Rampage (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Brad Peyton (San Andreas, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island)
	Actors: Dwayne Johnson (The Rundown, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Naomie Harris (28 days later, Skyfall), Malin Akerman (Watchmen), Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Action
	Conditions of visioning: 03.10.2018, in-flight entertainment 10" screen
Synopsis: In an animal preserve near San Diego, an albino gorilla is beginning to grow after contact with a space station fallen debris. His caretaker Davis (Johnson) tries to protect him while he meets Dr. Kate Caldwell (Harris) who pretends to work for a company that engineered the mutation.
Review: A bit like Battleship, this is a free adaptation of a game (video- in that case) which has a simple backstory that was vastly expanded to fill a Hollywood blockbuster. I like this kind of big action movie with the Rock Johnson like San Andreas, but you really have to not take them seriously. You rather have to take them like Eight Legged Freaks of Evolution even though they don't pretend to be comedies, for me they are the same kind of creature features but with an excessive budget. Not even that excessive as I found the special effects to be generous but not state-of-the-art. The story doesn't make much sense obviously, the character's reactions are not believable, and like in the first Transformers there is no justification for the massive destruction of a city except for being able to show it. But I enjoyed watching the animals in action (yes there is more than one) and even replayed the reveal scene of the last one so much it is over the top but a delight for a fan of the sub-genre. Fun Action flick if you don't take it seriously.
Rating: 5 /10