Rampage (2009/II)

Director:

Uwe Boll

Writer:

Uwe Boll (writer)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Plot:

A man with a thirst for revenge builds a full body armor from Kevlar and goes on a killing spree. |

Plot Keywords:

Body Armor | Killing Spree | Car Chase | One Word Title | Massacre

Cast

Brendan Fletcher	...	Bill
Shaun Sipos	...	Evan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lynda Boyd	...	Bill's mom
Robert Clarke	...	Evan's father
Matt Frewer	...	Bill's dad (unconfirmed)
Katey Grace	...	Bank Teller
Brent Hodge	...	Bingo Hall Server
Katharine Isabelle
Michael Paré	...	Sheriff Melvoy
Malcolm Stewart	...	Bank Manager
Pale Christian Thomas	...	Gelato Server

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:MA (2009)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Boll Kino Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG

Is it because I expected so little that I found this movie so great?

The only movie I had seen from Boll was House Of The Dead. It was a lot of fun because it was so bad. I read reviews of other movies he made, and I suspect they weren't much better. I was infuriated with what he did with the Alone In The Dark franchise, with guns and bimbo scientist and all.

I went to see Rampage (at the L'Etrange Festival) with a smirk on my face. I missed the 15 first minutes and I'm almost glad I did: the lousy messages, the jump cuts, the ad lib dialogue were about to get me out of here. But the actors weren't bad, things kept moving, so I played along.

Then started the said "rampage". There is not much to tell about it. It feels like Boll wanted to stick the nose of GTA players into their own *bip*, asking "So you thinks that's funny? See what it's like, is that so much fun anymore?" The movie gets better every minute. By the end of it I also wondered if the beginning was playing on the fact that we expect something stupid, illogical and aimless from his movies.

The logic is not without faults, but nothing that couldn't be discussed, the humour is great, scarce and surprisingly witty, overall, for me it was a success. If you get a chance to watch it, stick with it, at the end you might find yourself surprised at how it got there, from where it started.

As a side comment I would like to add that Mr Boll is a very nice person, on the first day of the festival he stood in the middle of the multiplex for hours (without boxing gloves) just to talk with people. I'm familiar with festivals and you don't see a lot of directors doing that.