Primatologist Davis (Dwayne Johnson) shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent silverback gorilla who has been in his care since he was young. When a greed-fueled corporation's genetic experiment goes awry, George and other animals across the country are mutated into aggressive supercreatures who destroy everything in their path. In this adrenaline-filled ride, Davis tries to find an antidote, not only to halt a global catastrophe but also to save the fearsome creature who was once his friend. Sharing a special bond with George, the extraordinary albino silver-back gorilla, the retired U.S. Army soldier and now a San Diego Wildlife Preserve primatologist, Davis Okoye, will see everything in his life turn upside down when his intelligent companion is accidentally exposed to Dr Kate Caldwell's gene-mutating pathogen. As George along with two other unsuspecting animals grow into ravenous monsters of gargantuan proportions, a frenzied race against the clock commences, as Davis and Dr Kate struggle to find a possible antidote. Suddenly, Chicago becomes a dangerous battlefield. Can the team make it in time before the mutants level the entire city? Rampage<br/><br/>If 50-foot fauna ever do attack we're going to regret bullying big game hunters to commit suicide.<br/><br/>Thankfully, citizens in this sci-fi movie have a primatologist to protect them. <br/><br/>Former marine Davis (Dwayne Johnson) now works on an anti-poaching squad rehabilitating rare animals like George, an albino gorilla. But when George comes in contact with a corporate sponsored space virus, he, a wolf and a crocodile mutate into massive monsters.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the CEO (Malin Åkerman) behind the bacteria and a black ops agent (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) scramble to contain the rampaging test subjects for their own nefarious means. <br/><br/>Leveled by a trite script, inane dialogue and hammy performances across the marquee, this visually impressive but ultimately boring adaptation of the little known and least liked video game from the 1980s fails to garner a high score.<br/><br/>Moreover, colossal beasts are more likely to topple skyscrapers via dry humping than fighting. Red Light<br/><br/>vidiotreviews.blogspot.ca ….that the portrayal of some, nay, many of the men and the dialog directed at them is ridiculous. Dwayne Johnson's character is fine, as is the OGA guy, but the way Naomi Harris's character talks about them and to them when they first meet is pathetic….but she has no problem being shielded by them from bullets, or being the first one out of a falling plane etc. And the heads of the corporation, what the absolute f……..isn't this the age of gender equality? I think the movie makers decided that the only way they could make a testosterone fueled movie was to not add in female characters that matched them, but to add in female characters that take the mickey out of the typical type of male lead these movies feature. It may have gotten better, I left it after 50 minutes. Life's too short. Per usual, Johnson is the key cog of a movie built for his physical presence, but it's the relationship between Davis and George that fuels the plot, even when everything around them gets convoluted and haphazard.
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