Rampage (2018)

When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatologist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.

Director:

Brad Peyton

Writers:

Ryan Engle (screenplay by), Carlton Cuse (screenplay by)

Stars:

Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dwayne Johnson	...	Davis Okoye
Naomie Harris	...	Dr. Kate Caldwell
Malin Akerman	...	Claire Wyden
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Harvey Russell
Jake Lacy	...	Brett Wyden
Joe Manganiello	...	Burke
Marley Shelton	...	Dr. Kerry Atkins
P.J. Byrne	...	Nelson
Demetrius Grosse	...	Colonel Blake
Jack Quaid	...	Connor
Breanne Hill	...	Amy
Matt Gerald	...	Zammit
Will Yun Lee	...	Agent Park
Urijah Faber	...	Garrick
Bruce Blackshear	...	Taylor

Storyline

Athena-1, a space station owned by gene manipulation company Energyne, is destroyed after a laboratory rat mutates and wreaks havoc. Dr. Kerry Atkins, the lone surviving crew member, is ordered by CEO Claire Wyden to retrieve research canisters containing a pathogen. Atkins is able to flee in the escape pod when the station implodes, but due to damage from the rat it disintegrates upon re-entry, killing her. The falling pieces leave a trail of debris across the United States, including the Everglades in Florida, where a canister is consumed by an American crocodile, and a forest in Wyoming, where a gray wolf is exposed to the pathogen. Primatologist Davis Okoye, a former US Army Special Forces soldier and member of an anti-poaching unit, works at the San Diego Wildlife Sanctuary. He has befriended a rare albino western lowland gorilla named George, having saved him from poachers, and communicates with George using sign language and hand gestures. At night, one of the canisters ...

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Plot Keywords:

based on video game | giant wolf | corporate corruption | destruction | genetic experiment | 

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Taglines:

Big Meets Bigger

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, action and destruction, brief language, and crude gestures.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Instagram

Country:

USA

Language:

English American Sign Language

Release Date:

13 April 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rampage

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$120,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$35,753,093, 15 April 2018, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$99,345,950

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$426,245,950, 1 August 2018

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Line Cinema, ASAP Entertainment, Wrigley Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat DTS (DTS: X) Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Sonics-DDP SDDS Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Alexandra Daddario had a cameo but was cut, however it mange to appear in the deleted scenes

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Goofs

George the gorilla is referred to as an albino, yet he has blue eyes. Albinism is a lack of all pigment, meaning albino animals have pink eyes. White fur and blue eyes (as seen in white tigers) is caused by a partial lack of pigment called leucism.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Mission Controller: Athena-1. Athena-1, come in. Athena-1, this is Control. We have negative copy on that last transmission. We are showing LOS in the command module. Please verify. Over.
Dr. Kerry Atkins: Mission Control, this is Atkins. Something went wrong with the test. The crew is dead. Athena hull integrity is critical. I'm headed to the escape capsule.
Mission Controller: Negative, negative. Reroute to the lab and secure the canisters before departure.
Dr. Kerry Atkins: But the test subject is loose.
Mission Controller: Doctor, the test subject is a rat.
Dr. Kerry Atkins: Not anymore.

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Crazy Credits

The Warner Bros logo is shaded brick orange, and breaks apart into video-game pixelated debris (as in the Rampage video games) before it reforms into the New Line Cinema logo.

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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: Rampage (2018)

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Soundtracks

The Rage
Written by Kid Cudi (as Scott Mescudi) and Billy Corgan (as William Corgan)
Produced by Dot Da Genius, Ben Billions and D.J. Infamous (as Infamous)
Performed by Kid Cudi
Courtesy of Republic Records
Contains a sample of "Bullet With Butterfly Wings"
Written by Billy Corgan (as William Corgan)
Performed by Smashing Pumpkins
Courtesy of Martha's Music/Capitol Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Very Fun Film

I can understand why this film is getting low ratings, because it can be very cliched and cheesy (especially with the dialogue), but that doesn't take away how fun it was!!

It's no doubt that it's the action and special effects that really drive this film and there are some pretty intense action sequences, not just the RAMPAGE in the last 20 minutes, which was probably the most fun I've had in a movie for a while.

The chemistry between Dwayne and George is very good, although I feel it could've had a more emotional element to it. In regards to the humor, some of it landed and some didn't.

Overall, If you go into this film and turn your brain off and just enjoy what it is, I think you'll have a lot of fun with it. The film understands that it is ridiculous and a bit far fetched but again, it's really fun (especially the last 20mins).

Go and experience this, you won't regret it.