation gets it backward,...
- 4/11/2018
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Dwayne Johnson has this remarkable ability of taking somewhat mediocre productions and making them engaging and entertaining, proving himself to be one of Hollywood’s most dependable leading men at present. Yet even his distinct charisma and unwavering affability is not enough to save Brad Peyton’s blockbuster Rampage.
Johnson plays Davis Okoye, a primatologist who shares an affinity with albino gorilla George, who he has cared for ever since the latter was an infant. George is then the victim of a genetic experiment carried out by Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), which causes creatures to grow in both physical stature and in aggression, which alerts Agent Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they hope to capture George and put an end to the havoc this gigantic ape is wreaking. It’s on Davis and the discredited genetic engineer Dr. Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) to find an antidote, while in the meantime...
Johnson plays Davis Okoye, a primatologist who shares an affinity with albino gorilla George, who he has cared for ever since the latter was an infant. George is then the victim of a genetic experiment carried out by Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), which causes creatures to grow in both physical stature and in aggression, which alerts Agent Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) as they hope to capture George and put an end to the havoc this gigantic ape is wreaking. It’s on Davis and the discredited genetic engineer Dr. Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) to find an antidote, while in the meantime...
- 4/11/2018
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Those who are familiar with the city of Chicago will get to see some of its downtown destroyed in “Rampage,” a bread-and-butter Dwayne Johnson vehicle that is heavy on plot and light on character and reason and thrills. This film is based on an arcade video game that featured large-sized creatures knocking down buildings and running amok, but that basic idea has been swamped here by too many convoluted plot lines and extraneous characters.
“Rampage,” which is directed by Brad Peyton (“San Andreas”) and written by four credited male screenwriters, begins with a flat-out rip-off of the ending of the first “Alien” movie from 1979. A rather impressive single shot in space takes us smoothly into a spaceship in distress, where we see disembodied body parts floating in the cabin area. The remaining female crewmember manages to escape, but she is not long for this world or this movie.
Johnson plays a primatologist named Davis Okoye who used to work in the military before focusing on saving gorillas from poachers. He has a bond with an albino gorilla named George, a frisky primate who has been taught sign language by Okoye (including how to give someone the middle finger).
Watch Video: 'Rampage': Dwayne Johnson Is Back to Save the World in New Trailer
Johnson is given a knowing star entrance where we see him from behind and the camera moves in before he turns to speak, and it doesn’t really matter what he says. Everything about Johnson’s performing style is stripped-down, earnest, simple, and somewhat comical, and he has gotten a lot of mileage out of that.
That space opening comes back into play when we find out about an experiment based around a new technology called Crispr, which was pioneered by a geneticist named Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) as a way of helping her dying brother. But Crispr was diverted and fell into the hands of the villainous Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), who is looking to make lots of money off of the technology with the help of her bumbling henchman Brett (Jake Lacy).
Also Read: 'Rampage' Moves Up One Week to Make Room for 'Avengers: Infinity War'
Claire and Brett have hired a military outfit to do some dirty work for them, and this outfit is led by Burke (Joe Manganiello). Peyton sets up yet another star entrance from behind for Manganiello as he walks to a helicopter before turning to speak, and this is bewildering because it turns out that Manganiello is barely in this movie.
Yet another character is introduced, Agent Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who seems to exist just to relay lots of plot exposition and generally grind the movie to a halt. Morgan plays this part in a Christoph-Waltz-in-a-Tarantino-movie fashion, with lots of self-satisfied smiles and an obnoxiously slow delivery of his lines.
There comes a point where we finally get to an oversized George and an oversized flying wolf and an oversized crocodile-dinosaur hybrid wreaking havoc in downtown Chicago, and this is fairly diverting at first. We do get to see what looks like the John Hancock Building slowly fall over to the ground, but this is pretty much the extent of the imaginative destruction here.
Watch Video: Conan O'Brien Tries - And Fails - to Be Dwayne Johnson's Stunt Double in 'Rampage'
If you’re going to destroy most of downtown Chicago, why not have one of the creatures kick the Adler Planetarium into the water, or pick up and hurl the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier like a discus? The effects are just competent here, and sometimes less than that. There comes a point when one of the characters falls into George’s mouth, and this descent is no more or less visually convincing than when Alfred Hitchcock had Norman Lloyd fall off of the Statue of Liberty in “Saboteur,” a movie that was made over 70 years ago.
In the middle of the building wreckage, Johnson mainly just stands around and sometimes delivers a one-liner for a would-be laugh. There isn’t anything much at stake here, and when the movie tries to get sentimental about Okoye’s feeling for George, it becomes static and empty.
There’s no romance with Harris’s Kate, and when they mention that possibility toward the very end it doesn’t feel at all organic. “Rampage” is a movie that gets buried in its own top-heavy plot, collapsing itself under that weight just like the Chicago-area buildings do on screen.
Read original story ‘Rampage’ Film Review: Dwayne Johnson’s Monster Movie Collapses Like a Skyscraper At TheWrap...
“Rampage,” which is directed by Brad Peyton (“San Andreas”) and written by four credited male screenwriters, begins with a flat-out rip-off of the ending of the first “Alien” movie from 1979. A rather impressive single shot in space takes us smoothly into a spaceship in distress, where we see disembodied body parts floating in the cabin area. The remaining female crewmember manages to escape, but she is not long for this world or this movie.
Johnson plays a primatologist named Davis Okoye who used to work in the military before focusing on saving gorillas from poachers. He has a bond with an albino gorilla named George, a frisky primate who has been taught sign language by Okoye (including how to give someone the middle finger).
Watch Video: 'Rampage': Dwayne Johnson Is Back to Save the World in New Trailer
Johnson is given a knowing star entrance where we see him from behind and the camera moves in before he turns to speak, and it doesn’t really matter what he says. Everything about Johnson’s performing style is stripped-down, earnest, simple, and somewhat comical, and he has gotten a lot of mileage out of that.
That space opening comes back into play when we find out about an experiment based around a new technology called Crispr, which was pioneered by a geneticist named Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris) as a way of helping her dying brother. But Crispr was diverted and fell into the hands of the villainous Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), who is looking to make lots of money off of the technology with the help of her bumbling henchman Brett (Jake Lacy).
Also Read: 'Rampage' Moves Up One Week to Make Room for 'Avengers: Infinity War'
Claire and Brett have hired a military outfit to do some dirty work for them, and this outfit is led by Burke (Joe Manganiello). Peyton sets up yet another star entrance from behind for Manganiello as he walks to a helicopter before turning to speak, and this is bewildering because it turns out that Manganiello is barely in this movie.
Yet another character is introduced, Agent Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), who seems to exist just to relay lots of plot exposition and generally grind the movie to a halt. Morgan plays this part in a Christoph-Waltz-in-a-Tarantino-movie fashion, with lots of self-satisfied smiles and an obnoxiously slow delivery of his lines.
There comes a point where we finally get to an oversized George and an oversized flying wolf and an oversized crocodile-dinosaur hybrid wreaking havoc in downtown Chicago, and this is fairly diverting at first. We do get to see what looks like the John Hancock Building slowly fall over to the ground, but this is pretty much the extent of the imaginative destruction here.
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If you’re going to destroy most of downtown Chicago, why not have one of the creatures kick the Adler Planetarium into the water, or pick up and hurl the Ferris wheel at Navy Pier like a discus? The effects are just competent here, and sometimes less than that. There comes a point when one of the characters falls into George’s mouth, and this descent is no more or less visually convincing than when Alfred Hitchcock had Norman Lloyd fall off of the Statue of Liberty in “Saboteur,” a movie that was made over 70 years ago.
In the middle of the building wreckage, Johnson mainly just stands around and sometimes delivers a one-liner for a would-be laugh. There isn’t anything much at stake here, and when the movie tries to get sentimental about Okoye’s feeling for George, it becomes static and empty.
There’s no romance with Harris’s Kate, and when they mention that possibility toward the very end it doesn’t feel at all organic. “Rampage” is a movie that gets buried in its own top-heavy plot, collapsing itself under that weight just like the Chicago-area buildings do on screen.
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