Rampage
Rampage
R | 27 September 2009 (USA)
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The boredom of small town life is eating Bill Williamson alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of everyday life and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins a descent into madness. His shockingly violent plan will shake the very foundations of society by painting the streets red with blood.

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say well

the real worry is not the depraved man in this film going about killing innocents..this happens in real life already....the real sad thing is the people who have voted this to 9s and 10s...and loving this pathetic movie....with real life being worse than fiction these days, and the cam kind of shaky movie AND the ability to fast forward the rubbish areas...which was most of it..i managed to keep the emotions out of it....the twist at the end where another man is framed was the only interesting bit in this film..it was awful to take this movie..it is more awful that many like it..not just 3 or 5, but absolute 9s...they are the ones who may like to shoot and kill on video games as well...frustrated and wanting to vent their feelings somehow..i hope such films do not influence sleepers! ..dont directors feel such responsibilities to wards societies??

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Leofwine_draca

RAMPAGE, possibly the best made of the Uwe Boll canon (although I'm far from having watched all of this notorious German director's movies), is a film that does exactly what it says on the tin - or the DVD case in this instance. It tells the story of a disaffected young man who finally snaps one day and goes on a gun-toting rampage in a storyline chillingly reminiscent of American newspaper headlines.There's little character depth to the narrative despite attempts on the part of scriptwriter Boll to get into the head of his lead, and as a downside the production is padded out even though it comes up under length. The numerous flash-forward scenes early on in the film which reveal what's to come later on are just lazy and take away from the surprise and horror when it happens.Saying that, the actual scenes of the rampage are very well achieved, starkly effective and frighteningly brutal with it. For this part of the film, Boll keeps his camera tricks and his subtext to a minimum, focusing instead on delivering the narrative through action. It's hard-hitting, well-shot and shocking with it. Not exactly a film you can enjoy, then, but one to be experienced instead. A sequel, RAMPAGE: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, followed.

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Mark Stromberg

Film in the first place - is unique in its "habitat." Unique cinema from Uwe Boll, who often makes films far from universally accepted rules and stereotypes there every ... This work, I believe, so far - his best creation. The plot is based on the idea that supposedly could really splash out in real life and in a sense, what happens, but in a different format. We, Uwe Boll and screenwriter, showed that this version of events. Influence on which justified the influence of the same "wrong" of the world, which often introduces some people, in a figurative sense, in its specific FURY, FURY. Each different and someone just keeps playing on existing rules of life, adjusting and adapting to this environment live in their role and playing it. But here we see that the director and writer, show that there are people who absolutely do not want to succumb to the standards of conventional thinking. And they start looking for their way of life, which is different from the standards, and find themselves in critical thinking other that the rejection based on their confirmation and often categorically unacceptable for the average person. The final result which can be extremely unpredictable. That the director showed us in his version. In this sense - is a unique cinema. This creature trumpeted good enough level. The only drawback, although I know Uwe Boll does not think so, namely - is cruelty and barbarism, which is shown to us, although it is reasonable reflections of the protagonist, or, - the script. This film - a film example of this embodiment, and explanation of the events that could occur suddenly in our real world, behind the camera and games. And sometimes occur if occur. More as an option for consideration.

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view_and_review

I've read the criticisms of Uwe Boll, heck I've seen House of the Dead and it was brutally bad. This movie, on the other hand, was all too good. Uwe Boll shoots and scores on this movie.I'm not a camera guru, but the movie is shot with a home video feel to it. The picture was a touch grainy and not all that crisp like you'd expect from a feature film. That didn't detract from the movie at all.Rampage is, unfortunately, a very familiar story in this day and age. From Columbine to Virginia Tech to Sandy Hook and, as of a few weeks ago, Isla Vista, and as of a few days ago, Seattle. A young man, just out of high school, is fed up with his life and people in general. So, he deals with it the way some young people have decided to do in recent history; he goes on a shooting spree.The movie does a brilliant job to tear at you much like the movie Falling Down. In other words, in no way would the average person condone random killings, but you are shown the frustrating events that occur to the young man to put him in a violent frame of mind. Ultimately, you can draw your own conclusions about the young man. Maybe some are enthralled by his actions while I know many would be absolutely mortified by his actions. The excellence of this movie was in the developing of this young man/monster.

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