by jellydonut25 » Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:11 am
I saw this.
It's fun....mostly.
It's a very EXTREMELY tonally confused movie, with often certain scenes giving me whiplash with their insane tonal shifts. Literally within 120 seconds (honestly, IF that long) there were 'dramatic' 9/11 references and remembrance and then dick jokes.
The actors run the spectrum from "Oh yeah, I'm in a Rampage movie, and I'm gonna HAM it up" (Malin Akerman, Jake Lacy) to "I think I'm in a real movie and therefore I come across as boring, unengaging, and the viewers don't wanna look at me anymore" (Naomie Harris, who I usually like, and the colonel guy), to "I don't care what movie I'm in...just gonna do my thing" (The Rock...who's a solid, charismatic lead...and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who's just playing Negan and seems a little disinterested).
When it's crazy and bonkers and revels in its destruction and silly parts, like a Rampage movie SHOULD, it's a lot of fun and really enjoyable. When it tries to be like...a real movie...it is either somewhat boring or a little uncomfortable.
I had fun with it. It's a more streamlined movie than Uprising, though maybe even dumber and not as much stupid fun THROUGHOUT...higher highs, lower lows, I'd say.
Mixed bag. Mostly fun. I'll probably get the blu when it goes on sale.